Re: FAQ on Virgin Media's WiFi Sharing
 

In Dundee city centre you'll probably find 95% VM public WiFi.

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Wait I mean Perth.

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Actually I'm not sure.

Re: FAQ on Virgin Media's WiFi Sharing
 

I don't think it really matters. Ultimately, the takeup is irrelevant if you can't get the coverage when you need it. Even 99% will have not-spots.

Re: FAQ on Virgin Media's WiFi Sharing
 

I'm talking about market share. Not sure why anyone cares about WiFi not spots...

Re: FAQ on Virgin Media's WiFi Sharing
 

It's like most things, until you experience you discount it, i notice in my street a slow down in service at peak times, my 4k netflix buffers like a bugger on sunday afternoon/evening so if they have extra bandwidth available, give it to me, not some person sat on the park.

Re: FAQ on Virgin Media's WiFi Sharing
 

I'm not totally over the moon with BT FON hotspots, those in residential areas anyway. It is a bit hit and miss. I don't actively search for them, but on those occasions I walk or park outside one I can hear my phone log on automatically via the FON app. The reception I get varies considerably, from the unusable to just about OK for surfing. The only time I get acceptable broadband is if I am in the house of a friend or family member with a hotspot.

For VM to be better than this they will need to ensure a good signal through bricks and mortar and/or sufficient speed to make up for distance from the SH.

Testing my ASUS N66U on the kerbside outside my typical semi I achieved 3.27Mb down and 5.34Mb up with my Android phone whereas I would normally get >100Mb in the same room as the router. Surfing was OK. Next door has BT FON. I was able to log on from the street but the Ookla speedtester couldn't find a test server. Surfing was not possible. Then I tried my Fon router. located in the attic. Indoors I squeaked 0.72Mb down and 1.29Mb up. Surfing slow but doable. In the street I got 1.25 Mb down and 7.49Mb up. Surfing OK.

Now I appreciate that angle and walls to go through would have varied, but this surely gives us an idea that VM's plans are based upon a lot of uncertainties, unless they have something up their sleeve.

This BTW is FON's hotspot map. https://corp.fon.com/en/maps

Re: FAQ on Virgin Media's WiFi Sharing
 

Pretty much this. Hence why I basically never use them.

Re: FAQ on Virgin Media's WiFi Sharing
 

I'd rather have 4G

Re: FAQ on Virgin Media's WiFi Sharing
 

... which is the way forward if your out and about, not searching for a load of cobbled together weak signals.

Re: FAQ on Virgin Media's WiFi Sharing
 

I do.

Re: FAQ on Virgin Media's WiFi Sharing
 

bit of a bump, I had forgotten about this, seems this has been quiet for a while?

http://about.virginmedia.com/about/wifi

www.virginmedia.com/virginmediawifi

so at the moment the superhubs as hotspots isn't live, but if you have a virgin mobile, you can use hotspots. I assume that's contract and PAYG?