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Its strange, I never really consider downloading tv shows as downloading illeagal content. Since the tv show mentioned above is probably available on dvd I guess it is. Never even thought about it though. :\ Can anyone recommend me a new ISP? Ive heard good things about BT. |
Virgin Media AGAIN ? • Page 3
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AlcohollicA 2,377 posts
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AlcohollicA 2,377 posts
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Registered 17 years agoIm only on 8mb adsl just now. Obviously dont want anything with download limits. Havent had a proper chance to look at BT or anything else yet, will get round to it at the weekend. -
Nexus_6 6,168 posts
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Registered 17 years agoSo it looks like Virgin is suffering a network wide outage just now. Seems to happen regular...
This explains why iplayer through the pPS3 is shit tonight buffering every 10 seconds, but I've been getting crap like this for a good few months now. 50mbs fibre package but only managing 3.9mbs. Any tips other than change provider? -
CosmicFuzz 32,632 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI'm on virgin and my internet is fine, watched some Netflix and posting online now! -
CosmicFuzz 32,632 posts
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Registered 15 years agoOh yeah also played about with Spotify on PS4 too.
Might download a file just for the hell of it
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Nexus_6 6,168 posts
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Registered 17 years agoOoooh you filthy bugger!
Seems you are the lucky one at the moment. What's your package? Oo-er -
vijay_UK 3,961 posts
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Registered 12 years agoNexus_6 wrote:
Been having a few issues of late, been messing up my Titanfall sessions and that is just going too far. Try:
So it looks like Virgin is suffering a network wide outage just now. Seems to happen regular...
This explains why iplayer through the pPS3 is shit tonight buffering every 10 seconds, but I've been getting crap like this for a good few months now. 50mbs fibre package but only managing 3.9mbs. Any tips other than change provider?
1) Log into your (I'm assuming) superhub and change the frequency/channel.
2) Reset the modem.
3) Give the tossers a phone call in the morning. -
TenderChicken 3,539 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI'm happy my Internet actually works after my BT debacle - Internet went off every ten minutes, they sent TWELVE engineers around (who were all told that were installing Internet, not fixing) - but my Virgin speed in the evenings is terrible. I'll usually get 50-90mb down when it's not peak, but 6mb after six pm. Does anyone else have this issue? -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoSounds like throttling to me. Are they still doing that? -
Nexus_6 6,168 posts
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Registered 17 years agoThanks Vijay! How does one log in to the superhub?
Tender chicken sounds like my prob without the good times
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rare_uk 3,634 posts
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Registered 20 years ago@Nexus_6
If in normal router mode i.e. wireless on etc: http://192.168.0.1/
Login details should be on the modem itself (underneath)
If in cable-modem mode it will be http://192.168.100.1/, but not many options obv.
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Rivuzu 18,424 posts
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Registered 15 years agoRivuzu wrote:
I postede that in the other Virgin Media thread, but does anyone know a way around this without subbing to a higher package? :/
Fuck Virgin.
Just tried to do Shareplay with a friend (first time trying) and it says my connection is too slow.
I check speedtest, I'm getting 2mbp/s.
Why? Because they throttle you. Fucking hard.
http://my.virginmedia.com/traffic-management/traffic-management-policy-thresholds.html
On the XL60, I can get 60mb down, 3mb up with a 900mb cut-off limit.
Fuck that. -
Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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Ranger_Ryu 1,567 posts
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Registered 13 years agoFrom what I've read a 3rd party company has accidently cut one of the countries main fibre lines and it's affecting 3 ISP's no idea if true or not *shrug* -
Fucking hell, that's some absolutely ridiculous traffic management!
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That looks like it won't be possible to stream high-definition content; is that the case? -
I can generally stream high def content at peak times with very little buffering.
Still not impressed with Virgin Media at the mo. Outages and local upgrades mean no more than 1.5mb d/l at peak times.
No connection at all yesterday evening. Good to have a few Blu Rays on hand! -
captbirdseye 11,190 posts
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Registered 16 years agoWas thinking of joining Virgin and guessing the more you spend the less traffic management your line gets? As anything 30meg and above has little management. -
@captbirdseye
Guy above is on the XL60 package and gets crucified, so I'd say a big fat no to that...
Have to say this combined with just kicking ADSL users off the service has made them an ISP I'd never consider -
the_milkybar_kid 8,474 posts
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Registered 7 years agoI think that's what 'meant' to happen. They've upgraded us from 30 to 50 and the connection seems 'abit' more stable. Though I'm yet to see any differences in the wifi connections. That said our connection is far better than people that have had sky or the likes locally.
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Looks that way on paper but seems the quality and resilience of the service is poor. We're getting connected today from EE, which hasn't been great - I was hoping that opting for fibre would improve things but this doesn't fill me with confidence... -
Subquest 397 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI guess you're working with what you have available at your address, I presume there's no fibre service? It's been a long time since I needed to even think about the speed I'm getting - it's always 'fast enough'. -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoThis page claims that on 30Mb+, it's only upload that is throttled, DL should be fine:
http://my.virginmedia.com/traffic-management/traffic-management-policy-30Mb-or-higher.html
Assume Shareplay is P2P and that's why that is throttled.... -
We get fibre, but network reliability seems poor. Fingers crossed it's no worse than EE. What's the customer service like? -
jimnastics 1,893 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI've been getting pretty regular dropouts ever since I joined Virgin in Dec 13, to the point where I've given up reporting the problems and I just go on 4G through my mob to get me by whilst it's down. I'm on about 120mb fibre on their biggest package, currently paying £127 a month as I'm out of the half-price offer I got... glad my contract is up in May, time to consider options. -
Rivuzu 18,424 posts
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Registered 15 years agoDougs wrote:
Yup. Only 3mb up isn't good enough to allow sharply at all, from my machine, because it would stream the screen exactly to someone else's ps4.
This page claims that on 30Mb+, it's only upload that is throttled, DL should be fine:
http://my.virginmedia.com/traffic-management/traffic-management-policy-30Mb-or-higher.html
Assume Shareplay is P2P and that's why that is throttled....
Thing is, I don't really have much of a choice, as my area is Virgin fibre only. I'd have to pay 7.50 extra a month to get a better package with less throttling, but even then it's forced to 12mb up.
Compare it with my friends BT fibre who apparently gets 70 down and 50 up and it's a fucking joke. -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoIt's quite rare for BT's fibre network not to be in an area where VM are - their network overlay is almost identical. -
ILoveThrashMetal 1,066 posts
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Registered 10 years ago@jimnastics £127 a month!? -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoAssume that's the full telly package etc as well -
Yeah wtf?? I pay £42 for my line rental and 100mbps package from them.
They've been pretty decent for me touch wood. Had one or two outages but always resolved within a few days. Once it was because they'd unplugged us to plug someone else in at the cabinet.
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