RichA
Well-known member
Have you checked whether there's an indie provider in the area - Community Fibre, Gigaclear, LitFibre etc?
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Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
It comes with the sim as required, and the wifi router.
chrisd
Major Champion
I would have tried eBay Clive but the Nissan garage was a 2 minute walk and the mot'ers said to and get one and they'll fit it free and then give it a pass. I thought it'd be £50 or so but I didn't have the time to search for it and wait for its arrival. Next time I'll get that checked before the MOT IS due
chellie
Tour Winner
Add to the irritation that we have had pavements dug up by Virgin Media and still can't get them.Looking to change broadband provider. Comparison sites are showing deals that are not available to us despite me putting in the postcode and address
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
I have Gigaclear but before my renewal I was looking at 5g to see if it was cheaper, sadly 5g is very poor inside the house and 'only just' outside with only EE. All other providers only have 4g.
At least I managed to agree a decent renewal price with Gigaclear.
chellie
Tour Winner
Rang current provider and they just reduced the cost for another 12 months. No haggling involved.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Drivers who signal right when they are going straight ahead at a roundabout should be taken out and shot.........especially the ones that don't signal left when they turn left..
Red devil
Well-known member
Pass me my Purdey!
cliveb
Head Pro
I don't understand what Virgin are up to.
My estate has had FTTP for years, through Jurassic Fibre (now part of Cuckoo).
Virgin dug the place up a few months ago to lay their own fibre, and then started offering FTTP at higher prices than Jurassic Fibre.
Needless to say they haven't had much takeup.
After their leaflet drops failed, they got door-knockers out to try and drum up business, who are of course being sent away with a flea in the ear.
Didn't Virgin do any research about existing infrastructure before spending all this money and trashing our pavements?
Fromtherough
Assistant Pro
Remembered I’d took out a wheel and tyre policy when I bought the car. Bonus! However, really irritating form to complete not only by me - but the garage too. Sorted - just need them to review my ‘claim’.Flat tyre which I presume is now ruined after driving at least 2 miles on it. Car has only done 2,200 miles
chellie
Tour Winner
Their contractors damaged our water meter cover plus possibly the meter but denied doing it. Am still waiting for someone from that team to contact me!
However, I contacted our water company who thought it so urgent that they came and repaired it the next day.
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
I thought the Virgin infrastructure was their own and no-one else used it, or them use others?
IanM
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I need to go somewhere hot and sunny but we're waiting for some work to start on the house, which we need to be here for.
Once that's done, I'm away! I'm fed up with the cold and damp.
Once that's done, I'm away! I'm fed up with the cold and damp.
We had virgin put into our estate just over a year ago. The only FTTP option for us. It seems crazy that we are restricted to one option only. It should be like gas or electric where there is infrastructure and then any company can pay to use it. It's incredibly clumsy and inefficient to have different companies, offering the same service, digging up the same bits of road at different times.
Slime
Tour Winner
Plus the idiots who leave a roundabout still indicating right!!!!!
Why?
What are you thinking?
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
Virgin has always been fibre cables, whereas everything else was BT copper. Personally I wouldnt have anything other than Virgin cable for my internet.I have never had latency issues like I always did running on the BT network.
Sid Rixon IV
Head Pro
Ok, roundabouts. Which lane would you choose at the bottom of the picture (the dotted line) to get to the zebra crossing at top of picture and how do you indicate? 
The issue then is, what if virgin double the price? We wouldn't want to go back to copper but we have no alternative. Infrastructure should be shared
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Right hand lane on approach
No signal
Signal left to leave just before the red car behind the hedge.
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
Two lanes at a roundabout, right lane is right only
Then, here comes Mr Snotty who sees the roundabout as an overtaking opportunity, takes the right line, puts foot down, indicates left and goes straight on.
Oh, well done! Great move there! You are brilliant!
When its busy, there are more cars wanting to go left and straight on than want to go right. So Mr Snotty thinks he can jump the queue.
Should be a 6 month ban.
He could, I imagine, go all the way round in a sort-of loop the loop. Would make him even more of a plonker, but a less dangerous one.
Then, here comes Mr Snotty who sees the roundabout as an overtaking opportunity, takes the right line, puts foot down, indicates left and goes straight on.
Oh, well done! Great move there! You are brilliant!
When its busy, there are more cars wanting to go left and straight on than want to go right. So Mr Snotty thinks he can jump the queue.
Should be a 6 month ban.
He could, I imagine, go all the way round in a sort-of loop the loop. Would make him even more of a plonker, but a less dangerous one.
