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1pBroadband reflections/experience
Hidoes anyone have any experience or reviews on 1pBroadband?Seems quite a good deal with the phone costs for a light landline user....but is the broadband good and reliable? Don't need top speeds just up to the 35Mb apparently getting at the moment on Talk Talk with fibre to the box down the road and then copper into the…
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upgrading from bt basic to vodafone essentials
hi my mother has been on basic for years now but we are finding as she now streams a bit more that her basic speed and capacity are affected that we were thinking of going onto Vodafone essentials with the better speeds, after seeing martins post on the main site. any opinions on this ? Thanks
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Can they increase the price
I signed up for new broadband provider in Nov last year but didn't actually get moved until March 2023. In February I had an email to say my price was going up by £NULL in March. However they have put it up saying they apologies for the error in the email and the price has increased as per my contract. As I didn't have the…
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Kcom
Hi, we are with kcom in the hull area and we cannot change. But can we buy the line out and go with another provider? Or is this impossible? Any help would be good
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Forced to use Virgin Media Broadband
I have a Virgin Media Wall Socket at my flat, its a 3 year old new build but feel I am being forced to stay with Virgin only because it was installed when the flats were built. So I can't do anything about price hikes. Is there any way for me to get an option where I can choose which provider I can go with, surely I should…
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Can't access Virgin media email
Hi all. I haven't been able to get past the sign in page for Virgin Media now for 5 days. Everything I try, including reset password, takes me back to the main sign in page and I am getting really frustrated. Initially I put it down to the main outage that happened last week, but I still can't access it. Even the 'help and…
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Mobile Router
I'm currently with Sky broadband, but I'm considering cancelling and buy a mobile router TP-link 6400 or something similar. Couple of questions 1 Are these routers suitable for permanent use in the home or are they only for odd occasions 2 How do I top up the sim card? Will I have to transfer the sim card to my phone and…
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Can I combine social tariff's from 2 providers ?
Hi I'm at looking at sorting a disabled family member's broadband, TV & home phone
out. There with Virgin Media at the moment and I've just figured out I can
transfer them to a social tariff getting broadband & stream for £20 a month
with a rolling 30-day contract. However, there is no inclusion of a phone line in any of…
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Humax box
HI, I have just cancelled my Virgin TV package and was considering a Humax box to record on. The one my other half wanted was the Humax Aura 4K 1TB, but the reviews are not brilliant. We wanted a box to record up to 4 and to be able to watch another one. Is anyone using this box atm please and can advise me?
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Which providers still provide copper phone connections?
Hi. I'm helping my father switch providers to save money however he'd rather keep his standard phone line for calls rather than change to digital voice or similar, I know that he will soon have no choice but at the moment he would rather keep it, so which providers still provide this?
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Virgin only option?
We recently cancelled our virgin broadband(about 3 weeks to run)and signed up with Now. Problem is openreach came round and said though we have a wire coming from their box it seems to have been cut off just short of the house. It is under our quite new driveway so no chance we will let them dig that up.We should receive a…
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Talktalk BB without phone
I'm trying to find out whether TT offer a broadband only service at all, rather than me just not using the phone side of things.I've noticed that BT are advertising one for £ 30.99 .. I actually gave up my home BB as the monthly cost kept rising. I thought that using my mobile (Tesco) as a hotspot would be ok but It's…
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Wifi Virgin
Hi I've recently got virgin broadband, one of my rooms has terrible wifi. When I speak to them they try to just offer me to buy pods and other things. Has anyone got any suggestions or success to get a free booster device.
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Vodaphone increase more than 10%
I have received notification that my vodaphone broadband will increase by 13% + 10% CPI and 3.9% for there continued investment. I’m still in contract am I able to leave as they have increased more than the expected CPI?
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Broadband and moving house
I’m moving to a new rented flat and I’ve just found out that my broadband provider Shell Energy can’t provide the same broadband package in the new flat (Superfast Fibre), instead they can only provide the much more expensive one (Full Fibre). I’m mid contract - didn’t choose to move, landlord sold my flat and I’m lucky to…
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SAVINGS
Continuous BLESSINGS Martin to you & your team. I've followed your advice & have reduced my VIRGINMEDIA CHARGES, by £33 per mth.
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MSE News: Easier broadband switching for Virgin Media customers and others delayed
Broadband customers switching to or from cable networks including Virgin Media, Hyperoptic and others will still have to contact both their new and existing provider when moving across, as plans to introduce easier 'one touch' switching from April 2023 have been delayed. Read the full story: 'Easier broadband switching for…
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social tariffs and pension credit
My partner is struggling to find a provider. He gets some pension credit. Each provider he's found asks for the address, gets a form filled in, then says he's not eligible because it's the wrong area (so why not reject it at the start), or that he doesn't get enough pension credit. Any ideas?
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Moving over to FTTP full fibre broadband - keeping landline number for incoming calls only
I'm thinking of moving our broadband from ADSL over a BT line over to a FTTP full fibre to the premises internet provider via CityFibre's network, which is now up and running in our area. I would like to keep our existing landline number and I know this can be ported over to the new internet provider. But I only really…
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Plusnet bills gone up by 10% more than advised rise - what have I missed
As title says. I'd expected my bill's to go up by 14.4% from today as per plusnet websites etc in line with annual inflation rise plus CPI. Have just been in both mine and my mother's account and the actual increase is 24.4%. What have I missed, anyone else with plusnet who knows where the additional 10% has come from?
