It is a truth universally acknowledged that the WiFi router supplied by your ISP is crap. It will be slow, buggy, and have an atrocious user interface. This is especially true of Virgin Media. The Arris manufactured router is so bad that they’ve released a supplemental app to help you manage your Internet connection. The…
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Welcome to another edition of “Middle Class Whinging!” The exciting blog where I chronicle disappointing experiences with admired brands. Virgin Wines loudly and repeatedly promise “next day delivery” on their wine cases. What they don’t tell you is that this excludes orders made on Friday. And Saturday. And Sunday too. Basically, they only consider an…
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Virgin Media are trying to resell your internet access. Worse still, they appear to be doing it without users’ permission. A brief recap: Back in 2015, Virgin Media announced plans for a WiFi sharing network. A user’s router would broadcast a separate WiFi network and other Virgin customers could roam on to it via an…
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Virgin Media, the UK’s semi-national cable broadband provider, is rolling out a WiFi sharing service – although it’s not quite as altruistic as it may seem. Here’s the email being sent to subscribers – followed by some commentary on what this means and whether it’s a good idea for you to opt-out. Let’s ignore them…
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Earlier this week, I noticed that Virgin Media had upgraded my 152Mbps service to a whopping 322Mbps. Sadly, it was fairly short-lived – but here’s what I can tell you about it. Using my SamKnows monitoring box, I’m able to see regular snapshots of my broadband performance. My 152Mbps service is usually rock solid –…
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My current ISP is Virgin Media. They get a lot of stick for being a bit useless – but I can’t fault the speed of my domestic connection. They recently upgraded me for free to 152Mbps downsteam (and a less impressive 12Mbps up). As part of this upgrade, they sent me an email stating: now…
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In this Mobile Badvertising series, I regularly pick on the Guardian. I don’t have anything against them – they’re my favourite mobile news resource. It’s such a shame that the advertising they have on the site is atrocious. Samsung Galaxy S The Galaxy S is Samsung’s latest Android handset. There are so many Android phones…
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