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Virgin Media Customers Suffer Days of Webmail and IMAP Woes

17th November, 2015 (6 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media’s cable broadband service, specifically some of those with ntlworld.com, blueyonder.co.uk and virginmedia.com based ‎email addresses, have since Friday been suffering from an intermittent problem that is hampering their access via the ISPs Webmail and IMAP system.

ISP TalkTalk Falls to 4.1M On-net Broadband Users and Offers Incentives

11th November, 2015 (5 Comments)

After the recent cyber-attack TalkTalk, which dubiously skipped their previous Q2 2015 report (here), has today published a financial update for Q3 2015 (calendar) and revealed that they’ve lost -80K broadband subscribers in the past 6 months to make for a total of 4.1 million (on-net).

Price Hikes Set to Hit Virgin Media Broadband and Phone Customers

11th November, 2015 (6 Comments)

Just like clockwork Virgin Media, which recently started boosting its cable broadband speeds up to 200Mbps (here), has this week announced a raft of major price hikes that will hit their new Internet and phone customers from 24th November 2015 and existing customers from 1st February 2016.

Virgin Media UK Extends WiFi to 250 London Underground Tube Stations

10th November, 2015 (5 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has quietly announced that their UK network of public WiFi Hotspots has once again been expanded to cover an additional 100 London Underground Tube stations (total 250).

Cable Operator Virgin Media Tops 4.625 Million Broadband Users

6th November, 2015 (6 Comments)

Cable Internet, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has published their results to the end of Q3 2015, which reveals that they added +55,500 (net) UK broadband customers in the quarter to make for a total of 4,625,800 (43% take their 100Mbps+ services).

Specs for the NEW Virgin Media SuperHub 3 Cable Broadband Router – Adds VoIP

5th November, 2015 (17 Comments)

Liberty Global, which owns Virgin Media in the United Kingdom, has today confirmed that they’ve started the roll-out of a new cable broadband router (SuperHub 3), which can also act as a VoIP based telephone gateway, to their European and UK operators.

Virgin Media UK Cuts 50Mbps to 200Mbps Broadband Bundle Prices

2nd November, 2015 (5 Comments)

Communications and TV provider Virgin Media has today extended the discount period on their various ‘up to’ 50Mbps to 200Mbps capable broadband and phone bundles, which means that new customers can now get a reduced price for 12 months instead of the previous 9 month offer period.

Virgin Media Business Offers GBP1,000 Broadband Installation Discount

31st October, 2015 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media Business (VMB) has responded to the suspension of the Government’s Connection Voucher scheme by offering to cover up to £1,000 of the installation cost(s) for new business broadband customers.

Government Moots Law Change to Keep UK ISP Internet Porn Filters

28th October, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Government has confirmed that they’re considering the introduction of a “domestic law” that could prevent Europe’s new Net Neutrality rules from overriding their policy of requiring all of the United Kingdom’s major broadband ISPs to block adult Internet content.

London’s Broadband Connectivity Rating Scheme Goes LIVE

23rd October, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and WiredScore have this week introduced a new “Connectivity Ratings Scheme,” which awards big buildings in the city with a rating of either Platinum, Gold, Silver or Certified (aka – Bronze) depending upon the quality of its broadband and Internet connectivity.

UPDATE Bugs Delay Virgin Media Plans for Public WiFi Sharing

22nd October, 2015 (3 Comments)

A few months ago we revealed that Virgin Media planned to turn their customers SuperHub cable broadband routers into public WiFi hotspots so that others could access the Internet when nearby (here), but nasty bugs have now delayed it to 2016.

Virgin Media UK Confirms 300Mbps Broadband Package.. for SMEs

20th October, 2015 (15 Comments)

Last month Virgin Media dashed hopes a little by increasing their top cable (EuroDOCSIS3) broadband speeds from 152Mbps to 200Mbps, which was below the long predicted rate of 300Mbps (here). But the ISP has today confirmed that a 300Mbps service will come, albeit initially only for businesses.

UK Businesses Seek “Ultrafast” Broadband to Overcome Obstacles

20th October, 2015 (0 Comments)

Virgin Media Business has published a new research report from Oxford Economics, which hints that an extra £92bn and 1 million jobs could be added to the UK economy if businesses fully embraced the power of digital communications. One of the biggest boosts could come from faster broadband.

Virgin Media Trials FREE 166Mbps WiFi Under Pavements in Chesham

15th October, 2015 (3 Comments)

A few months ago we reported that Virgin Media were planning to roll-out a new network of FREE public WiFi Hotspots (here) around the UK and today we might be getting our first glimpse of that strategy as the operator begins installing wireless access points under the pavements in central Chesham (Buckinghamshire, England).

Ofcom CEO Sees Danger in UK Telecoms Consolidation and Rising Prices

8th October, 2015 (5 Comments)

Sharon White, the CEO of Ofcom, told an event at the LSE’s Hong Kong Theatre last night that she wants to drive more “competition” into the market and rejects greater “consolidation“. White also raised concern about rising prices and said that too many people still suffer “poor or no access” to modern mobile and broadband.

Look Out – UK Internet Users Braced for More Piracy Threat Letters

2nd October, 2015 (10 Comments)

Thousands of broadband ISP subscribers could soon be hit by a new wave of bullying Internet piracy threat letters (“Speculative Invoicing“) after Maverick Eye, which scours public P2P (BitTorrent) networks for unlawful sharing of copyright content, began “the UK’s largest anti-piracy campaign ever“.

UPDATE5 Virgin Media Customers Swamped by SPAM After Email Migration

1st October, 2015 (110 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media’s broadband service, specifically those who have been migrated from their old Google (Gmail) based email platform and on to the new in-house solution (here), are being swamped by a seemingly endless mountain of junk mail (SPAM).