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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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Resolved! 2.4Ghz not working on hub 4

Good afternoon, I was upgraded to the Hub 4 from Hub 3 in late November and like many of your other customers I no longer have the 2.4Ghz connection to my older devices.  I have conducted all of the above recommendations after splitting, renaming and...

Resolved! Router upgrade, what happens with the pods

Currently on hub3 volt 250 and will be upgrading to gig1 with hub 5 in the coming weeks. I have 3 WiFi pods setup with the hub 3 will these have to be paired with the hub5 when it arrives? There’s no reset buttons on the pods so not sure what happens...

VIRGIN YOUR GAME IS UP

I have spoken to other customers and your customer service can only be described as ‘criminal’. We know what you do, we call you up and what happens is we usually wait about 30 minutes til we speak to someone… then IF it’s a subject that requires a l...

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Hub 3 Red Light

Hub has a permanent red light even after resetting etc… where can I get a new one? No simple menu to just get it swapped out. Intermittent signal affecting connected devices.

WiFi pod

I have slow Wi-Fi speed throughout parts of my house, I have tried to order one through the app and even the speed test shows it’s fine when it is not. I was told when the representative came to my house that’s since Its a large house they should giv...

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No internet connection - Update in progress

Router appears to be working and can be connected too, solid white light showing. Tried all the switch on/off and checked all connections possible, internal and external. Accessed the router using 192.168.0.1 says there is update in progress. Looks t...

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Splitter Box Removal

Hi - I have an old, large and unsightly splitter Box which used to hold the TV and phone cables. It now only has the router cable running into it and I would like it removed. I've tried without success to have an engineer sent out but I understand th...

Hub 5 nothing but issues! Help?

I recently got a new hub 5 after upgrading my broadband package to Gig1. It has been set up for two days and I have had nothing but issues with it.I installed the router and got good signal via ethernet and Wi-Fi for about 5 minutes. After that every...

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Urgent WiFi pods required

Hi This is my second request on here for help in trying to obtain WiFi pods as my download speed is less than 30mbps in three rooms.I went into and O2 shop to ask about this and was told to persevere with Virgin to get through but this has been to no...