Any future plans for multiroom stream?

[Drefsab]

Hi there I just took out services again with virgin im in a XGS-PON area so no coax. I took a stream box with my package and as I understand it its 1 per household. The question is does anyone know if there's any future plans to change this. Surely they don't expect to replace coax servies with single tv options? Most uk homes have more than one tv now days.

i took it anyway because £35 one off is worth a punt but i'll never be paying for extra channels on one box only and I cant be bothered moving it all the time so it will just be religated to being a freeview box for the spare room where I dont have an arial or sat feed. It just seams a little half baked as a product at the moment.

[unisoft]

No, instead of pushing on and going digital by making the stream the default box, they keep the stupid limitation on one box per account. If they actually got rid of DVB-C that is used for Tivo, v6 and 360 boxes, then the HFC network could offer faster upload speeds as well as download speeds. 2028 is still a way away for HFC to FTTP and meanwhile competitors are gnawing away daily at VM's legacy network areas.

On the XGS-PON network, there is no DVB-C, so don't understand why they limit there. Must be a licensing issue with IPTV delivery possibly?

[Joseph_B]

Hey @Drefsab,

Welcome back to the Community Forums and thanks for the post.

With this its not something we currently offer, however if that does change you will be notified with regards to this via our website here.

Joe

[Cardiffman282]

That's a pre-O2 merger site. The new one seems to be https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/news-views/

[unisoft]

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@Cardiffman282 wrote:

That's a pre-O2 merger site. The new one seems to be https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/news-views/

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That awkward moment when a customer (maybe ex-customer) posts the official link of the official press releases because the VM staff had an incorrect link. Priceless 🙂

[Cardiffman282]

Still a current customer for my sins whilst I patiently wait for OR/Ogi... 

[Matthew_ML]

Hey Cardiffman282, thank you for reaching out and we are always looking to invest and improve our services so one day we may offer this, I would keep an eye and sign up on this link 

[nodrogd]

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@unisoft wrote:

If they actually got rid of DVB-C that is used for Tivo, v6 and 360 boxes, then the HFC network could offer faster upload speeds as well as download speeds. 2028 is still a way away for HFC to FTTP and meanwhile competitors are gnawing away daily at VM's legacy network areas.

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Dumping broadcast TV en-masse would annoy a good 4 million people who would no longer be able to record content or use their existing kit. Not to mention that IP & broadcast distribution agreements are separate entities & VM has ongoing commitments to both with the broadcasters. They also operate area cable franchises from OFCOM for which Cable TV is a component, requiring agreement changes (& possibly legislation changes) to remove it from the existing franchise areas.

OFCOM has agreed to VM transitioning to non-cable operations, but this will no doubt have many conditions attached that "protect" existing customers.

[Tudor]

"The question is does anyone know if there's any future plans to change this." VM never ever pre announce forthcoming changes. Any info from users on a the board about extra boxes is just speculation. 

[Roger_Gooner]

The migration to XGS-PON involves, amongst many things, a move to an all-IP platform. So, all STBs will be replaced by IPTV boxes which will almost certainly be a version of the Stream box. There will then have to be multiple boxes per household. A major drawback is that it will be impossible to record all live channels, just Google for Sky's Stream for an idea of what's coming.