Guys, I’ve been a customer since February and I’ll dive right in with my list of recommendations. There is, if you have a look around the t’internet, a positive SEA of negative comments surrounding this company. I’ll be honest, I’ve had problems. I’ve had a number of problems. The installation was messy and they turned my neighbours drive into a… Read more →
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Situation report – Virgin Media, a month in
Bloody hell. The speed is great, the TV service is OK.. but… oh dear, everything else has just been terrible. The On Demand wasn’t working for days on end, so I complained. They eventually fixed it. Then parts of it broke again and, days later, it’s still not fixed. This is how things are tonight. Access to Facebook has broken… Read more →
Hello Virgin Media..
I’ve recently switched to Virgin Media. I wrote a large and rather geeky feature about it. The broadband speed is good. Very good. In fact, if you get your WiFi setup right then you can easily get more than you’re paying for. Here, for example, is my 200Mbps broadband speed test.. Trouble is, today is Tuesday and none of the… Read more →
How to confuse (almost) every broadband provider in the UK
Some time ago I was one of the first people in the UK to have FTTC, which BT brand as “BT Infinity”. It basically works by plumbing your crappy old copper line into a green box near your house instead of going all the way back to the exchange. The gap between the box and the exchange is bridged by… Read more →