Captain Slackbladder
Winger
That's where VM have you by the balls in most cases and is why I wont switch.......Internet is spot on.
Its time for the Virgin Media deal dance again...
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That's where VM have you by the balls in most cases and is why I wont switch.......Internet is spot on.
Abu Dhabi Red and White
Striker
Their wifi has gone down twice in the last fortnight - it costs me money when it does so if it happens again anytime soon, I'm off to another provider.
Worst service provider for b/b yet again this year iirc.
Ben Gardner
Winger
£66.50 pm for...
- fibre optic BB (200Mb or so I'm told)
- phone line (unused)
- what used to be there XL TV service (no movies or sports but loads of HD stuff and a UHD channel)
- 2 Tivo boxes (lounge and kitchen)
Captain Slackbladder
Winger
100mb BB, phone line and M+ TV....42 a month. I did blag free BT sports for 6 months, when it ended last month they wouldn't budge this time.
LondonMackem
Striker
PTR
Striker
£80 a month on top of phone and broadband isn't unheard of, plus ppvs and film rentals?A grand?
LondonMackem
Striker
Billy Fish
Striker
Mines absolute garbage with them, the internet is not working more than it's working and we only get about 10meg download speed
jackynutmeg
Striker
30 days notice in.
Signed up for Talk Talk. £25 a month, no price rises guarantee, no set up costs and a £75 argos/tesco/amazon voucher
Signed up for Talk Talk. £25 a month, no price rises guarantee, no set up costs and a £75 argos/tesco/amazon voucher
errant
Striker
be interested to see what you make of talk talk in 12 months time... the actual vm fiber services always comes out well which has always stopped me from moving to another provider.
jackynutmeg
Striker
I'm waiting to see if VM get back to me with a better offer.
I signed up for Talk Talk as something to fall back on if VM are going to be arseholes.
Hull_Mackem
Striker
I find it astounding how much people will pay for TV, there's more than enough on free view and Netflix is a bargain in comparison. Share an account amongst friends or family.
About £40 a month too much?
PTR
Striker
Full 1080p HD? Garbage?
OK, it's not quite broadcast quality, but it's a lot better than sd broadcast.
4k would be nice, but isn't available yet.
But then, I get my 4k hdr content elsewhere, loads more than on sky etc.
PTR
Striker
I'd agree that's the difference, aye. Bitrate isn't the same. Hard to say exactly what it is though - but for sure, the picture is better than broadcast SD. So its good enough for live telly imo.
Films and TV series I watch in the highest quality that they were originally produced in, via downloading locally - so its miles better than Sky/Virgin. Swings and Roundabouts to a degree...
For the people struggling with the WIFI of their Virgin Media hubs. Give a Mesh Network a try. My WIFI struggled to get above 40mb when performing a speedtest even though I was sitting right next to the WIFI box. I'm currently paying for a 100mb service so it was quite frustrating. The issue is not with your broadband connection, it's down to the crap WIFI implementation that Virgin use. When connecting a PC via a network cable directly to the hub it shows a 100mb connection so the actual internet connection works as expected but it was the wifi which was throttling the speeds.
I decided to give a Mesh Network a try. I bought the Tenda Nova MW6 for £140(Black Friday deal) which give 3 nodes and covers everywhere in my house & garden. Even at the furthest point on my property I was still getting around 80mb throughput in an area where a traditional wifi signal would not cover. You do need to do your research though, the model down from mine is the Tenda Nova MW3 which Amazon had on offer for around£50-60 over Black Friday although this system is limited to 100mb throughput. Other systems are also available from Google, BT etc.
To be honest I've tried the Virgin superhub wifi plus I've also tried other 3rd party routers/wifi systems to try and improve my home wifi signal & throughput with very little success, a Mesh network solved all my issues so I hope this can help some of you guys, especially the people with larger properties struggling with wifi coverage.
I decided to give a Mesh Network a try. I bought the Tenda Nova MW6 for £140(Black Friday deal) which give 3 nodes and covers everywhere in my house & garden. Even at the furthest point on my property I was still getting around 80mb throughput in an area where a traditional wifi signal would not cover. You do need to do your research though, the model down from mine is the Tenda Nova MW3 which Amazon had on offer for around£50-60 over Black Friday although this system is limited to 100mb throughput. Other systems are also available from Google, BT etc.
To be honest I've tried the Virgin superhub wifi plus I've also tried other 3rd party routers/wifi systems to try and improve my home wifi signal & throughput with very little success, a Mesh network solved all my issues so I hope this can help some of you guys, especially the people with larger properties struggling with wifi coverage.
