Embarrassingly slow speed
My internet speed the last few weeks has been incredibly slow compared to what it was before. Typically I have been able to break at least 50mb/s on my computer but as of the last few weeks I can barely break 20mb/s with occasional dips to <10mb/s for considerable periods of time. I have gone through each step typically recommended on the status check website including: resetting the router, changing position and re-plugging. I've even tried alternative methods like changing my DNS IP on the computer to see if that was the issue but to no avail. If anyone could please look into my router for me I would really appreciate it. I can provide the name account holder and additional details if needed. I will also confirm that this is not an issue with my computer as the Wi-Fi is also very slow even when I'm right next to the router. FYI I use an ethernet cable. Mod Edit : Image removedPoor WiFi speed in every room!
I am currently on the M500 plan and have a broadband speed of 276.30mbps in the lounge where the WiFi box is. However as soon as I leave this room the speed drops to 39.36 downstairs and 3.42 upstairs. This is not sustainable. I have seen people able to get boosters free of charge due to virgin not offering the service set out. Does anyone know if this is a possibility or how I can fix the issue without paying an extra £10pm for each booster!Speed issues / Pods
Had a 1gig line installed two days ago… speed seems ok in all but one of the bedrooms, where my son has his PlayStation. Speed is typically around 10mb download, which is unusable. i have run tests on the virgin app to confirm this, however it is not clear how to get a ‘pod’ issued for a speed under the guaranteed minimum limit if 30mb. i have tried calling and end in an infinite loop of automated robots. Can any one help? There is nothing in the app I can see to order a pod. It just tells me to restart the router.Not getting speed I pay
I've been with Virgin Media for about a month now. I've moved into a new build house and this is currently my 2nd virgin media router in that time. I've done the samknows speedtest and the speed to the router is 1.1GB which is what I pay for. However, the speed from the router to the devices fluctuates massively and hasn't been any higher that 300mbps despite paying for 1.1GB. I understand that I will never truely get 1.1GB and would expect anything 800mbps> but I am getting no where near this speed. I've called Virgin Media 3 times regarding this, we have performed switching off/on, reset etc. An engineer has came out to change the router. At the time the engineer tested the speed which was 600mbps> and told me this should increase over time but it has not. I am out of ideas, can anyone recommend anything?New customer and not impressed.
I just moved over from Sky (18 years) and I’m utterly shocked at the terrible broadband reliability of Virgin Media. My area is 21 and since my activation 3 weeks ago it’s been nothing but intermittent speed issues. Since activation, my area was flagged as having an issue by the Virgin Media service checker and yesterday evening I received a SMS saying area issue is resolved. I ran a few speeds tests shortly after and speeds were showing stable. This morning however it all went to crap, no broadband no TV. I can’t do any work and getting through to support is impossible via phone or web chat. I’m at my wits end with this incompetence and literally feel like ripping the hub from the wall!! I honestly think my area is over subscribed and not sure what Virgin Media can do about it.Re: Upgraded to 1Gb but getting 500mb speeds
I am having the same issue. I was on 500mbps before, and used to get around 450mbps. I cancelled my contract and just before my Sky install I was offered 1000mbps to stay with Virgin... I stayed and got the new hub... but I am still getting only around 200-450mpbs. Its as if the new speeds have not been activated as its literally no different and was the only reason I stayed and didn't just move to Sky and have cheaper 500mpbs with them. Lucky I am in my 14 days still so I might just cancel and still move to Sky anyway if its not resolved.Intermittent Signal
I pay for 500mbps download speed and 50mbps upload. I use an ethernet cable from the modem/router to my pc. I've been having issue with the upload speeds not being what they should be at RANDOM times throughout the day. But what is is going on here? Originally, I thought the speed drops past 8pm randomly but no it was throughout whole afternoon one day. Every speed testing I've done has always been different. I just tested again.. It's not 50mbps upload but it's not unsuable??? So why do I lag so much and have ridiculously high ping in games and calls. Ping spikes to 500-1000ms back down and up and it's stable throughout random times in the day. It's not just one game its all games. Testing on my phone and the uploads are the same download speed is less but I use my PC more. This is a screenshot I took one night 15/05/2025 What I've tried: I had an engineer come say he didn't see anything unusual because he didn't see any logs where my upload speed drops... Said he couldn't do anything, gave me his phone number said he would contact me back to see if it was on virgin media's side but hasn't contacted me since and its been 6 days and I even tried contacting him on the number he gave and no response. Called virgin after and they suggested I do factory reset. It was 50mbps upload after the factory for a bit then it just went back down.. So that didn't do anything. They told me if that didn't work they would send me a new router. Live chatted with someone told them everything and they just sent another engineer.. Told them about me realising that there are T3 Timeouts on Channel 5 (if that had anything to do with it) The 19 timeouts racked to 25 the day after this screenshot where the engineer had visited. Engineer told me they cleaned the cables . Told me it's rare but it might be feedback coming back into the router from my ethernet cable. Just checked again and my channel 5 T3 Timeouts is now 1 after they visited. I was getting 50mbps for a bit after the engineer left its down again.. Internet sometimes feels slow when I'm just browsing and loading links. I don't understand it all too well.. But all I know is that my ping is ridiculously high and low in games and when I have 50mbps upload that is never an issue and it is more stable. It's not just ping it's calls, streaming my screen to friends in call too. It NEVER used to be like this!! It's been happening for nearly a month. My upload speed can say 0 mbps but I can still upload a file. I see it going 0 to 3 to 4 to 9 . It's all over the place. I'm really lost. I didn't end up recieving a new router but that is my last hope. Another thing I was worried about if it was my computer itself, because nobody in my house uses the internet as much as I do and on mobiles it's not that noticeable unless you tried to play a game on mobile. Uploading files is slow but bearable. I've tested my ping on my computer with cmd, everything looks fine. My applications arent even using a lot of upload speed they don't even require that much. I even purchased a new ethernet cable but that didn't change anything. I also decided to test for bufferfloat. Thinking of buying a router now but im worried that will not solve my issues. I'm really confused and need help.
Latency Issues
Hello, Just had virgin fibre installed and my latency in game seems to be about 20ms higher than it was with BT (not FTTP). What is going on? surely virgin FTTP should be faster latency? I attach image of my latency trace also. It seems to be constantly spiking up and down in a strange fashion every 15 minutes. [MOD EDIT: IMAGE REMOVED DUE TO PERSONAL INFORMATION BEING DISPLAYED]sudden decline in Mbps being reported by speedtest using Chrome
I routinely check and record my speeds to keep an eye on what I pay for vs what I get... on average I'd say I'm around the 900Mbps mark and happy with that on a 1GB subscription. Have done this for years. ethernet connected, third party router, VM Hub 5 in modem mode But since the turn of the year it fell off the cliff....way down 😕 Initially I opened a VMchat and said my connection speed was looking slow and they said "we can see an issue with your router we'll arrange an engineer" ...the date set was the same day I had also got info they were doing works in my area midnight-3am. I also wasn't convinced the VMagent realised the Hub5 was in modem mode. However after coming off the VMchat I ran the speedtest in an alternate browser and got a VERY different result, so cancelled the engineer. Nearly double! Chrome was around the 370/98 Mbps mark, Safari 782/100 Mbps. Same computer, same ethernet connecting, two different browsers. ....to throw a huge spanner in my investigation I was on a Win11 ethernet computer in another room and Chrome gave me a result of 209/856 (yes - upload was massive compared to download 😳). But I digress. Digging a little, I'm down the rabbit hole of turning off extensions in Chrome, clearing cache, fresh profile yadda yadda but no dice. If I use Chrome I'm seeing a HUGE decline in the reported speeds Anyone else?
