Virgin Media Discussion Thread

Van Diemen · 8 Jan 2016 at 20:57

Does anyone know if I would be able to run the following setup?

SuperHub(modem mode) --> Devolo 1200 powerline --> Asus RT-AC88U router

LewisStuart · 8 Jan 2016 at 21:59

Apart from adding a few ms on latency, should be fine.

Spikey · 8 Jan 2016 at 22:35

Ironically mine updated about an hour later..I'm pretty happy with my score.

iMacMart · 10 Jan 2016 at 08:00

What's the cost for the 200/12 package? Moving house so might get virgin bb and Sky TV

Captain · 10 Jan 2016 at 12:24

£52.99 for the big kahuna bundle, then £72 after 12 months.

I'd avoid paying for Virgin bb and sky tv separately, unless you really need sky. Just easier having it all in one package.

http://store.virginmedia.com/big-bu...tcmpid=bundles_home_cta_findoutmore_bigkahuna

iMacMart · 10 Jan 2016 at 18:59

Clov!s said:
£52.99 for the big kahuna bundle, then £72 after 12 months.

I'd avoid paying for Virgin bb and sky tv separately, unless you really need sky. Just easier having it all in one package.

http://store.virginmedia.com/big-bu...tcmpid=bundles_home_cta_findoutmore_bigkahuna

Fair point, not looking forward to going from sky to virgin box but I'm sure I'll get used to it

Captain · 10 Jan 2016 at 19:10

iMacMart said:
Fair point, not looking forward to going from sky to virgin box but I'm sure I'll get used to it

That's the only downside to Virgin, they haven't got the TiVo box right yet, it is slow and clunky, but it's a small price to pay for consistent BB and excellent service.

Caged · 10 Jan 2016 at 19:32

I really wish their upload wasn't so poor in comparison to the download.

Haggisman · 11 Jan 2016 at 10:50

wam7 said:
I'm curious what VM service are you only paying ~£11.63 for?

£11.99 actually, but close enough

50mb and weekend calls, I have the following discounts:

£9 loyalty credit
£7.50 loyalty credit
£6 SamKnows panelist credit

Spoke to them about the price increase, and they said they can knock it down to £0.50 a month instead of the full amount

Duke · 11 Jan 2016 at 13:32

What's the panel list about?

Pottsey · 13 Jan 2016 at 07:53

3 channels had interference so I rang up and VM said it was the box on the road that needs fixing. Getting this after the fix http://www.speedtest.net/result/4992529933.png

Was only on 200mb before.

Cavallino · 13 Jan 2016 at 08:47

Can I ask folks here what you are paying for 100mbit (which is soon to be upgraded to 150mbit I believe?)

Haggisman · 13 Jan 2016 at 08:58

Duke said:
What's the panel list about?

I basically have a performance monitoring router connected to my Superhub, which provides stats about my connection - I have a dashboard where I can view them, but (I'm assuming) it's also so they can validate their claims about speed/reliability etc.

I've been on there for about 2 years now, and they've provided various incentives, e.g. prize draw for Amazon vouchers, free Netflix for 6 months, the current one is a discount on your bill, but it could change to something else in ~4 months.

I think they periodically send out emails to customers inviting them to sign up.

Nick1881 · 13 Jan 2016 at 14:04

How is VM these days? I've been on BT Infinity for the last few years, I had VM before 50mb I think, speed was mostly OK at the time, throttling was annoying and latency was poor at peak times, these days though I don't game, I do download a lot but it seems that they no longer traffic shape.

Is there anyway I can check how subscribed my area is or not?

I currently have BT Infinity getting pretty much 80mb paying £30 and have phone line rental saver which is about to end. I also have BT sport, the only thing I will miss is the MotoGP, anyone know another way I can watch this?

VM don't seem to have any offers on £43.25 with no phoneline, would save me a little as I don't use the landline.

Edit - Another thing I'll miss is BT wifi hotspots, I travel a lot for work and these can come in quite handy at times.

Garfo · 13 Jan 2016 at 14:26

Got my bill down to 48 sheets a month 200 mb broadband phone and tv med on me tivo box

happy happy

faceman123 · 13 Jan 2016 at 14:31

Garfo said:
Got my bill down to 48 sheets a month 200 mb broadband phone and tv med on me tivo box happy happy

Nice I'm on £21 for 200mb only

Nick1881 · 13 Jan 2016 at 14:35

faceman123 said:
Nice I'm on £21 for 200mb only

How did you get it for that? I want it for £21! :eek:

st@nners · 13 Jan 2016 at 14:46

Been with Virgin 2 year now. Initially had a 12 month contract so well out of it.

What can I realistically get my price down to for 100mb internet and M phone? It's currently £40.33 roughly which I think is too expensive and this is before the price increase.

Cheers

Garfo · 13 Jan 2016 at 14:47

faceman123 said:
Nice I'm on £21 for 200mb only

Ha I tryed that only wanted bb and wanted to cancel my phone and tv as we all have mobiles here and that

That's cheapest they could do as bb alone was 45

How did u get it down to 21 ?

ChrisD. · 13 Jan 2016 at 15:30

Nick1881 said:
How is VM these days? I've been on BT Infinity for the last few years, I had VM before 50mb I think, speed was mostly OK at the time, throttling was annoying and latency was poor at peak times, these days though I don't game, I do download a lot but it seems that they no longer traffic shape.

Is there anyway I can check how subscribed my area is or not?

I currently have BT Infinity getting pretty much 80mb paying £30 and have phone line rental saver which is about to end. I also have BT sport, the only thing I will miss is the MotoGP, anyone know another way I can watch this?

VM don't seem to have any offers on £43.25 with no phoneline, would save me a little as I don't use the landline.

Edit - Another thing I'll miss is BT wifi hotspots, I travel a lot for work and these can come in quite handy at times.

18 months ago I went from 40/10 with Plusnet to VM 150. I was promised that I was in a non oversubscribed area, however I regretted making the move. Gaming, YouTube, Netflix etc was all slower than the Plusnet connection. Speedtest's showed fine though.