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Resolved! Wifi no longer visible on London underground

Hi all,  I noticed for the first time today that the usual virgin media WiFi network isn't there on the tube. Is this being phased out?     [MOD EDIT: Please see update on post 111 here]      

ruswit by On our wavelength
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UNDERSTANDING KEY ASPECTS OF WiFi

UNDERSTANDING KEY ASPECTS OF WiFi WiFi is a somewhat notorious, though essential commodity. In many cases, when its behaviour does not meet the user’s perception of the claims made by the ISP (e.g. Virgin Media), the blame is quickly heaped on the IS...

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Sephiroth by Alessandro Volta
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Getting a better Wireless Network Signal

Seeing so many posts about Good, Bad & ugly Wifi, I thought I would post some suggestions for people out there.   There are definitely good, midrange & poor routers with quite variable performance wifi.  Never expect a mass market product to be the b...

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Hub status data - understanding network log messages

N Warning: Long, dull, a bit technical. NHaving needed to repeat myself a few times, I thought I'd share my understanding of what you might find in a Hub 3's network log when things go wrong, and what it means.  First of all, this post is based on my...

Andrew-G by Alessandro Volta
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Internet Box Cover Falling Off

Hello,Our brown internet box outside of our house has a cover that is slowly falling off leaving the wires exposed, I've done my best to put a rubber band on it but it won't hold it forever, especially in British weather.This happened last year (feb ...

Internet keeps disconnecting, please help.

I recently joined Virgin Media since they were the only ISP to offer fibre broadband in my area. It's been a bout 2 weeks and the experience has not been pleasant.First I had no coverage in about half my house so I wanted to move the router upstairs,...

presoto by Tuning in
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Internet regular drop out every night

Good morning, Having a rather frustrating issue with my Internet. I have a hub 4 in modem mode connected to TP Link Ax72.For the last 3 nights we have woken to no Internet connection. On the tp link router that works fine, just it isn't receiving any...

I want the pods but the connect apps lies

I want to try out the new pods to help with my wifi as its constantly dropping out. Im sure i need a new box personally but I've tried using the app and its states im getting over 30mb download in all rooms. This is just not true and latest speed tes...

ploppy54 by Joining in
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Ordered broadband which doesn’t exist

Hi there I ordered broadband over 2 weeks ago and received 2 confirmation emails saying it would be here today for me to install. However neither email has an area reference or account number so the phone team can’t help me. It’s supposed to be here?...

Sarah58 by Joining in
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Intermittent disconnects, T3 & T4 Timeout errors

I'm currently using the Hub 3.0 and I've recently been suffering from frequent disconnects from the internet with it taking 20 to 30 minutes for the service to come back up. Looking at the Network Log, I can see several  messages with a priority "War...

nickred by Joining in
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Re: How to order a booster?

Hi. I am looking for a WiFi booster but have no idea how to get 1 having scrolled around the website for hours. I believe I have the correct package to get it for free - gig1 volt package. Can someone look into this please. Thanks in advance.

GazMont by Joining in
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Packet loss and complete outages for the past few weeks

I've been having packet loss issues and a few full outages over the past couple of weeks and I'd like somebody to take a look please.I can post power levels and thinkbroadband details if needed but can't really be bothered atm, it's data that you sho...

Chez92 by Up to speed
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