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Upcoming Freely pod - Watch, Stream and Play.
There may be an official announcement regarding the above in the next couple of weeks. It's actually a streaming pod (stick) by netgem named the Pleio https://netgem.co.uk/pleio/ There an infomative video showing and describing this new offering. This combined Freely TV comes with a host of streamers, not just the usual PSB ones such as BBC iPlayer, ITVX etc, but also netflix, Prime, TNT Sports, Now, DAZN, Discovery+ and a host of FAST channels. There's also a gamepad included so you can play online games streamed direct to your TV. /introducing-pleio-by-netgem:-watch-stream-play EDIT - There's also a "launch" page with more screenshots. The page is still in a state of flux as the Purchase links on the page don't work, and there's also 2 "project" links and FAQ's in latin. https://netgem.co.uk/pleio-live/What we're watching now...Continuing
The thread 'what are you watching now' was locked due to it's size and the thread continuing it by the moderator, was amalgamated and also locked.❓ to access the old thread which is now read only Original What are you watching now thread So this is a new thread with a slightly different Tittle.... Continuing.... Planet X appears to be hidden behind the Sun in our Solar System What Made Spartans So Much Better At Fighting INSANE AI Video Generator you can use NOW! I Got Early Access to Suno's New AI Tool - Here's what I Did With It! Udio's New Feature is a Gamechanger for AI Music
CS contact
Anyone know how to contact support via email? Or at least in writing? So.. under UK law customer service MUST be available by "writing" as the primary method and can 'additionally' be available by other methods such as phone... Most companies choose to accept email, chat or post as the "writing" element of this. VM seems to only accept phone as the main contact point... anyone know what their main point of contact is for their mandatory written contact? From other stuff I've seen here I'm assuming it's going to be via post...? Since there seems to be no email support...? In which case what's the postal address?
I keep being signed out of the Community
For weeks now, despite always ticking "keep me signed in", I am being logged out about every hour most days. It is really tiresome because when signed out I don't get notifications for posts and have to constantly check for new ones. I know from a previous thread that many other people are similarly affected so something should have been done by now - it is a serious flaw in the Community set-up. Please note, I've cleared cache/cookies several times and it makes no difference. I've also tried changing browsers (my preferred one is Firefox but I have also tried Chrome and Edge) and it makes no difference - the problem is the same.Dragging VM to the Ombudsman: What are your odds of winning?
So you have exhausted the formal VM complaints process and are probably feeling exhausted and bewildered as a result. https://www.virginmedia.com/help/complaints But there is one more avenue open to you which is the Communications Ombudsman. So what are your odds of victory by taking your case there? Well, I've had a look at the stats for you. Firstly the Ombudsman is free of charge to you (but not VM). Secondly it all of course depends on the strength of your individual case (the old hands on this community can guide you here). Finally those odds. VM has become more aggressive in fighting claims taken to the Ombudsman over the years. In Q2 2022 VM would contest 3/5 cases (settling 2/5), lose half of all cases and win 1/7. By Q2 2025 (the latest stats) it contested 4/5 (settling 1/5), lost a whopping 2/3 of all cases and won 1/7. Therefore your headline odds at the Ombudsman are very good at getting something in 6/7 of cases. Remember: it's free to you. By comparison TalkTalk settles 9/10, Sky settles 3/4, and BT fights the hardest of all contesting 19/20 cases and winning 2/5. Good luck. https://www.commsombudsman.org/complaints-data
Inconsistent pricing for same service
Not sure where to post this. I’ve just noticed my mobile phone plan provider started offering an internet service. My great surprise is that the service provider is VM and the same deal costs half of what I’m paying now – directly with VM... I find this outrageous. Obviously as soon as my contract is over, I’m done with them and take the deal over there. Which is quite absurd when you think about it. The best laugh is that I have nothing against the actual broadband service as over 10 years I hardly had problems and they were quick to respond to those rare outages. But their pricing practice is just disgusting.Comment on Windows 11 your experience
So much talk about Windows 11, I thought I'd give it a try and see what all the fuss was about. It took just over an hour to make the changes. I had to download an updated bios for my motherboard, which made the necessary adjustments without having to go into the bios sections and manually adjust items, and you have to do that first or the bios won't pass the inspection and the Windows 11 won't install. So I got it up and running. Now checking it out, after clicking on the Windows Icon in the taskbar Installed software wasn't showing anymore and no tiles on the desktop, luckily I had made shortcuts for the most used software in Windows 10, so they were showing on the desktop and taskbar after the installation. I found it difficult to navigate around after being used to Windows 10, and a lot of the useful menu items were missing on right-click on an icon. The transparency effects no longer worked either. I missed the weather and speedtest on tiles and the current temperature and state of weather on the taskbar. I played around with Windows 11 for a few hours before deciding to switch back to Windows 10 😃 The only good thing that I found about it was that it seemed quicker when using Windows explorer. So if you've tried it or are using it, what are your views on it?
