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UNDERSTANDING KEY ASPECTS OF WiFi

UNDERSTANDING KEY ASPECTS OF WiFi WiFi is a somewhat notorious, though essential commodity. In many cases, when its behaviour does not meet the user’s perception of the claims made by the ISP (e.g. Virgin Media), the blame is quickly heaped on the IS...

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Sephiroth by Alessandro Volta
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Getting a better Wireless Network Signal

Seeing so many posts about Good, Bad & ugly Wifi, I thought I would post some suggestions for people out there.   There are definitely good, midrange & poor routers with quite variable performance wifi.  Never expect a mass market product to be the b...

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Hub status data - understanding network log messages

N Warning: Long, dull, a bit technical. NHaving needed to repeat myself a few times, I thought I'd share my understanding of what you might find in a Hub 3's network log when things go wrong, and what it means.  First of all, this post is based on my...

Andrew-G by Alessandro Volta
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Resolved! When is virgin media coming to Newton Aycliffe

Hi I was just wondering when is virgin media coming to Newton Aycliffe I see virgin media is around the surrounding areas and existing cables are actually going through Aycliffe however the broadband itself is not. I also checked with your partner - ...

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Hub 4 issues

Hi!I received a free upgrade from my Hub 3 to a newer Hub 4 this week. Although I have working Internet connectivity I can not now access the router settings or even find the router in the VM Connect app. I've read all the sagas on the forums of the ...

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Switching

Hi if I wished to switch from BT to Virgin Media two things.1: does Virgin Media offer complete WiFi in all rooms like BT (and match it)2: Does Virgin Media have anything that matches BT's Halo Hub???

Resolved! Hub 5 Power Lead Length.

Hi, How long is the Hub 5 power lead, please? I currently have a Hub 3 (M250) and am looking upgrading to 1Gb speed. Apparently, I will receive a Hub 5 for this. However, I currently use a 3rd party power lead for my Hub 3 as the original was too sho...

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Change Location of Cable Entry

Hi There I’m in real need of moving the entry point of my cable. I have seen that it can be done but have tried to contact Virgin on the phone and live chat but haven’t got through. Is there a specific link for this? I understand the charge and that’...

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New WiFi not working

We recently received a new hub and completed the setup as instructed. It was still not working so we spoke to the helpline who could not get it fixed. We had been told that an engineer would arrive today between 12 and 4, which has not happened. We h...

VM connect app forcing to optimise networks

VM connect app forcing me to optimise network. But I want to keep my 2G and 5G networks separately which makes it easier for me to identify connections. Also, on VM connect app my wifi pod connection status is always fair regardless of where I place ...

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