Another Hub 5 user with latency issues...
I know some people have had issues with the Hub 4 as well, but I have not long moved from a Hub 4 to a Hub 5, because I wanted the 2.5G port to benefit certain devices and max out the connection. I never experienced an issue with the Hub 4 and I had very consistent ping times of 6/7ms and latency on both download and upload <18ms at all times. However, since getting the Hub 5, I have have worse latency and awful latency spikes. Speed is on point, but latency sucks. Sites that measure buffer bloat have downgraded me from an A to B rating and low latency gaming is suffering. My kit: Hub 5 in modem mode > 2.5G eth port > OPNsense box with ample capacity. I use Unifi access points (all testing done via cable anyway). Even if my kit were the issue, which it is not, I would have had the same issues with the Hub 4. So much for Virgin's latest DOCSIS hub. If I had known it was going to be this bad, I wouldn't have bothered getting it. Before anyone asks - nothing else on my network has changed, I literally swapped it out with the Hub 4 and now I have this. Any ideas? Can I get a new hub to see if that does it?Contract mid-sold
Contacted Virgin as my contract was coming to an end. I wanted a bigger bundle but the offers were poor. Somehow got talked into taking out 1Gb broadband and 02 together for £64 per month. I was previously on an ok deal of about £30 for broadband per month. Since they issued the 1gb box I’ve had two engineers out to get it working and it’s still not providing speeds any better than what I previously paying for at half the price. On top of that 02 data is rubbish in my City and non existent at my place of work which I was also told was good. Somehow virgin don’t recognise this a breach of contract. Worse yet the pods provided to get the previous broadband to work need upgrading to work with the 1Gb box which an agent admitted to me 3 months after contacting about a string of issues. The two engineers who visited got speeds to work of course on their apps while in the house only to drop to zero by magical misfortune after leaving. I’m outraged with Virgin Service robbing my account for poor service and as always they threaten debt collection if I suggest I’m leaving due to pathetic service unless I pay a massive fee to end their contract.Homeless - Not Getting Anywhere with Customer Service
My family and I am going to be homeless at the end of the month (Apr 2024), I've been with Virgin Media for 15 years, never missed a payment or had any issues being a loyal customer. Today I've spent 2 hours on the telephone trying to explain these circumstances that are out of our control meaning we have no choice but to discontinue our contract. I've seen other people on the forums have been assisted by this where the early disconnection fee was waived due to the circumstances, I'm only hoping to be treated with the same fairness as everyone else, but those who I have spoken to on the phone are dismissing me and I've been hung up on several times. How can I speak to a UK representative from Virgin Media who will better understand the problem? (This is not spam, I posted in the wrong forum before by a mistake!)Why are Virgin Media useless!!
I honestly give up, the company are completely unfocused on customers. So today is 4th time I have taken a day off work to be in when Virgin come to pick some equipment! and what a shock that no one turns up. Should I waste another 4 hours of my time trying to actually speak to someone? this is becoming a joke now and I am pretty sure that the email and text they sent me constitutes a contract agreement that they will pick up on said day.might speak to CAB about going compensation
Need new account password changed
Hi, In a period of total lunacy, I signed up for a new Virginmedia broadband service, after doing so, I thought I'd get ahead of the game by registering for 'My Virginmedia'. Unfortunately during the process, I wrote down my password incorrectly and am unable to access. I tried to reset my password online, but I get a message telling me that 'You can't reset your password online right now, as you don't have additional details set up on your account. To reset your password, please contact us and one of our team will help you.' I clicked the provided link and chose the 'live chat' option and eventually got put through to some clueless idiot who told me just to reset the password online. I told him that I couldn't and explained the situation to which he replied it's because I haven't registered for My Virginmedia. I told him I had, then posted a screenshot proving this, to which he told me to use those details to reset the password online. I posted a screenshot of the error message to which he said I need to set an account up first. I asked to be connected to somebody competent, but he refused so I ended the chat. I called and eventually got through to somebody, who on the face of it appeared credible, he asked me what my new password should be, to which I told him, I spelled it out phonetically, he repeated it and told me the password was changed. I asked him to remain on the phone while I checked and he responded that he would, but password changes could take up to an hour to propagate. I did check the password and as I was beginning to suspect would be the case, it didn't work. He assured me that when I tried in an hour it would be fine. Here we are a day later and I still can't log in. I've tried calling 3 times, went through the process of being on hold for an eternity each time and just when it connects to a person, I get cut off. Can any of the forum staff advise how to go about the simple task of getting a password changed? For the record, the screen below is what I get when I try to do this online The screenshot below shows the screen I sent to the idiot on live chat who told me I didn't have an account
