Virgin Media Discussion Thread
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Nope, fastest I can get via Openreach is 16mb/s ADSL2. Virgin have me over a barrel for fixed line.
Might try some brinkmanship then. Unfortunately, if I do get cut off, I'm stuffed. They have me over a barrel, there's no real alternative here.
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That was my issue before, but I can get good speeds with BT or Sky now. Trouble is, I can't be bothered with the hassle either getting an aerial or dish fitted.
My bill is up almost £20 a month now (£15 discount from last haggle ending, plus £3.50 rise).
Really cba with the whole threaten to leave blah blah blah......especially when they didn't call me back with a better deal last time
Rang up retentions today, got offered £3.50 for 6 months automated deal which I ignored, spoke to a chap who offered me 200mbps for £41 on 18mo contract, cheaper than what I've been paying for the last 2 years.
Obviously it's nowhere near a great deal but I cannot be dealing with the stress of potentially being without internet if they follow through with a cancellation.
Obviously it's nowhere near a great deal but I cannot be dealing with the stress of potentially being without internet if they follow through with a cancellation.
500meg BB packag only for £40 per month here.. Got that about 7 months ago after I said I was leaving.
Decided to go for M350 when it's ready to order for my area. The mrs already knows the Sky Q box so I don't want to lose points there by changing! I have worked out I can get BT Sport through EE for free so I'll just run it when needed through my Apple TV.
My SkyQ bb lapsed last month, tv package up in July, does anyone know if new customers (bb only) can get good deals from the get go?
Ideally I’d like 200mb+
They’re constantly running new customer deals on their website. Broadband + phone is actually cheaper than broadband alone.
Thanks @ChrisD. are there any Quidco offers too? Trying to make the most of the move, SkyQ speeds albeit 80/20 at mine doesn’t cuts it with all the kids gaming, streaming and 8 of us in the house at any one time (in-laws in the annex connected to our property) ....
If I call them would the offers be better do you think?
thanks
Top Cashback have decent offers for VM.
Just be aware that if your area suffers from congestion you would be better off on FTTC. I’d say order and try it out, then cancel within 14 days if it’s not working as you’d want. Keep your FTTC line until you’re completely happy to cancel.
Good shout, I have FTTC with SkyQ just waiting for fttp but that could take months.... will check and see on the contention side
Just watch your uploads, moving to Virgin won't boost those significantly and the user experience for real-time applications on VM is likely to be poorer.
You could get a separate line installed for the in-laws and move their traffic off onto that if you wanted - most of the larger providers will eat the costs of getting the second line installed.
You could get a separate line installed for the in-laws and move their traffic off onto that if you wanted - most of the larger providers will eat the costs of getting the second line installed.
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I think that unless you have a problem with FTTC then you'd be mad to switch to VM.
I've been with them in 3 separate properties over the last 6 years and had issues in every single one. Every single one had over-utilisation issues.
I'm currently stuck with speeds as low as 2mbps at peak times, despite there being no apparent fault with my connection
I've been with them in 3 separate properties over the last 6 years and had issues in every single one. Every single one had over-utilisation issues.
I'm currently stuck with speeds as low as 2mbps at peak times, despite there being no apparent fault with my connection
Agree to an extent but I’ve been stuck with 55/15 for 6 years and it’s wearing thin. My area will be their new fibre so it all but eliminates cable power issues but I’ll still have to see how it performs over the first week and cancel then fall back to FTTC if I have to. Either that or get a cheap 40/10 deal to run alongside.
RFoG areas should be totally immune from interference issues but network congestion is still possible. I'd get it installed and just cancel within 14 days if it's no good - at least then any future re-activation is quick.
I get 80/20 from my FTTC, which was 65/20 until about six weeks ago (I guess someone was generating crosstalk and ceased their service). It's just about quick enough, could really do with a better upload but there are no alternatives.
I get 80/20 from my FTTC, which was 65/20 until about six weeks ago (I guess someone was generating crosstalk and ceased their service). It's just about quick enough, could really do with a better upload but there are no alternatives.
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Fair enough, just make sure you put it through it's paces and monitor latencies as well.
Even when mine is working properly, unstable latencies made online gaming a bit flaky - stable latency is essential here.
Looks like your search engine is set to Virgin Media rather than Google. Go into settings and check.Can someone tell me if this is a chrome setting or a VM setting in my router?
If i just type one word in like i have, it takes me to a website not found page, anyway to get rid of this and it just searches google first?
