Virgin Media Discussion Thread

Nick1881 · 14 Jun 2019 at 15:37

Street said:
I had the same a few weeks ago, I was out of contract on the 200 package and my price had crept up. I gave them a ring and they offered me 200 at a much lower price or 350 at a slightly lower price than I was paying so I went with the 350.

Thanks.
I just called them, they can't do 200 any cheaper but I could change to 350 for another couple of pounds, but the discount would end in October and go up to £47, then in December go up again to £52.

I will leave it for now and call them again in a few months, he said the deals change every month.

chroniclard · 15 Jun 2019 at 11:57

Anyone managed to upgrade to the Ultimate Oomph bundle for a non butt rape rate?

Cromulent · 15 Jun 2019 at 16:45

Does anyone upload 4k 60fps video to YouTube at all on the 20mbps upload speed plan? How do you find it? Is it worth spending the extra to get the 35mbps upload?

bemaniac · 15 Jun 2019 at 18:21

Cromulent said:
Does anyone upload 4k 60fps video to YouTube at all on the 20mbps upload speed plan? How do you find it? Is it worth spending the extra to get the 35mbps upload?

You'd need 35 to do it live. 20s fine for uploading saved 4k 60 tho.

Captain · 15 Jun 2019 at 21:20

Getting terrible WiFi coverage tonight from my SH3.

Cromulent · 16 Jun 2019 at 05:54

bemaniac said:
You'd need 35 to do it live. 20s fine for uploading saved 4k 60 tho.

Cool. Thanks. If I ever do live streaming on YouTube it will be at 720p or maybe 1080p at the most. I'll stick to my 20mbps plan at the moment and see how I get on. I'm not even sure how many videos I am going to make at the moment.

beachBOYken · 16 Jun 2019 at 10:27

Clov!s said:
Getting terrible WiFi coverage tonight from my SH3.

Ever thought about purchasing your own router and putting hub3 in modem mode?

Captain · 16 Jun 2019 at 11:31

beachBOYken said:
Ever thought about purchasing your own router and putting hub3 in modem mode?

I considered it last night yeah, had a look online at a few.

Don't tend to have many issues with the SH3, it's just yesterday my phone and TV kept disconnecting from WiFi even though I still had internet access, was strange.

bemaniac · 16 Jun 2019 at 12:33

Cromulent said:
Cool. Thanks. If I ever do live streaming on YouTube it will be at 720p or maybe 1080p at the most. I'll stick to my 20mbps plan at the moment and see how I get on. I'm not even sure how many videos I am going to make at the moment.

A lot of people on the 362/20 package got upgraded overnight with a reboot to 362/35. It happens area by area though.

Cromulent · 16 Jun 2019 at 13:38

bemaniac said:
A lot of people on the 362/20 package got upgraded overnight with a reboot to 362/35. It happens area by area though.

I'm on Virgin Media Business so I don't think I'll get a free upgrade.

DIABLO · 17 Jun 2019 at 07:10

Clov!s said:
I considered it last night yeah, had a look online at a few.

Don't tend to have many issues with the SH3, it's just yesterday my phone and TV kept disconnecting from WiFi even though I still had internet access, was strange.

Or just switch off the WiFi on it and get a Access Point.

doodah · 17 Jun 2019 at 10:25

What are the main cons with the SH3? Range or number of devices?

The Mrs is giving me grief about getting an Access Point

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labcoattech · 17 Jun 2019 at 10:30

Surprised they didn't increase the upload speed on the 200/12 to 200/20

Captain · 17 Jun 2019 at 11:21

DIABLO said:
Or just switch off the WiFi on it and get a Access Point.

My SH3 is in my games room upstairs and the TV is downstairs, access point is no good as that still needs to be connected to the router via ethernet.

I've bought some Netgear powerline adaptors to use downstairs, will see how I get on with those.

If it's no better then I'll just have to suck it up and feed cables through the walls to the room downstairs.

Steveocee · 17 Jun 2019 at 12:35

labcoattech said:
Surprised they didn't increase the upload speed on the 200/12 to 200/20

Agreed. Would love to see a 10:1 ratio across the board.

MadGary · 20 Jun 2019 at 10:56

I just phoned up Virgin to inquire about a broadband-only upgrade as I was originally on the XXL package, the largest 4 years ago and at some point I was migrated over to the M200. Without asking, and after hinting at being with them for a lot of years, the guy said that I can move up to the top package for £1 extra a month.

Apparently I have to use the SH3 to get the new speed and he assures me that the hardware faults were down to a 'bad batch' and have all been sort now. A gentleman can only try, I suppose.

xb8browney · 20 Jun 2019 at 11:23

So for £1 more you've moved to m350?

divergent · 20 Jun 2019 at 11:34

MadGary said:
Apparently I have to use the SH3 to get the new speed and he assures me that the hardware faults were down to a 'bad batch' and have all been sort now. A gentleman can only try, I suppose.

Rubbish. It has a fairly weak single-core Puma 6 CPU which has caused problems.
I've put mine in "modem mode" and use my own router.

MadGary · 20 Jun 2019 at 13:07

xb8browney said:
So for £1 more you've moved to m350?

Yes, he said it begins right away, but they have to send out a new hub to see any benefit.

divergent said:
Rubbish. It has a fairly weak single-core Puma 6 CPU which has caused problems.
I've put mine in "modem mode" and use my own router.

I figured from everything said on here that it's a poor piece of kit, I'll be looking at alternatives most likely. Is there a favourite for pairing with the SH3 in modem mode?

I'm mostly interested in getting the best speed possible over ethernet given I sometimes host dedicated servers for me and my mates.

Steveocee · 20 Jun 2019 at 16:15

divergent said:
Rubbish. It has a fairly weak single-core Puma 6 CPU which has caused problems.
I've put mine in "modem mode" and use my own router.

But that didn't solve the issue as the hardware is still de-modulating and passing the traffic through it's fairly weak single-core CPU. The difference that would make would be like trying to bail the titanic out with a red bucket rather than a blue bucket.