Virgin Media Discussion Thread

Rannoch · 9 Apr 2017 at 22:50

[HB]Rugrat said:
Oh yes, sorry misread.

If i did I'd be miffed though lol

Terry Billingham · 10 Apr 2017 at 09:38

Thanks you all for the quick replys

uvarvu · 10 Apr 2017 at 13:44

Swifty55 said:
I'm guessing you guys were out of contract and have now re-contracted for the deals?

I was in contract but was allowed to upgrade to 300mb anyway as the cost was the same.

Swifty55 · 10 Apr 2017 at 19:13

Are you guys getting it within a bundle or just on its own?

uvarvu · 10 Apr 2017 at 19:36

Swifty55 said:
Are you guys getting it within a bundle or just on its own?

Broadband only. I used to have XL TV and phone but we only watched SciFi HD on the paid for channels. Dropped it after the intro deal expired.

Ukadder · 11 Apr 2017 at 09:59

Whats the best way to get Virgin TV in another room? if I wanted to have two V6 boxes, would I need a multi room subscription and run a RJ45 from the router?

Is there another/better way to do it?

Absorbentsolid · 11 Apr 2017 at 15:35

Get my Virgin installed Friday, Super excited as at the moment i'm on 6mb avg and 0.5 up. and i've gone for the 300 mb full house package. Got it and a great price as i'm going half's.

Had the team out this morning and we discussed where the cables could go, Friday can't come quick enough!

Going from 6mb down and 0.5 up to 300 down and 20 up is going to be insane. Never had fibre i've been waiting a long long time for it. I can't wait!

Spoke to someone over the phone as after the 12 month contract the price goes up like by almost a extra £40.

He told me to call back a month before our contract runs out and they'll most likely get it cheaper than what we are going to be paying this year.

So far quite happy!

Voicon · 12 Apr 2017 at 18:45

Virgin have now rolled out their wifi network of hotspots where it turns your superhub in to a hotshot for other virgin users, you have to log in to your VM account and opt out in your profile if you don't want this to happen.

Just a heads up.

peige · 12 Apr 2017 at 21:46

Opted out! Cheeky buggers!

Steampunk · 12 Apr 2017 at 22:25

IIRC, it also doesn't work if you're in modem mode, as the radios should be off.

Voicon · 13 Apr 2017 at 04:54

Steampunk said:
IIRC, it also doesn't work if you're in modem mode, as the radios should be off.

I'm not sure if they do in modem mode, but I'm definitely sure I wouldn't trust them a single bit not to try and turn it on at some point even in modem mode so opting out was a no brainer for me

TheMightyTen · 13 Apr 2017 at 08:26

Yep, opted out straight away, the ineptitude of the VM R&D team is legendary so the rollout is getting no trust from me

Steampunk · 13 Apr 2017 at 09:25

Yeah, I'm sure I've opted out of this once or twice before when it was being marketed under a different name on the older hubs. As usual with VM, they rebadge things and then opt everyone in again "because it's not the same thing, it's new". They still say it takes up to four days to take you out of the public network though.

Avathar77 · 13 Apr 2017 at 11:52

Currently paying £50.18 for 150BB+M TV and talk weekends - on a monthly rolling conntract.
Had a chat to have a better deal/ to have player or Mix bundle but only offer was for £46 per month for Mix bundle - even that to increase after 6 months, on a 12 month contract.
I guess i have to cancel and get a new contract

Rotty · 13 Apr 2017 at 12:34

opted out cos I dont trust them to make it secure and my own wifi is bad enough as it is

cant believe they had the bloody cheek tbh

malachi · 13 Apr 2017 at 13:38

Voicon said:
Virgin have now rolled out their wifi network of hotspots where it turns your superhub in to a hotshot for other virgin users, you have to log in to your VM account and opt out in your profile if you don't want this to happen.

Just a heads up.

Thanks, I just opted out. My router is in modem mode but I still don't trust them or anyone else.

Raggs · 13 Apr 2017 at 14:11

virgin are using peoples super hubs as public wi fi hot spots now bit cheeky if you ask me since they are doing it by default to some. opps didn't see the post above

https://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2017/04/virgin-media-wifi-public-hotspots/

C64 · 13 Apr 2017 at 19:31

I have a tplink router and a tplink network switch.

Whats the issue with the superhub 3 in modem mode ? is it sharing the same ip address and the tplink or something like that causing it not to connect ? Ive had to swap back to the superhub 2 to post this as cannot get a connection on the new hub.

My router is set to 192.168.0.1
Superhub 3 is in modem mode

wont connect to the net is working fine on superhub 2

FreeStream · 13 Apr 2017 at 19:40

Just upgraded to the 200 Gamer package - a SH3 is coming on Tuesday...

The bloke on the phone said that all the ping issues, modem only mode, etc... should work absolutely perfectly... I'm dubious?

sparkymark75 · 13 Apr 2017 at 19:42

Did you reboot your router after powering up your modem?