It's far more reliable than adsl. You actually get the speed you sign up to for a start. Which is a big problem if you live in an older area, as the phone lines and boxes are rubbish.
Virgin Media... who else just died?
- Thread starter blighter
- Start date
Soldato
Mine went out for a little while (London), doesn't really bother me, it went out for a couple of days earlier this year which bothered me a lot more.
Still a good connection though.
Still a good connection though.
I've never had the speed I signed up for. I was on 4Mb until a few months ago, and the fastest we had on that was 2Mb. Now it's supposed to be 20Mb and we're lucky to get 4.
Soldato
Mine went down as well, sync light flashing like crazy.
Nothing new tho, its been rubish latley.
Nothing new tho, its been rubish latley.
Do you use a router? Which modem do you use? Webstar and Surfboard should be giving you 20mb.
To be fair, this is about the first time mines gone down since I moved to them back in July!
Soldato
It is never "4mb" or "20mb" or any other number. It is always "up to xxmb".
Which in theory means they could hook up your house with a piece of garden twine and empty baked bean tin and still be providing you with up to 20mb
Which in theory means they could hook up your house with a piece of garden twine and empty baked bean tin and still be providing you with up to 20mb
It is never "4mb" or "20mb" or any other number. It is always "up to xxmb".
Which in theory means they could hook up your house with a piece of garden twine and empty baked bean tin and still be providing you with up to 20mb
Not with Cable
Not with Cable
Yeah its pretty much always 90% full speed. Even during throttling hours.
Permabanned
The main reason I'd never go with cable is the fact you are now stuck with one provider and you'll have to pay BT £125 if you decide you want to go back to adsl. There are definitely far more negative threads about Virgin Media on the various forums lately (even forgetting their TV service) no matter what anyone says.
I've had virgin/telewest on off since 2001. Thats about the third time I've seen it go down.To be fair, this is about the first time mines gone down since I moved to them back in July!
Associate
Glad to hear people are back on. Still off here!
Ready light has been flashing for the last hour, gives me an excuse to test out web n walk on my phone.
Ready light has been flashing for the last hour, gives me an excuse to test out web n walk on my phone.
Associate
yup, was d/c for about half hour.. all back to normal now..
during that half hour i felt i was in a whole new world, like i could become president or something if i put my mind to it.. ah back to normal now though
during that half hour i felt i was in a whole new world, like i could become president or something if i put my mind to it.. ah back to normal now though
Man of Honour
Lost mine for half an hour, Cut off mid game of COD4 on the 360, first round an all. 150 number was down an all so i couldn't even Moan at them 
Soldato
Please find details below of this service affecting issue.
Raised : 17 Dec, 2007 22:09
Name : Ben Appleton, Outage Surveillence Team
Ticket Number : 616024
Estimated Resolution : 4 Hours
Status : Opened
Priority : MSO
Services Affected: Broadband Internet, Digital TV
Description :
Some customers Nationally may currently be
experiencing a loss all Digital & Broadband
services.
Our engineers are aware of the issue and are
working to restore normal service as quickly as
possible.
Virgin Media apologise for any inconvenience
caused.
For more details on service affecting issues, visit our
website at http://status.virginmedia.com/vmstatus/summary.do
Raised : 17 Dec, 2007 22:09
Name : Ben Appleton, Outage Surveillence Team
Ticket Number : 616024
Estimated Resolution : 4 Hours
Status : Opened
Priority : MSO
Services Affected: Broadband Internet, Digital TV
Description :
Some customers Nationally may currently be
experiencing a loss all Digital & Broadband
services.
Our engineers are aware of the issue and are
working to restore normal service as quickly as
possible.
Virgin Media apologise for any inconvenience
caused.
For more details on service affecting issues, visit our
website at http://status.virginmedia.com/vmstatus/summary.do