Intermittent Signal in your area loop
On I think the 9th of October I noticed some serious spiking of ping when playing games on my PC, connected via Ethernet, also issues with other devices connected via WiFi such as my PS5 and IPhone. I figured id check the area status and got the "Intermittent Signal in your area" and it says were looking into it check back in 24 hours blah blah blah. Well its been over 10 days and its gotten worse if anything. Im not super techy when it comes to diagnosing internet problems but using Discords ping box I can see constant packet loss of sometimes 95% which I cant imagine is supposed to happen and my "ms" usually sits around 23ms but every 5 seconds it will spike to around 50ms so yeh something is very wrong and nothing is being done about it. Not to mention the fact that trying to book an engineer visit a bunch of mind numbing hoops.140Views0likes15CommentsTidying external and exposed cables on apartment building
Hi there, I was wondering if virgin media send engineers to tidy external and exposed cables on the outside of houses/flats? As in the building I live in, virgin coax fibre cables have been added over the years as residents have signed up to virgin media. However this piecemeal approach means too many wires are connected into single wall boxes along the building, with damaged/missing brown protective boxes/boxes zip tied etc. See photos attached, looks rubbish. Could do with replacing some boxes/rewiring connectors and tidying the cable runs as exposed connections will get damaged/weathered, cables can fall/be tripped over etc. based in Redland, Bristol, UKRouter Issues
Hi Over the last few weeks my Router has needed multiple restarts due to losing connection. I have started to notice after rebooting and white light stops flashing I get a flashing red light for about 30 seconds then back to solid white. I should be getting 1Gb speeds but today its currently on 115Mbps. Can anyone shed any light on this for me please. Have also had issues with my 360 TV box in if I try Iplayer the box will just freeze and need a complete reboot ? Any help or advice would be appreciated. Thanks27Views0likes2CommentsPing, Latency & Packet Loss
Just a question about this really. My minimum latency sits around 18 or 19ms on a ping graph but I’ve seen others connections a lot lower about 10ms or even a bit lower. Is this based on how far you are from the exchange / cable box on the street or local area connection? The think broadband monitor graph shows the main min area in green, just interested how it works and how some people show it much lower. My connection seems fine but this past week seen a lot of dropped packets on my graph but seems to show every other day or so. Can you check if there’s any issue on the line happening? I’ve done a check and it says my home network has a few problems with a Red triangle next to the broadband bit, all the others are normal in Green. PS: I use both Ethernet & Wi-Fi87Views0likes7CommentsMoving Hub
I would like to move my hub to the opposite side of my living room. It is currently about 3 meters away from the cable entry point. I would like to move it next to the entry point so just need to get a short cable to replace the long cable that was originally installed. Can I purchase a new short cable for this ?Frequent "Sorry for your network issues" texts from VM
Following some pixelation issues around noon on Sunday 21 September I rebooted my VM TV box and all was fine. I immediately checked status of TV and broadband online and there was a known problem in my area. I have had no problems at all since then with any service, speed, signal strength etc but have received texts daily from VM all this week. They either say sorry for issues and we are monitoring your connection for 24 hours or it has been monitored and your connection should be fine now. Yesterday the text said a fault had been identified (I don't have any faults) and I need to book an engineer. Today it was back to sorry for issues and we will be monitoring your connection for 24 hours. How do I stop these? Seems pointless booking an engineer and maybe getting charged as there is no problem.Solved117Views0likes6CommentsPre Install Work Timeline
Hi, new customer here, signed up on 30th Aug, with a planned install date of 16th October, which is now 9 days away.. the track your order page says that because I haven’t had VM before that a pre-install engineer visit will be required and I would be contacted within the 14 days prior to the installation date, but nothing has happened yet, and nobody has contacted me. Is this something to be concerned about? Will the installation still go ahead on the 16th October as I have booked the day off work to be at home.A weird one: no online radio
Hi all. I have a really weird issue. Since maybe 2 months ago I am unable to listen to any online radio. Doesn't matter if its an app on my phone or website on my PC or any of my Google devices. It starts playing and after a 1-2 minutes it starts to buffer and stays like that unless I restart the stream/app, then it plays for another 1-2 minutes. Youtube and Spotify work without issues. The only solution I have is to use VPN on my PC but that doesn't help with my Google devices. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm on 1Gig connection with Hub5 Thanks55Views0likes2Comments