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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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WiFi booster not working

We have a WiFi booster that has stopped  working have tried to pair and reset but not working. Considering I pay for this monthly not very good service 

Otiboat by Joining in
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The best setup to get wifi through the entire house?

I have the Gig1 package through Virgin Media, with the hub located in my office on the top floor. I seem to get pretty good wifi coverage everywhere, apart from near the kitchen and garden. I'm wondering what's the best setup I can go with so I can s...

yoksa by Joining in
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Resolved! Wifi pod

Hi there I need to order wifi pods too our wifi is really bad 1mps 4mbps etc help me please

5X hub with poor WiFi, pods repeatedly cancelled

After 17 wasted days of back and forth on the VM WhatsApp, and WiFi pods ordered and then cancelled without notification, we are quite frustrated. I tried to add this to a 5X thread earlier but it appears to have not saved.My sister moved from BT and...

mk71 by Tuning in
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High Latency / Constant Red Light

I have notice for the past 6 months my router has been showing a constant red light, and my internet connection has been suffering high latency. I  Contacted Customer Services and got through to someone offshore, who ran diagnostics from their end an...

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Shaw2023 by Joining in
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Errors and Timeouts

Just now, my internet started “buffering” on Netflix which it never does (I’m on the 1GB service, using a Hub 5) so thought I would check my logs and noticed lots of T3 errors and critical messages. Can someone pls explain what I need to do as I don’...

Resolved! 2,4g vs 5g dilemma

Since now having installed Virgin media with 5g hub i now find that my smart equipment does not recognize or can not connect via 2.4ghz. i know that the Hub has this facility but as i think the equipment so loaned by Virgin and to me the complexity o...

Resolved! Hub 5 - connection problems - load of rubbish

I received a hub 5 a couple of months ago. I set the SSID and passwords on 2.4ghz and 5ghz to the same as my old Hub 3. I expected everything to connect straight away. NOTHING would connect. Reset the Hub5 and tried again. Nothing.  So I changed the ...

RickElvis by On our wavelength
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I have constant red light on my hub 3,

I have a red light  on my hub 3, customer services advised it is normal, diagnostics show no issues, however I want to resolve as wifi strength is frustratingly inconsistent and getting worse.  I am looking to invest in a proper router like tp link a...

Raj-m8 by Joining in
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