Virgin Media Discussion Thread

I'm not so sure, it seems there's a lot of (VPN) companies specifically setup to exploit fear of ISP snooping / monitoring (and torrent sites themselves gain ad revenue from these companies), in the USA it is a much bigger deal, and I've heard the ISPs are much stricter there.

On the other hand, it should be easy to avoid, free VPNs like Proton with no data limits are available. However, unless you use the non free service, I think it blocks P2P traffic.

when I looked at it a while ago, there were some short trials (like Cyberghost) that could be used freely and with unlimited data.
 
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Well - retentions called and offered my package (M350 plus TV, which I'm currently paying £32 a month for) for £36 (as well as a £50 credit). This came after I started the migration process to Sky yesterday. Still nowhere near as good as the deals I've seen here and on Reddit so I'll bide my time another week or 2.
 
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Varys said:
For VPN I just use the Browsec extension on firefox. Works well. Zenmate extension is another good alternative
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I've used Cloudflare warp before, I think it was to test with Google Stadia when that was still active.

It seems very easy to use.

EDIT - another nice feature, is that the Cloudflare network adapter removes itself from the list of network connections when the connection is disabled.
 
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g67575 said:
I'm not so sure, it seems there's a lot of (VPN) companies specifically setup to exploit fear of ISP snooping / monitoring (and torrent sites themselves gain ad revenue from these companies), in the USA it is a much bigger deal, and I've heard the ISPs are much stricter there.

On the other hand, it should be easy to avoid, free VPNs like Proton with no data limits are available. However, unless you use the non free service, I think it blocks P2P traffic.

when I looked at it a while ago, there were some short trials (like Cyberghost) that could be used freely and with unlimited data.
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With respect, you are incredibly naive to think that. I have worked in the industry and have some awareness of how it worked from the other side. I have also had the pleasure of attending a police interview under caution where ‘my’ search terms after an allegation I had committed an offence were presented to me in some bizarre attempt to suggest that searching for legal definitions and wording of the law after a false accusation was made in some way adds credibility to the false accusation. It took a while for the officer to grasp the concept that only one of the 6+ numbers I paid for, and they had pulled data for was in fact ‘my’ number and that was the one they had nothing for other than SMS and call logs, and that having multiple other phones in ‘my’ name didn’t in fact make them ‘my’ phone, same with the internet connections and resulting search terms. It turns out when you speak to friends and family to tell them that you have been falsely accused of something, sometimes they will use google to be able to better understand the accusations you are facing and offer potential advice.

Either way, do as you please, but understand that privacy as a concept doesn’t exist in the way you seem to think, and that the number of people who now have ‘legitimate’ reasons to be able to access your data with minimal oversight is increasing each year. A VPN provider with a proven ‘no log’ policy is worth paying for, and they cost very little (it’s a few pounds a year for the low end options). Of course, non of that really matters if you are at the stage of having done something serious enough to have devices seized etc.
 
Pete Tong said:
Cloudflare warp is a good vpn
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Worth reading the T&C's as they are a bit grey with regards to privacy, logging and whether or not CF would forward on your information and data in the event of a DMCA.
For the sake of £1-2p/m for a decent VPN provider, i'm not sure it's worth it. But as always, each to their own.

Edit - There is a dedicated VPN thread that's probably better suited to this rather than clogging up a thread about Virgin Media.
 
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Haggisman said:
That seems an OK offer for the 1GB including a SIM (although 6GB isn't a lot) if you can't get FTTP, although they might be able to do better

I've just cancelled (having moved to FTTP), they offered me just the Gig1 for £38 and then £35 (and also 350MB for £18.20)

I assume I'm going to get some calls in the next couple of weeks with slightly better offers too - they really don't like letting you go!!
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I'm at the end of my current deal too and contacted them hoping to get something in that ballpark - the best they'd offer was £40 for m350 + some TV package (despite me repeatedly telling them I don't watch TV). Off to fttp I go!
 
Bit of an update
I couldn’t get the connect app to see my router that would then enable me to use the app to show WiFi strength and order pods if needed.

After a long online chat via PM I was told to factory reset which I did. The app still couldn’t see my router. The web based diagnostics showed an Ethernet issue so I changed all my cables and did the test putting the Ethernet cable back one at a time.

This cleared the Ethernet cable fault but then the Virgin web based diagnostics said it couldn’t connect to my wifi. Which was weird as it showed all my wifi connected devices and all were working fine.

The app connect still couldn’t find my router.

I gave in and called the helpline. Short version is after a long conversation trying to explain the problem to someone who was reading off a script and was reluctant to think for themselves. They agreed to send a black Virgin pod out to help with the poor signal in my room.

However, no ideas or fixes as to why router both wifi and Ethernet are working fine but the app can’t see them!
 
Hey all,
Quick question - with the Hub 5 and the digital telephone side of it, does anyone know if VM/the hub automatically applies some form of QoS and/or reserves bandwidth for the telephones line(s)? Or is telephone data entirely separate to the internet side, a bit like the old VM Tivo boxes that had a modem built in for data rather that requiring you to connect it to the router?

Just wondering if hammering the internet with a download has an affect on the phones.
 
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