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What was your first computer?

I recently reminisced about my first computer, an Amiga 600 in the mid-90s. I'm sure you've all had some weird and wonderful systems over the years, but what was the first? What was good (or not so good) about it? Personally I loved playing Settlers ...

Kev_B by Community Manager (Retired)
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Resolved! Update your browser!

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Digital-life/Why-you-need-to-update-your-Browser/ba-p/3529827 https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/05/chrome_zero_day_update/ A zero day threat has been discovered on Chromium based browsers (Edge, Chrome etc).  Go...

Hub 5 Firmware Upgrade

Had a Firmware upgrade pushed out this morning at 00:17  Service was resumed about 6 minutes later according to my Router emails.Now at LG-RDK_7.6.15-2306.5No idea what the changes are however as I use modem mode.

Adduxi by Very Insightful Person
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Extension Cable for Relocation

Hi all,This seems to have been asked previously so as far as I can see, when i want to move my Hub and router to the other side of the room, Virgin can supply a 3m extension at no cost, or have a longer one with an engineer visit.Does anyone know if ...

Anyone with a Starlink Account

HelloSo I have a new Starlink for our motorhome and I cannot log into my account to manage it via my Virgin Internet connectionI have a Hub5+ and the only way I can sign in is to disable the 5+ firewall.With the firewall on I get this reply at the lo...

schphase by Tuning in
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Resolved! TV: Where's it going?

I ditched VM TV many moons ago and use Freeview via a rooftop aerial and a vintage Humax box plus apps (BBC, Now, Disney) on my 6 year old smart TV.I admit to being behind the curve on where TV is going. My decade old aerial seems a bit knackered as ...

Static IP Address

I am in need of two static addresses one for my PC and one for my NAS in order to take advantage of Wake-on-LAN (WoL). From what I can see this is impossible to set up with the Virgin Media Hub so am I right in thinking the only way of doing this is ...

Pitrevie by Joining in
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Scam call from Virginmedia Coventry.

This morning had a call claiming someone was trying to get £300 and £1000 from my Bank account, not mentioning the Bank. Did a 1471 to get phone number, that gave me 02476 7234xx, did a who called me - said it was virginmedia Coventry. Then decided t...

Pete-C by Joining in
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Coaxial cable lifespan

Does anyone know what the anticipated lifespan is of VM's buried coaxial cabling?I am aware that a long term project has begun to upgrade the cabling by 2028 but some of the legacy cabling will already be decades old. For example the relevant manhole...