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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 Connection

My Windows 11 laptop keeps connecting to one of my wifi pods rather than the hub. This happens even when I'm only a few feet away from the hub and means my wifi speeds are greatly reduced. It doesn't happen with any other devices.Any ideas how to fix...

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Virgin media broadband (Help)

So I’ve been with Virgin media Broadband for about a week and from day one I’ve been having connection issue, my engineer put a 15db( something to reduce the connection to the box because he said it was coming in too high which could then cause the b...

Resolved! Google nest Wifi - Hub3 Modem mode

Hi all, I'm having trouble setting up Google Wifi router / points with Hub3.0 in Modem mode.I placed my hub 3.0 in modem mode.  I restarted my hub. I can connect to internet via ethernet cable ( am typing this post) while my Hub3 is in Modem mode. No...

Complaint

Logged a complaint last week as faulty hub and had terrible wi-fi for months. Had a text message from complaints team with a message saying they had phoned me! (I had no missed calls?). Said to call back on 0345 454 1111. Unbelievably there is no opt...

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Network dropping packets since March 15th

Hello,I have been having packet losses on my connection since March 15th.This occurs on both wired and wireless connections, and also both router and modem mode across all devices on the network.I contacted support, and they sent out an engineer to i...

Andyt by On our wavelength
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Resolved! Broadband - Wi-Fi

HiThis is more of a rant. We returned to Virgin after many years and bad experience but had hoped things had improved.Having been assured that the only charge would be £35 and confirmed that a new feed would be required from the street, surprise, sur...

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Not sure if I need a new hub

 Our broadband seems to be a bit erratic and has been really slow on occasion and has been dropping in and out and losing connection at random times. We have had our hub 3 for a number of years now and I’m wondering if we need a hub change. Has anyon...

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New Virgin media supply for new dwelling in garden

I have virgin Media for my existing property on Oxford Road in Cambridge and am building a new house in the garden accessed off a road to the side of the house (Wentworth Road). I would need a new separate virgin media connection for the new dwelling...

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Resolved! Not received wifi pod

Hi, I renewed my contract about 6 weeks ago and was told that a wifi pod would be dispatched.  This has yet to be received and I am suffering poor wifi in one room. Please can a VM staff member assist? Thanks 

Resolved! Throttling on BT Sport

VM is throttling our BB.   Its speed is 300mb plus but download and streaming buffers continuously.   My son’s work connection on Teams fails often.   This never was the case with our former ‘slow’ 60mb BT router.   How can I stop throttling?   Will ...