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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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Newly purchased package

Currently set up a new package for 350MBPS. (I think that's the correct term). Been doing some reading up and it seems we will be Recieving the Virgin Hub 3 for that speed but I've read some quite frankly concerning things regarding the speed and str...

Upstream Modulation Changing

Hi,I have a Hub 5 in modem mode. Ive noticed that the Upstream modulation has started to fluctuate between 32QAM and 64QAM. This has been happening for over a month now. Initially the modulation would drop to 16QAM and stay between 16 and 32. However...

avi68 by Superfast
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Does this BQM look right?

New customer on Gig1 (M500 with Volt) and a Hub 5. Connected in modem mode originally to a DrayTek 2962 and now an Edgerouter-X. I originally stated out with M500 and a Hub 3. The BQM for that looked perfect when using the Edgerouter-X. Does this BQM...

Tom_nock by Tuning in
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Resolved! Unable to order first Wifi Pod

Trying to order my first Wifi Pod but VM Connect App won't give me the option even though it has just scanned rooms below 30 Mbps...Cannot find a page anywhere on My Virgin Media account pages giving me the option to place an order for this. Would ap...

Internet Connection drops out every day

Hello there, I am most frustrated whenever i try and contact Virgin Support over the phone, and feel like ending my subscription, so here as a last resort.We have the most current 1GB package with everything included, but every day I get notification...

pauleyf1 by Tuning in
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Can’t order pods

Hi, I am unable to order Wi-Fi pods despite having poor WiFi in numerous rooms. We pay for 350mb yet get less 20 or worse in numerous rooms.I have done a scan and the app recommends pods but there’s no option to do it. Can someone please help as it m...

Ir1sh-GB by Joining in
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Impossible to request a POD via VM Connect

Hello, can anyone tell me how to obtain a POD? I've been going round in circles for the past 4 hours. I'm following all instructions/prompts exactly & still getting nowhere. Better still, can anyone tell me how to speak to a human? I've called 150, i...