I guess not
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Meanwhile, my problems werre sorted by a factory reset. It's now working with no problems at all. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
I have not had any problems.. Is setting the modem easy to do? |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Sun Aug 26, 2012 21:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
On a whim, I've flipped back to router mode and it's had a firmware update and is much better. Much better indeed. |
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| Author: | Derek The Halls [ Sun Aug 26, 2012 21:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
On my 60meg virgin connection and superhub I don't seem to be able to get a download faster than about 4MB/S |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Sigh. When virgin moved my account to the new house, they insisted on giving me a new super hub. Only after the engineer left did I notice that the Internet wasn't connecting. A lengthy call to virgin has established that the new hub is faulty and will only work in modem mode. New one on the way and back to my edimax router again (which I may just stick with anyway as the wireless range is excellent) |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Why not just plug the edimax router into your "modem"? |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Grim... wrote: Why not just plug the edimax router into your "modem"? I have. Was that not clear? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
I guess not
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Dec 20, 2012 13:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
New hub arrived and installed. All is well. Wireless range even seems drastically better. Result |
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| Author: | Morte [ Wed Feb 06, 2013 7:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Virgin Media being bought out by Liberty Global http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21347814 |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Wed Feb 06, 2013 15:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Branson says this will be good for customers, while he rolls around naked in £50 notes. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 22:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
DavPaz wrote: The superhub is now in Modem Mode and there it will stay. Crappy wireless range and performance, random drop outs and some quite frankly bizarre DHCP glitches have turned me off it. Old router now firmly back in place. I'm having a speed upgrade soon and I've just been sent an email telling me that I need a new "super" hub. I presume, since the current router I have does everything I want, that turning off the wireless part of it is easy? Also, they want to send an engineer round to install it and tell me how it works... What a complete waste of time. |
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| Author: | ApplePieOfDestiny [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 22:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
TheVision wrote: DavPaz wrote: The superhub is now in Modem Mode and there it will stay. Crappy wireless range and performance, random drop outs and some quite frankly bizarre DHCP glitches have turned me off it. Old router now firmly back in place. I'm having a speed upgrade soon and I've just been sent an email telling me that I need a new "super" hub. I presume, since the current router I have does everything I want, that turning off the wireless part of it is easy? Also, they want to send an engineer round to install it and tell me how it works... What a complete waste of time. He won't waste much time doing that. Not as much as you waste waiting for him to not turn up anyway. Virgin media is like a hot younger girlfriend who knows she is. Great when its turned on, a pain in the tits until you're plugged in. |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
I want to dump the bt phone line and infinity 2 and get just-100meg-broadband virgin, to save £9/mo (£14/mo for the 3 months with the intro discount). Is the superhub sorted these days? Do they fuck about with shaping/limits? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
They shape Newsgroup traffic (unless you use a secure connection). |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Sat Jun 21, 2014 12:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
That it? What are uploads like? I get 16 on my 75 infinity. They've apparently put the price up since I last looked. Tossers. Still cheaper though. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Jun 21, 2014 13:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Dunno, I don't really upload a lot of stuff, or use torrents. I can run a test for you, if you'd like. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Sat Jun 21, 2014 13:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Significantly less than 16 I suspect. I get 2 |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Jun 21, 2014 14:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Jun 21, 2014 14:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
That upspeed is rubbish, although you don't really feel it much. Mind you, you don't really notice the >100Mb download either, compared to the 50 I used to have. |
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| Author: | Slightly Green [ Sat Jun 21, 2014 15:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Grim... wrote: bah looks like I may have to look at Virgin next, I get better upload, but who cares about that  What is the monthly package cost? also do you get any usage caps? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Jun 21, 2014 15:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
I don't get any usage caps. Monthly cost last month was... Er... £120.13. That has two Tivo boxes on the "XL" package, Sky Sports and home phone as well, though. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Jun 21, 2014 15:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Ah, here we go: Code: Your package
Bundle Charges Talk Unlimited Calldispl TV Size: X L 1 Add Set Top Box(es) V HD Monthly Fee TiVo Monthly Fee Extra Set Top Box Discount Broadband XXL (Up To 120mb) Bundle Charges total£72.01 Phone line rental Line Rental Phone line rental total£15.99 Premium add-ons Sports1,Sports2 Premium add-ons total£27.25 Your package total£115.25 Usage charges View details Telephone calls for xxxxxxxxx (excl VAT) Calls below your itemisation threshold (default - calls below 50p) £1.12 Calls above your itemisation threshold (default - calls above 50p) £2.95 VAT Amount (VAT on Telephone calls charged at 20% on £4.07) £0.81 Telephone Calls Total£4.88 Usage charges Total£4.88 |
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| Author: | Slightly Green [ Sat Jun 21, 2014 16:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Cheers Grim... |
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| Author: | The Egg [ Sat Jun 21, 2014 18:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Might want to edit your home phone number out of that chap |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Jun 21, 2014 20:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Meh, I just shout at the house phone. Mrs Grim... answers it sometimes, then seems surprised that it's a sales call. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Jun 23, 2014 9:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
I've just been offered my speed boost and as I was flicking through the t&c's, I saw this... Quote: We've got great news for all customers on our broadband tiers of 30Mb and above. After listening to your feedback, we've decided to stop applying our traffic management policy to download speeds. So now you can download as much as you like without worrying about traffic management slowing you down. Our new policy is simple: We only restrict upload speed, not download speed Your speed is only reduced while the upload threshold is exceeded. So the speed reduction could only last as little as an hour as long as you reduce your uploads Good news. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Jul 01, 2014 21:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
I had my new superhub installed today and I've had an upgrade to 50Mb/s. Wow.. It's fast. The superhub seems to be alright so far too. I asked the installer what they were like and he said that this one is a new version as they had problems with the range on the old versions. Overall, and so far, I'm happy. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Jul 01, 2014 21:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
They won't give me a new one. Cunts. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
How come? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Probably because the current one is working fine, for a given value of "working". |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
What's the problem with it then? I must say, so far, I'm quite impressed with mine. I haven't tested the range down the garden yet but it covers the whole house adequately. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
It falls off the Internet about twice a day, and gets worse and worse about connecting until it needs to be reset once a month, losing my port forwarding settings, the dedicated IP address for MAC addresses, wifi settings, etc. Note that I have one of the old ones. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
When is the 12 months contact up? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Probably about a year ago. Don't underestimate how lazy I am, though. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
If out of contract, renegotiate your contract.. will mean new shiny hardware. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
I now use the superhub in modem mode only. Still drops off the Internet weekly, but less of a hassle when resets are needed |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Yeah, I'm probably going to grab a better router and go that way. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
DavPaz wrote: I now use the superhub in modem mode only. Still drops off the Internet weekly, but less of a hassle when resets are needed With that mode, don't you lose a port on the back? All mine are full. I have my PC, Xbox, PS3 and Xbox 360 plugged into it. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
You lose all of them except for the yellow one, I think. Which would make sense, as you've told it not to be a router any more. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Indeed. Single cable to a nice gigabit router with 5 ports and then on throughout the house to various mini switches. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
We had a network topography thread. Where did that go? |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
This one? viewtopic.php?p=571714 |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Grim... wrote: You lose all of them except for the yellow one, I think. Which would make sense, as you've told it not to be a router any more. Ah, of course... Silly me. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
DavPaz wrote: Heh, I remember that thread frightening the life out of me at the time. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Aug 08, 2017 8:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Hello, old thread! I've just cancelled my Virgin Media services and am moving to BT. I don't think I've ever been with BT before. Anyway. I got very sick of being called every couple of weeks by Virgin and them trying to get me to spend more money on tablets and extra sim cards and the like. I don't use the Tivo box anymore as 90% of the channels were grayed out and the HD channels were fucking miles down the list. I haven't used the land line in... I don't even know how long. I tried to get them to cancel the TV service and the remove the phone line, but that would've made my bill go up  . The last straw was an email the other day saying my bill was going up again. Fuck em. The internet service is nice, but the company is bobbins.For a few pounds less a month, I can get BT Infinity 2 at 72mbs (with a better upload speed than Virgin, Plex fans) and they'll send me a new youview box to replace the ancient one I bought from Cash Converters when my tolerance of the Tivo ran out. I just need to find out if I can use my current router with BT or not. Or of the BT router can do the port forwarding that I need. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Quote: youview box to replace the ancient one I bought from Cash Converters Then sent me one of those 18 months ago, I had the original one with the 1TB drive for recording. The new was much smaller and had no HD, it was always very hot as well, we don't really watch much over the air TV but it still heated up after a couple of hours Then I had the living room completely redecorated and re floored so packed all the AV stuff away, when I came to set everything back up again it wouldn't work so I went back to the original one. Use BT myself, although the speeds are slower than the fastest Virgin its rock solid and they never packet shape or bother you about downloading. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
No HD? Are you sure? Because it's essentially a freeview box. http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/deta ... es-from-bt I'm getting the little one on the right. Definitely says HD on there. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Hard Drive. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Ah, I see. Confusing in context. |
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