Different broadband on a virgin line

Clare_king

Hi, does anyone know if I can get a new broadband provider on my Virgin phone line? I don't think I can, but thought I would see if anyone knew of any providers? c

robt_2

No, you can't.

You can't get ANY broadband on a Virgin phone-line, a separate cable is used for cable broadband.

macman

Clare_king wrote: »

Hi, does anyone know if I can get a new broadband provider on my Virgin phone line? I don't think I can, but thought I would see if anyone knew of any providers? c

Are you on Virgin Media (cable service), or Virgin National (ADSL service)? If it's cable, you are stuck with Virgin. You need a BT line to get any ADSL based broadband service.

spike7451

robt wrote: »

No, you can't.

You can't get ANY broadband on a Virgin phone-line, a separate cable is used for cable broadband.

Correct,
VM's phone network works differently from BT's & does not connect to the BT network until it reaches the hubsite,which can be miles away.

Clare_king

Hi, thanks, I thought as much! I'm really not happy with Virgin, so will have to look into changing to BT I think...

thanks, everyone

macman

You still haven't said if you are on VM cable or Virgin National ADSL?
Changing from VM to BT.. the words 'frying pan' and 'fire' come to mind...

kwikbreaks

macman wrote: »

Changing from VM to BT.. the words 'frying pan' and 'fire' come to mind...

No. No. Look BT get much better ratings than VM ADSL here....
http://www.dslzoneuk.net/isp_ratings.php

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