Virgin Media Discussion Thread

encephalopathy · 16 Sep 2023 at 13:49

another basic question i need help with - if i put the superhub5 into modem mode i connect to it via 192.168.100.1 which i understand, but what ip address do i use to login into my fritzbox router? is it the default it ships with (192.168.178.1) or will it be something different like the 192.168.0.1 the superhub used when it was in router mode? i don't want to put SH5 into modem mode, connect my own router then not be able to access the fritzbox settings as i can't find its login page. or am i overthinking things?

thanks

sithlord · 16 Sep 2023 at 13:50

Currently the RPI is 8.9% + 3.9%. So if nothing changes Virgin price increase will be 12.8% in April.

R3X · 16 Sep 2023 at 13:52

ChrisD. said:
I do consume TV services, including TNT Sports which I have now with VM. Even as a new customer with Sky, it works out being more expensive to get the equivalent package. And I'd lose backup broadband.

That is why I am also stuck with VM

How much would TNT sports package be with Skys anyhow?

I saw this today in my inbox:

£29.99 extra on top of Amazon primes monthly £9 though

Locky · 16 Sep 2023 at 19:55

sithlord said:
Currently the RPI is 8.9% + 3.9%. So if nothing changes Virgin price increase will be 12.8% in April.

My contract is up in April. Do I leave in October or April. hmmm.

Flux85 · 17 Sep 2023 at 07:04

encephalopathy said:
another basic question i need help with - if i put the superhub5 into modem mode i connect to it via 192.168.100.1 which i understand, but what ip address do i use to login into my fritzbox router? is it the default it ships with (192.168.178.1) or will it be something different like the 192.168.0.1 the superhub used when it was in router mode? i don't want to put SH5 into modem mode, connect my own router then not be able to access the fritzbox settings as i can't find its login page. or am i overthinking things?
thanks

You are overthinking this, if the IP is different you won’t have an issue.

I believe you can access it via http://fritz.box and yes it ships with 192.168.178.1 (unless preconfigured).

It’s easy to change these settings anyway on the Fritz and avoid using 192.168.100. Range. Personally I would change it to 10.0.x.x something.

If in doubt leave it with all default settings!

picnic · 17 Sep 2023 at 16:58

R3X said:
That is why I am also stuck with VM

How much would TNT sports package be with Skys anyhow?

I saw this today in my inbox:

£29.99 extra on top of Amazon primes monthly £9 though

Anyone can subscribe directly to TNT Sports for 29.99, you don't need Sky, Prime or Virgin etc. I'm going to have to give up watching sport, it's now spread across too many services and each are asking more and more to watch their offering :rolleyes:

chrcoluk · 18 Sep 2023 at 16:44

I wonder what happened to the Ofcom investigation of this nonsense, feels like its already swept under a carpet.

ChrisD. · 19 Sep 2023 at 08:52

Upload has gone from around 85 to 50 and now back to 85 depending on the time of the day. VM still sending me around in circles. :cry:

Ad_Augendae · 19 Sep 2023 at 12:21

It's all about the quality for me, doesn't cost much.

Ad_Augendae · 19 Sep 2023 at 12:26

I should mention thats WiFi.....

Ad_Augendae · 19 Sep 2023 at 12:39

Back to me single thread...... WiFi

Code:

iperf3 -c 192.168.0.135 -t 20
Connecting to host 192.168.0.135, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.0.8 port 56704 connected to 192.168.0.135 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  90.4 MBytes   758 Mbits/sec    0   3.50 MBytes
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  93.8 MBytes   786 Mbits/sec    0   3.86 MBytes
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   100 MBytes   839 Mbits/sec    0   3.86 MBytes
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  98.8 MBytes   828 Mbits/sec    0   3.86 MBytes
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  96.2 MBytes   808 Mbits/sec    0   3.86 MBytes
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  98.8 MBytes   828 Mbits/sec    0   3.86 MBytes
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  96.2 MBytes   807 Mbits/sec    0   3.86 MBytes
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  97.5 MBytes   818 Mbits/sec    0   3.86 MBytes
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   100 MBytes   839 Mbits/sec    0   3.86 MBytes
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  98.8 MBytes   828 Mbits/sec    0   4.09 MBytes
[  5]  10.00-11.00  sec  97.5 MBytes   818 Mbits/sec    0   4.09 MBytes
[  5]  11.00-12.00  sec  96.2 MBytes   807 Mbits/sec    0   4.09 MBytes
[  5]  12.00-13.00  sec   101 MBytes   849 Mbits/sec    0   4.09 MBytes
[  5]  13.00-14.00  sec  98.8 MBytes   828 Mbits/sec    0   4.09 MBytes
[  5]  14.00-15.00  sec  97.5 MBytes   818 Mbits/sec    0   4.09 MBytes
[  5]  15.00-16.00  sec  97.5 MBytes   818 Mbits/sec    0   4.09 MBytes
[  5]  16.00-17.00  sec  97.5 MBytes   818 Mbits/sec    0   4.09 MBytes
[  5]  17.00-18.00  sec   100 MBytes   839 Mbits/sec    0   4.09 MBytes
[  5]  18.00-19.00  sec  97.5 MBytes   818 Mbits/sec    0   4.09 MBytes
[  5]  19.00-20.00  sec  98.8 MBytes   828 Mbits/sec    0   4.09 MBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-20.00  sec  1.91 GBytes   819 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-20.03  sec  1.91 GBytes   817 Mbits/sec                  receiver

Ad_Augendae · 19 Sep 2023 at 12:41

All that for £120

Gary* · 20 Sep 2023 at 14:22

Locky said:
My contract is up in April. Do I leave in October or April. hmmm.

I'm in the same boat, however I'm not pleased with the pricing. When I first took out the package I'm on, it was £24 - it's currently £35 and jumping to £40 if I renew and when the prices go up in April it'll be £45ish which is a lot of money for their slowest package. I've seen that they're currently offering Gigabit to new customers for that price!

I've spent an hour on hold trying to get through to them today and 2 hours on webchat without actually speaking to anyone. I've had to give up because I have to go to work, I'm a bit miffed off :rolleyes:

Dangerous · 20 Sep 2023 at 16:46

Gary* said:
I'm in the same boat, however I'm not pleased with the pricing. When I first took out the package I'm on, it was £24 - it's currently £35 and jumping to £40 if I renew and when the prices go up in April it'll be £45ish which is a lot of money for their slowest package. I've seen that they're currently offering Gigabit to new customers for that price!

I've spent an hour on hold trying to get through to them today and 2 hours on webchat without actually speaking to anyone. I've had to give up because I have to go to work, I'm a bit miffed off

Mine started £33 for 250Mb and now its £40, out of contract they will expect me to pay £57. I'm done with them!

I've still got VM until March and I'm not even using the connection now as I am running fine on EE 4G SIM I had spare.

HEADRAT · 20 Sep 2023 at 17:13

I signed up about 18 months ago for £35.99 for 1Gig, contract has now ended so I might swap to 1 GigE FTTP which is available in my new address.

Ad_Augendae · 20 Sep 2023 at 17:29

We Pay £28 for 256M so you have a decent deal, but yeah FTTP is they way to go for better speeds and pricing next I would say.

Dangerous · 20 Sep 2023 at 18:13

VM are loosing the monopoly in areas, before you had no real option so would go through the cancel and sign back up because you had no choice to get decent speeds.

With FTTP rolling out each FTTP provider has to stay competitive as if you don't get a good deal with BT FTTP, then you move to TTB/Sky whoever.

Shoza · 20 Sep 2023 at 18:15

I’d be interested to know how many users they have actually lost - is it available?

My entire area was Virgin and as soon as FTTP came in everyone left on mass.

ChrisD. · 20 Sep 2023 at 18:29

Shoza said:
I’d be interested to know how many users they have actually lost - is it available?

My entire area was Virgin and as soon as FTTP came in everyone left on mass.

I think them not being able to offer TNT is going to hurt them unless they adjust their pricing accordingly.

Ad_Augendae · 20 Sep 2023 at 18:32

Shoza said:
I’d be interested to know how many users they have actually lost - is it available?

My entire area was Virgin and as soon as FTTP came in everyone left on mass.

We pretty much stream everthing these days anyway, so no need to the likes of CATV any more, interesting to see what speeds will be like with VM's FULL FIBRE Rollout 2028 lol