Can Device Information Be Leeched From Outside?
Hi. Something I have always wondered. I felt, like why not ask it here. Here goes. If device information such as MAC address and such can be stored in the router, could some vagabond reach into the green hubs (large street furniture street boxes) and extract that information from them? Thanks!VM Broadband Having a Bad Day...
now.... first and foremost... VM BB is rock solid... 99 days out of 100... today seems to be the exception: ( 2025-07-18 - Gloucestershire GL3 ) Dropping a good chunk of packets... upstream bandwidth seems throttled to 0.010mbps... guess we all have off days. ( and yes i've done all the sensible things to rule out a local issue ).VM Outage
Hi, At ~2pm on 7/7 my TV and Broadband service went down, shortly after I noticed a card posted through my letter box stating "we've found a problem", "this time we need to come in to get things finished" and "please quote RPBLOCK" SInce then i have been tracking the issue F011897300 on the VM outage details page, and have watched the estimated fix time slip time after time, with the last 3 being the 15th, today (18th) and now its currently the 23rd @2pm I have logged a complaints, where i was listened to, given excuses and apologies but no fix... i get the impression the call agents just want to get the ticket closed to meet quotas My last call was today, and i am now seriously considering going for breach of contract as this outage will have been over 2 weeks by the 23rd, and is impacting every member of the family, from not being able to WFH, complete homework, online shop or stream TV just name but a few... you dont realise how much its become an integral part of your life till you lose it. Any help in getting a swift resolution to this would be gratefully received... i don't want to leave VM, but my hand is being forced.. Kind Regards.Account is linked to an email address that’s different to the one on your Virgin Media O2 ID.
Hi all - hoping posting here can shed some light on this whole process. I am a new customer with virgin media, and have just been sent all the emails through with my contract etc. on the email address I used to set up the account. The emails said to set up the My Virgin Media account, so I clicked the link and registered my Virgin Media O2 ID account. It then said to link that account to my Virgin Media account, however when I did so, it said that the email accounts don’t match, even though I used the same email address for both: “We’ve found your Virgin Media account However, this account is linked to an email address that’s different to the one on your Virgin Media O2 ID. If you’d like to continue and link your Virgin Media account to your Virgin Media O2 ID, please confirm the full email address your Virgin Media account is currently registered to. We’ll then send an email to that email address to approve the transfer.” So I put my email in (the one from which I received all emails about my contract setup), but it is saying the email address doesn’t match even though I literally copy pasted it from my contract document. It gave me five attempts to put my email in and the same error message came up each time - I now have one attempt left and don’t want to use it in case my account gets blocked. Please could anyone advise on what I’m doing wrong or if this is a glitch or something?? It’s a bit of a niche problem I think, and I couldn’t find anything on the FAQs! I feel like I’m going insane because I’ve checked the email so many times to make sure there are no typos or anything but it’s still not working! I copy and pasted someone else’s message but I’m having this issue and felt like it was no point explaining it worse
Reduce Broadband Speed
Hi, I am not in contract and wish to reduce my broadband speed for a lower monthly bill without agreeing to a new contract, as far as i'm aware i Can Do this. Virgin Media Via the Online Chat & Call Center refuse to do this by ignoring my request and pushing contract deals even when i specifically state NO i Do not want a new contract, they then offer me another contract based deals again and again, i refuse the contract then they hang up. they also kept asking why i did not want a contract not that has anything to do with them. I managed to get through to a non english retentions person that could offer me the M125 Broadband only for £57 per month (no contract), i laughed with disbelief at this point and asked to end my services then he hung up the phone. Please AdviseBroadband Dropouts - slow speed– SYNC Timing Errors
I’m experiencing ongoing broadband dropouts that closely resemble the issues described in the following community threads: Broadband connection keeps dropping SYNC Timing Synchronization failure – Loss of Sync My Virgin Media Hub is currently operating in modem mode, and I’m using an ASUS GT-AX11000 router to manage my home network. The dropouts affect both Wi-Fi and wired (LAN) devices, including critical appliances connected directly to the router. Symptoms include: Sudden and repeated loss of internet connectivity across all devices Devices remain connected to the router but lose access to the internet Dropouts occur randomly, sometimes multiple times per day Router logs show normal operation, suggesting the issue is upstream Given the similarity to the SYNC Timing Synchronization failures described in the community posts, I suspect this may be a signal-level or infrastructure issue. I’ve already: Verified all coaxial and Ethernet connections Updated router firmware Monitored logs and confirmed no local faults Could you please: Review the line signal levels and error logs from your end Confirm whether SYNC or RCS errors are present on the hub Advise if an engineer visit is required to inspect the line or cabinet I’d appreciate your support in resolving it promptly. Modem logs: Hub 3.0 device information The information below shows current status of this Hub 3.0. Standard specification compliant : DOCSIS 3.0 Hardware version : 10 Downstream bonded channels Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) SNR (dB) Modulation Channel ID 1 139000000 0.7 37 256 qam 1 2 147000000 0.5 38 256 qam 2 3 155000000 -0.4 37 256 qam 3 4 163000000 0 37 256 qam 4 5 171000000 -0.4 37 256 qam 5 6 179000000 -0.2 37 256 qam 6 7 187000000 -0.4 37 256 qam 7 8 195000000 -1 37 256 qam 8 9 203000000 -0.2 38 256 qam 9 10 211000000 -0.5 38 256 qam 10 11 219000000 -0.2 36 256 qam 11 12 227000000 0.2 36 256 qam 12 13 235000000 -0.2 38 256 qam 13 14 243000000 -0.5 38 256 qam 14 15 347000000 1.9 38 256 qam 27 16 355000000 2 38 256 qam 28 17 363000000 1.7 38 256 qam 29 18 371000000 1.5 38 256 qam 30 19 379000000 1.7 38 256 qam 31 20 387000000 1.7 38 256 qam 32 21 395000000 1.2 38 256 qam 34 22 403000000 1.7 38 256 qam 35 23 411000000 1.2 38 256 qam 36 24 419000000 1.2 38 256 qam 37 Downstream bonded channels Channel Locked Status RxMER (dB) Pre RS Errors Post RS Errors 1 Locked 37 37506135 813077 2 Locked 38.6 193431 36024 3 Locked 37.6 53283 2123 4 Locked 37.6 45627 1539 5 Locked 37.6 34557 1907 6 Locked 37.6 22829 1759 7 Locked 37.3 27275 803 8 Locked 37.6 18276 570 9 Locked 38.6 13821 428 10 Locked 38.6 15725 146 11 Locked 36.6 19200 171 12 Locked 36.6 19469 95 13 Locked 38.6 13178 62 14 Locked 38.9 10716 183 15 Locked 38.6 1711 74 16 Locked 38.6 1419 28 17 Locked 38.6 2184 28 18 Locked 38.9 1868 33 19 Locked 38.6 3943 42179 20 Locked 38.6 2769 993 21 Locked 38.6 2838 40 22 Locked 38.6 1801 27 23 Locked 38.6 3640 15572 24 Locked 38.6 1144 18 Upstream bonded channels Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) Symbol Rate (ksps) Modulation Channel ID 1 30100000 48.5 5120 64 qam 9 2 36600034 46.8 5120 64 qam 6 3 23600000 48.3 5120 64 qam 10 4 43099997 50.3 5120 64 qam 5 5 49600000 49.8 5120 64 qam 4 Upstream bonded channels Channel Channel Type T1 Timeouts T2 Timeouts T3 Timeouts T4 Timeouts 1 ATDMA 0 0 1 0 2 ATDMA 0 0 2 0 3 ATDMA 0 0 4 0 4 ATDMA 0 0 1 0 5 ATDMA 0 0 0 0 Network Log critical SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync;CM-Armed Forces Covenant Breach and Service Family discrimination
My wife is serving military and I am a military veteran. The broadband contract we have is in my name, however the military quarter is in my wife’s name as it is her still serving. She is being posted to a camp that is not in a Virgin media area so Virgin are disconnecting our broadband. I let them know 30 days before our move, yet they want evidence such as a driving licence or utility bill for our new property within 28 days. This is unreasonable and unrealistic. They are charging an extortionate early disconnection fee and refuse to waive this even though we are moving as a forces family. When I submitted the evidence of our new property provided by the military which does not have my name on it, they have rejected it. They refuse to accept we are a forces couple as I do not have a mod.uk email, although my wife does. She is not the account holder though. This is a breach of the Armed Forces Covenant as we do not choose to move or where we are sent. If anyone from Virgin is reading this please could you get in touch with me regarding this frankly disgusting behaviour.Armed Forces Covenant - Virgin Media Breaching Contract
Military family here. We lived in an SFA down south and got posted to Cyprus (RAF base, which is British Territory) . I contacted Virgin Media saying that: the area I'm moving to is UNSERVICEABLE by Virgin Media hence by contract no early termination fee should be billed to my name. It is a military posting for the entire family that is outside our control so by contract, Virgin Media should not put a military family under unfair treatment and/or discrimination. Virgin Media is required to waive fees for military FAMILIES. I've explained all this, quoting the covenant, quoting other military spouses whose fees have been waived under such circumstances and the response I got was "I only have paperwork for Serving Person in my office, because the account is under your name you will have to pay". Well, isn't this unfair treatment? the house you provided services for is MOD property, which funny enough is under the Serving Person name, so you charge me, you charge him, you charge us. Webchat was even worse as I got someone who didn't speak any English and his messages made absolutely zero sense. Then I got a really cheeky guy who kept asking me of he could close my complaint. I told him not to close it and what did it do? claimed he resolved it!!!! Absolutely unbelievable how you don't understand that you can be sued for all this and that I can get my husband's Warrant Officer to send you a nice lovely letter as he already had to do this before for other people. You think you can just take advantage of people that's what you think. I expect the bill to be waived as it's legally required. Waiting for you to get in contact.Issue Linking Virgin Media Account to Virgin Media O2 ID Account.
Below taken from a previous discussion on this forum but as it's the exact same issue and they explained it well I've stolen it. Hi all - hoping posting here can shed some light on this whole process. I am a new customer with virgin media, and have just been sent all the emails through with my contract etc. on the email address I used to set up the account. The emails said to set up the My Virgin Media account, so I clicked the link and registered my Virgin Media O2 ID account. It then said to link that account to my Virgin Media account, however when I did so, it said that the email accounts don’t match, even though I used the same email address for both: “We’ve found your Virgin Media account However, this account is linked to an email address that’s different to the one on your Virgin Media O2 ID. If you’d like to continue and link your Virgin Media account to your Virgin Media O2 ID, please confirm the full email address your Virgin Media account is currently registered to. We’ll then send an email to that email address to approve the transfer.” So I put my email in (the one from which I received all emails about my contract setup), but it is saying the email address doesn’t match even though I literally copy pasted it from my contract document. It gave me five attempts to put my email in and the same error message came up each time - I now have one attempt left and don’t want to use it in case my account gets blocked. Please could anyone advise on what I’m doing wrong or if this is a glitch or something?? It’s a bit of a niche problem I think, and I couldn’t find anything on the FAQs! I feel like I’m going insane because I’ve checked the email so many times to make sure there are no typos or anything but it’s still not working!
