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: | 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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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
And because HD stands for High Definition  I mean, it still might be. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
DavPaz wrote: 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. How much are you paying with BT, if you don't mind me asking? I scrapped my Virgin TV and Phone, so just have the broadband at £33 a month. I toyed with the idea of looking at their other bundles to see if I can save money or get a better deal generally, but their website just pushes you to phone up, which is annoying when they have all the 'click here to view your offers' stuff. Been with Virgin for years, but I might switch. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
It's a shade over £40 for the phone, 72mbs broadband and the basic TV package. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
I am with Virgin and used to get calls all the time trying to sell me things. I told them to stop though and surprisingly, they did. They also told me that my bill would be cheaper if I had the TV service. I told them I didn't want an engineer drilling holes in my walls and trailing cables through my house (like they did at my friends) so I declined their offer. I did ask if I could have the TV and not have it installed though, thus making my bill cheaper. They said I couldn't. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Wed Aug 09, 2017 20:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
DavPaz wrote: 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. Yes they sent that mini one it was shit, no issue really as the older one with Hard Drive works fine. On the topic of HD channels, I do find that the sound goes and I have to reboot the box every now and again! If you are into you free to air TV then its a good box, youview is a good feature. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Aug 09, 2017 20:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Ah... so you're saying my current youview box will just magically become a BT box when it's on the BT network? Excellent. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Grrr... I've just discovered that my current router won't be able to do the VDSL standard for BT fibre, so I'm going to be stuck with the BT hub for the foreseeable. I *think* I'm getting the Smart Hub (Home Hub 6). Any experience with this? I specifically need port forwarding and DHCP reservation to work. |
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| Author: | markg [ Fri Aug 18, 2017 13:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
I've got that and whilst I don't use either of those things they're both definitely there in the settings. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Aug 18, 2017 13:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
I don't think I've seen a router in 15 years that doesn't have those things |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri Aug 18, 2017 14:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Thanks, both. I should be ok then. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Sat Aug 26, 2017 20:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
I did get the Smart Hub. It's actually really bloody good. Happy, I am. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Sat Aug 26, 2017 22:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
My dad has had a new virgin router but I'm not sure why? He's recently switched his phone line to Virgin and when the engineer came out, he swapped his modem/router even though he only had a new one a year or so ago. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Sat Aug 26, 2017 23:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
New CIA firmwares |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
I have a Virgin superhub on a 100mbs line. Wired, it seems fine and all the speed tests I do confirm it is around the 100mbs mark. Does anyone have an idea of what speed I should be getting wirelessly? I know it's not an exact science but when I'm about 1 metre away from the hub I get the following while using a speed test app on my phone. The reason I ask is that Netflix seems to stutter in the next room on the big telly and there's various other things that make me think it's not working properly. I know Netflix doesn't need a super fast line... But surely it should work fine at this speed? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
I have a SuperHub 3, and I came to the conclusion that the wifi was a bit rubbish - especially if you connect a lot of devices to it at once. I bought a Google Wifi Router (which isn't called a Gooter for reasons that escape me) and by fuckery did it make a difference - I went from 5MB (ish) to over 100. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Grim... wrote: I have a SuperHub 3, and I came to the conclusion that the wifi was a bit rubbish - especially if you connect a lot of devices to it at once I think I'm still on the first Superhub and that's much the same. I just use it in modem mode and have a cheap router running off it which works much better. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
My Sky router's wifi is fuck awful as well, to an extent that's beginning bug the shit out of me. How does that Google thing work? Does it plug into an ethernet port on your existing router and rebroadcast as wifi? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Bamba wrote: My Sky router's wifi is fuck awful as well, to an extent that's beginning bug the shit out of me. How does that Google thing work? Does it plug into an ethernet port on your existing router and rebroadcast as wifi? Sort of - it plugs into an Ethernet port but it becomes the router, so you have to run your existing box in modem mode, which I don't think you can do? Still, a decent wifi router would do just as well, I suspect (I went with a Gooter because I created a mesh setup). |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
When you say ethernet mode... Is that different from modem mode? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Virgin Superhub |
Fuck, I meant modem mode, I'm an idiot. |
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