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Virgin Media Increasing Broadband Speed to 500Mbps by May
Even Faster UK Broadband Coming Good news for Virgin Media broadband subscribers in the UK. According to the company, the maximum speed available to its broadband customers is about to rise to 500Mbps by May, if not April at the earliest. The news is actually tucked away inside their preliminary…
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Hilarious Twitter Commentary Battle With Virgin Media Goes Viral
Mans Twitter Commentary On Virgin Media Cancellation Goes Viral We all know the pains of being locked into a contract or service that is clearly not what we either wanted or hoped for. One man, however, who clearly had a problem with Virgin Media as his internet provider, took to…
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Virgin Media SuperHub 3 Vulnerable to Low-Bandwidth DoS
Virgin Media customers with the latest SuperHub 3 router are vulnerable to losing their internet connections through a simple, low-bandwidth denial of service (DoS) attack. The ISP was criticised for using the Intel Puma 6 SoC – notorious for a bug that causes latency spikes and packet losses – in…
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UK ISP Fibre Broadband Advertising to be Investigated
After years of misleading customers, UK ISP fibre broadband advertising is set to be investigated after the ASA (Advertising Standards Agency) finally look to be responding to ever-increasing complaints. Currently in the UK, only Virgin run fibre cables to your house by default. They do not use Openreach and have…
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Virgin Media Spam Filter is Blocking Legitimate E-Mails
Not so long ago, Google stopped providing their e-mail service to ISPs which forced them to look elsewhere for an alternative. As a result, Virgin Media’s new e-mail platform doesn’t have a sophisticated and accurate e-mail filtering service which resulted in many genuine messages being undelivered. Many customers have already let…
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Virgin Media Increases Broadband Prices by 5.4%
Virgin Media recently implemented a significant speed increase for customers on 50Mbps, 100Mbps and 152Mbps connections to 70Mbps, 150Mbps and 200Mbps. Initially, the speed boost appeared to be a free promotion to encourage more customers to join Virgin Media. However, Virgin Media has admitted there will be a price hike…
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Virgin Media Upgrading Broadband Speeds For Free
Virgin Media has announced a substantial speed upgrade for existing customers across various package tiers. Those on 50Mbps, 100Mbps or 152Mbps will receive a speed boost to 70Mbps, 150Mbps and 200Mbps, respectively. The initial roll-out will begin on October 1st but it could take until the year end to reach…
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BT Promises ‘Ultrafast’ Broadband Speeds in Excess of 300Mbps by 2020
BT’s Chief Executive Gavin Patterson, has promised broadband speeds between 300 and 500Mbps by 2020. Currently, BT is one of the major UK internet service providers and aims to provide super-fast broadband to over 10 million homes. The company also said they will offer a 1Gbps service to the cope with…
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Ebook Piracy Sites to Be Blocked by UK ISPs
Yesterday, the UK’s High Court ordered that websites carrying pirated ebooks should be blocked by the country’s internet service providers. The court ruled that an application made by The Publishers Association grants that the sites be blocked under Section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988). Within the…
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UK ISPs Hijacking Browsers to Force Porn Block on Customers
In order to comply with UK legislation by the deadline at end of December, UK ISPs – including Virgin Media, BT, TalkTalk, and Sky – have been redirecting users’ web connections to force them to choose to opt in or out of adult content blocks. The browser redirects to a…
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Virgin Media’s KipstR Records TV if You Fall Asleep While Watching
Virgin Media has unveiled a prototype wearable device that can control the TV if you fall asleep watching it. Designed at the Manchester Creative Studio by two young students, aged 14 and 15, the wristband, called KipstR, connects to a TiVo box and can record TV programmes if the user…
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Vodafone in Talks to Buy Video Streaming Service Blinkbox
Struggling video on-demand platform Blinkbox, owned by Tesco, is set to be snapped up by the ambitious Vodafone mobile network, according to The Telegraph newspaper. Vodaphone are said to have made such a forceful move that other competitors have withdrawn their bids. Tesco is desperate to sell the struggling video…
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Vodafone Could Become Largest Telecoms Company in Europe With Takeover of Virgin Media
UK telecoms company Vodafone are exploring a possible takeover of Liberty Global, owner of internet and cable operator Virgin Media, making it the largest phone, internet, and TV provider in Europe. Anonymous sources close to the deal revealed the news to Bloomberg. No deal has been agreed, nor have…
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Turns out Brits Aren’t Signing up to ISP Filters
ISP filters, you either love them or you hate them, I personally have no use for them but families with small children do. The numbers are on the decline with less and less people wanting this additional protection their ISP has to offer. It really depends on the buyer and…
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The UK is Looking Into Alternate Solutions to Stop Illegal Torrent Downloads
The UK’s biggest internet providers in collaboration with the government and content creators are said to change the way they deal with people illegally downloading and/or sharing entertainment online. They say that instead of punishing the person, they will be sending out letters in an attempt to ‘educate’ him or…
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