Switched from Sky ADSL to Virgin's 200mbps 'service' a few weeks ago. Badly regretting it now.
This is about normal between 6pm and 11pm.
Are you using the new Super Hub 3? I had the same issue and I had to do a factory reset on the router and since then I get a constant 100MB even in the evenings even though the Virgin representatives had fobbed me off before by telling me there's over utilization in my area. I am using the 5 Ghz connection and have a ac wireless card.
Hmm, so for some reason, Ookla isn't giving me proper wireless speeds on my laptop, but it does on my phone.
Urrrghhh, moving flat and BT couldn't transfer my fibre despite it being enabled in every other flat in the building. Decided to give VM a try as their boxes were already on the wall in the new place. Ordered online, chose an installation date of 28th of April, all seems good.
Today I get an email saying that the 28th of April has been cancelled and the next soonest they can do it is the 6th of July! Over 9 weeks without any phone or broadband service in my new flat is beyond poor. I called them up and the poor person on the service desk didn't seem to have anything they could do about it. Any strategies with VM to get some movement out of them?
I'm on 150Mb Vivid, which doesn't seem to be a package recognised on their website?! Should I be on 100Mb or 200Mb?
150 doesn't exist any more as a home product. It should be 100 or 200. The only way to be on 150 is if you haven't had your free upgrade to 200.
150 doesn't exist any more as a home product. It should be 100 or 200. The only way to be on 150 is if you haven't had your free upgrade to 200.
The move means that over 1 million of the extra premises will be able to connect to Virgin Media’s network via FTTP technology, which is about as close to future proof as you can currently get. This would also mean that Virgin “becomes the UK’s largest wholly fibre broadband network” and by “fibre” they actually mean pure fibre optic, for a change (BT has about 200,000+ premises passed with FTTP and Hyperoptic are believed to be at a similar level).
It looks like it's connected at 2.4Ghz and possibly only supports a single stream.
My MacBook Pro is a 3x3 device and can get over 100Mb/s on 2.4GHz.
Is your laptop connected to the 5GHz network?
That's got nothing to do with Ookla and everything to do with how your laptop is connecting to the hub.
The best news to come out since before the announcement of the NTL/Telewest merger.Virgin Media Commits to Huge UK Rollout of Ultrafast FTTP Broadband
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...-big-uk-rollout-ultrafast-fttp-broadband.html
The best news to come out since before the announcement of the NTL/Telewest merger.
Maybe now (more?) VM BB customers will start getting a great BB service like Telewest were renowned for, before VM/NTL took over.
+1It depends if they invest in their backbone infrastructure. If VM just extend fibre from the cabs to the door, all they are doing is creating higher headline speeds for marketing purposes that just bottlenecks as you try to use it through the VM network.
There's already far too many people affected by over-subscription, but VM still sell higher speeds and put more customers on segments claiming speeds that can't be supported when people want to use it.