XE Col
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Registered: 23rd May 10
Location: Rochdale, AKA:Boissy07
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As above, moving house, new house is in fibre optic area with upto 100meg broadband
Is it any good was looking at the 60meg package
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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I'm on Virgin's 30Mb service.
I've never had more problems with an ISP and I've been on several.
Had the router reset itself then not connect for 30 mins a few times, had to have a engineer out to replace most of the wiring despite it only being 3 months old and the wireless cutting out or refusing to work altogther.
Oh and slow speeds at times too but not so bad that its been unusable.
[Edited on 20-04-2012 by TheNobleOne]
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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Unfortunately it is a bit like ADSL in that it's area dependant. So some UBR's (think ADSL/BT exchange) will be oversubscribed and/or local network will be in poor shape (although they are doing a lot of upgrades to UBR equipment). But most of the problems now are down to the 'Superhub' combined modem/router which unfortunately is the only modem you can have (i use an older Cisco modem) now, although there is a 'router-bypass' (allows you to use your own router) which helps.
Generally though, if you're in a decent area then you can expect a decent service.
I'm in the sticks a little and in the 10+ years of having cable, it's been rock solid (can count the issues on one hand) with the connection always (near enough) providing the quoted speed.
Bet is to get on the VM forums and Cableforum.co.uk forums (good place for advice/info/help etc), search for your postcode/area and see what crops up.
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XE Col
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Registered: 23rd May 10
Location: Rochdale, AKA:Boissy07
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quote:
Originally posted by TheNobleOne
I'm on Virgin's 30Mb service.
I've never had more problems with an ISP and I've been on several.
Had the router reset itself then not connect for 30 mins a few times, had to have a engineer out to replace most of the wiring despite it only being 3 months old and the wireless cutting out or refusing to work altogther.
Oh and slow speeds at times too but not so bad that its been unusable.
[Edited on 20-04-2012 by TheNobleOne]
Sounds a nightmare
And cheers Dom I will have a nosey around
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chris_uk
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Registered: 8th Jul 03
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Ive got the 30meg package and ive had no problems.
I did have a wireless problem but solved that by changing the wireless channel.
Not had a prob since
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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my mums is constantly not working
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noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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As Dom said, depends on area like all internet services.
I'm in the same boat as Dom, the only fault we had was when my dad replaced the power supply with one he had lying about, which caused pages to load extremely slow (BBC took about 1 minute), my dads fault, they came out next day and replaced it. That was way back with NTL though, no problems since.
edited as I forgot to finish my sentance 
[Edited on 20-04-2012 by noshua]
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richardworrall
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Registered: 20th Sep 05
Location: Derby
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Can't fault the service I've had in Derby. 2 years solid 10mb never faulted, never had to call.
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Best Broadband I have ever had.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
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parents have virgin media at home, had it for years since it was blueyonder. Very very rare that it goes down, excellent service.
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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They won't even put a cable down to my house despite the last cabled house being all of 500yds away?
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Got 50mb at home, used to have 2mb, only problems was slow Internet and low signal as I was far away. Now we're on 50mb and I'm wired and it's fucking awesome, it's so fast. Has its slower moments but it's still faster than most Internet I've used
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XE Col
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Registered: 23rd May 10
Location: Rochdale, AKA:Boissy07
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Ordered 
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noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
They won't even put a cable down to my house despite the last cabled house being all of 500yds away?
You can get in touch with them via the VM / CableForum forums and see if they will "piggyback" the cable then for the last ~500 yards use the copper phone lines...
EDIT: Col, did you go through a cash back service? £62.36 available
http://www.topcashback.co.uk/virgin_media/
[Edited on 20-04-2012 by noshua]
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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Been in touch with them. They won't do anything, there's been a local petition and all sorts and they come and survey it and say no again  fibre optic bt soon anyway 
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XE Col
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Registered: 23rd May 10
Location: Rochdale, AKA:Boissy07
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quote:
Originally posted by noshua
quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
They won't even put a cable down to my house despite the last cabled house being all of 500yds away?
You can get in touch with them via the VM / CableForum forums and see if they will "piggyback" the cable then for the last ~500 yards use the copper phone lines...
EDIT: Col, did you go through a cash back service? £62.36 available
http://www.topcashback.co.uk/virgin_media/
[Edited on 20-04-2012 by noshua]
Ahh crap didn't even think to check
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Chris F
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Registered: 26th Dec 05
Location: Newmarket Drives: Escort Van 1.8
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Love the 50mb at the gfs flat
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fred7
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Registered: 17th May 04
Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire
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Ive got the 30mb everytime i check its hittin 28.6mb or higher. Not had no problems but where i live is the old school fibre optic so its reliable. Defo would recommend
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