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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! Hub 4 keeps dropping connection

For the past week I keep losing the internet using both WIFI and ethernet.  It happens at all times of day, several times a day, early morning to late at night.  I have to keep rebooting the hub.  I have been using the Hub 4 for approximately 10 mont...

mel51 by Joining in
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Resolved! Tapo devices not connecting to Virgin router

Hi,I have read a few posts from people asking similar questions but none seem to have a solution, and none seems not match my experience.I have a couple of Tapo bulbs, two sockets and a camera. Until about 10 days ago they were all successfully worki...

Wi-Fi pod broken

One of my Wi-Fi pods is broken in that it makes a god awful loud buzzing sound suddenly when plugged in. I’ve disconnected it for fear of it setting fire to something. I’ve tried to get in contact with Virgin to get a replacement but the connect app ...

Amjack by Joining in
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Ordering WiFi pods

Had 1gb installed this morning. Signal isn’t great in garage and a bedroom. As part of my deal it says I should be able to get up to 3 WiFi booster pods. i e tried to call to no avail so how do I actually get the pods that I should be able to get as ...

Resolved! WiFi signal but no internet

Been onto virgin three times now and getting no where, same advice resetting hub we will monitor it etc and advisors just don’t seem to want to know with one even suggesting I needed to upgrade my package, what’s the point if I can’t use it!!! All de...

Gr8manc by On our wavelength
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Constant small packet loss dips in SS2

For the past week ive been getting persistent little spikes in packet loss and I am noticing it ingame.Is there currently an issue in my area, no point in calling up as I never get anywhere and now the tech support has business hours so if my interne...

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very poor BB service

 Gareth,so grateful for the help you so kindly provided in past 3months.I have a new issue of my broadband been extremely slow  ie 0.9mg  and up load 3mgfor the last two months..also.. how do claim my 3 appoints missed compensation.thankyou in advanc...

uncleT by Tuning in
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Terrible customer service

So cannot log into the router. Type in IP and it goes around and around, occasionally it will move on to the next level and ask for my password. After I enter that it goes around and around - sometimes saying the system is unresponsive and sometimes ...

NickR50 by Joining in
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£58 a month for Virgin Media

Hi AllI pay £58 a month for Virgin Media and sometimes I have to use my 5G connection because my hub three just isn’t working and I’m just beginning to think I should cancel my Virgin Media. Is anybody else paying and not getting what they pay for.?