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Archives for June 2011

Wifi can't be received throughout the house. Any cheap way of changing that?
We've had Virgin installed into our new flat today. Unfortunately it wasn't until after the bloke who installed it had left that we realised that three of the four bedrooms couldn't actually pick up the signal! The flat is a really odd layout. Basically the router is on the far right of the building whereas the three…
Not happy with Virgin Media Broadband...
Hi there :) Wondered if anyone could give me some advice before I take the plunge and dive into the deep end. I'm currently with Virgin Media, but unfortunately in my area it's not cabled so when I moved it from previous address I only ended up with the national package (no TV). I'm on the unlimited internet and phone…
Sky Mis-sold?
Hi everyone, I'm looking for some help regarding Sky. I was signed up by a rep who offered TV, Phone and Broadband for £30 per month. I said it was important I had Unlimited Broadband for video chat with Uni. He said it was Unlimited. On the peperwork, 'Everyday Lite' was ticked. When I asked he said it's because that one…
Is anyone else having this problem?
I cant log in to my e mail account and delete my e mails. Im on talk talk and it just keeps saying "loading please wait" I click on Inbox and nothing happens. Is this a tiscali problem?
Virgin Media Address Search
Bit of a strange one, I'm about to move in to a house I have just purchased, naturally I'm interested in seeing what sort of service I can get on VM. Unfortunately my address isn't list when I type in the postcode, does anyone know the process of what happens if I fill my details in, following the "take a few more details"…
Unable to establish my Broadband usage
Hi all Although I have always rented the line from BT, many years ago I signed up to an "unlimited" BB and calls package with Tiscali, (who changed to TalkTalk, and during the transition my unlimited BB deal became 40GB) which has been fine, and as far as I know, we've never gone over my limit. I'm now looking at other…
Virgin Reprimanded By Advertising Standards Authority
"Virgin Media has been reprimanded by the Advertising Standards Authority for an online campaign accusing rival broadband services of "conning" customers. The campaign, called "Stop the broadband con" was aimed at changing the way other broadband providers advertised their services."…
Sky won't let me downgrade
Hi all, My 6 months discount with Sky is coming to an end so I rang to see what deals are available to keep me as a customer i was told there weren't any... So I downgraded my TV package and wanted to do the same with my broadband. I'm on unlimited at the mo but wanted to downgrade to lite. They checked my usage and found…
Serious BT Broadband issue - very hard to resolve via call center.
Hi all and thanks for reading my post. Firstly let me lay down some background information as i would like this post to be left, once resolved, to help inform others should they experience this very strange and 'awkward' issue with their BT or other broadband service. My name is Aaron Conway and i am an IT professional,…
virgin throttle
hi there, im downloading some torrents but the down speed is 164kb on 10meg, why am i being throttled at this time of night, whats the best time to download on virgin media. thanks.
How many Mb needed?
Hi can anyone advise if a 40mb download per month limit would be sufficient for a student house of 6 who all download films and watch tv online? Thanks :beer:
Plusnet, pros and cons?
I'm currently not on the internet at home, I'm considering going with Plusnet at £6.49 per month. The initial payment of roughly £11 (this is for p&p for the wireless router) then £6.49 p.m after that seems reasonable. I've already paid in January a year's line rental up front with BT so just interested in internet access…
Can't transfer Virgin contract - help please.
I initially put this query on the Virgin Media Retention thread because it was Virgin Media but not sure if that was the right place so adding here - hope that's ok. My daughter took out a package with Virgin about 6 months ago when she moved into her rented house. This contract was for 1 year and was for Phone/Broadband…
bt broadband and line
currently with bt for bradband/calls /and line rental i am a sky full package holder for my tv satellite when bt rolled me over for another 12 months last november i was angry and have decided to change supplier was thinking about getting the lot from sky would it be worth my while my bt call charges are about £30 a month…
Broadband Help please
HI, I have just done a Samknows check and this was what I got come up However, there is another service on your phone line (e.g. ADSL, LLU, DACS, etc) that would prevent you from ordering a new ADSL connection. The following services are available in your location:* BT Wholesale ADSL * BT Wholesale ADSL Max * BT Wholesale…
bt fon
I have come to the conclusion that bt-fon is as it says bt-fon. It is not fon as bt do not supply the correct fon router. beware before ordering a bt internet package that a true fon router is a different beast for sure. I am stuck with a 18 month contract, which is not fit for my purpose. My fault for trusting bt. The…
Broadband by cable with Virgin and connecting Iphone
For my pal. He has cabled Virgin broadband and an Iphone. He wants to preserve his internet connection usage and wondered how he can connect his Iphone into the Virgin BB which has unlimited use. Is there any device/dongle to make his sky wifi as there is no wifi router needed.
broadband for 6 months
hi i will be away from home during the week days for 6 months the accomodation has a bt line is there a broadband service i can have which does let me use it for 6 months only
Three Network Nightmare
Hi everybody. I am having an absolute nightmare with Three Network. I bought a Dongle in February and 1 month internet with a 1 mionth direct debit instruction. The dongle didn't work well in my area, which I didn't care so much about as it didn't cost that much and it was only for 1 month so I threw it away and deleted my…
Which broadband provider should we go for?
In September two friends and I will be moving into a student house. Hopefully we'll be staying there for the remainder of our degrees (2 years) and we're trying to work out who we should go with for our broadband. Ideally we'd like unlimited access and obviously a reliable service, but there's so much choice! Many thanks…

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