29-04-2019, 18:39
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cf.geek
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Re: 500mb Question
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Originally Posted by roughbeast
i'm also a Homeworks customer.
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Isn't that only £10? Do you have extras on top of the VIP package to make it £180?
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29-04-2019, 20:02
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Telford
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Re: 500mb Question
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Originally Posted by rtho782
If you select the V.VIP bundle, then personalise it and remove everything but the broadband, it allows you to order broadband only.
When you remove the SIM it warns you that you'll "lose your speed boost" but nothing changes.
However, it is £62.80 a month, with no discounts.
https://imgur.com/djgoGvS |
Nice try but it won't work! Message say sorry u can't have 500Mbps on it standalone as it only for VVIP TV Bundles package but can choose other broadnand standalone are 350/21 (but we know it will be 350/35)
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29-04-2019, 20:13
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 18
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Re: 500mb Question
HI Lincoln showing 500 Mbs available guess I might call retentions tomorrow as price is less than I am currently paying and due to renegotiate anyway, have you tried yet?
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29-04-2019, 20:49
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Ran Away
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Lincoln
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Re: 500mb Question
let me know how things go. It says I can have it but only with the v.vip package
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29-04-2019, 21:36
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Re: 500mb Question
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Originally Posted by Lee
I see this when i check services in my area.
Chatted with online sales agent and got this:
"As for the moment, the availability of the 500mbps speed is for the bundle which is VVIP. But do not worry, once this package will stabilize with, surely you can get it even if you have broadband only with us. " |
I assume you were talking to the foreign call centre with grammar like that!
---------- Post added at 20:36 ---------- Previous post was at 20:35 ----------
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Originally Posted by roughbeast
i'm also a Homeworks customer.
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What's Homeworks? I've not heard of that before.
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29-04-2019, 22:01
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Coventry
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Re: 500mb Question
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
I assume you were talking to the foreign call centre with grammar like that!
---------- Post added at 20:36 ---------- Previous post was at 20:35 ----------
What's Homeworks? I've not heard of that before.
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https://store.virginmedia.com/discov...homeworks.html
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30-04-2019, 10:49
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cf.addict
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 137
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Re: 500mb Question
This is rubbish. I have a TV + V6 + Phone + Broadband package, but because I don't want two TiVos, all the channels, a mobile SIM, and full landline calls package, that makes me ineligible for 500Mb? Wtf Virgin. Do you want my money or not?
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30-04-2019, 11:46
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CF Resident Dog
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 15,214
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Re: 500mb Question
I'm sure it will change, do you need the extra download though or just want it as upload has been increased and is the same?
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30-04-2019, 12:00
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cf.geek
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 785
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Re: 500mb Question
Personally I don't see the need for 500 now that 350 has the extra upload, unless you're in say a student household with a lot of heavy streamers / downloaders.
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30-04-2019, 12:10
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cf.addict
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Bristol, UK
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Re: 500mb Question
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Originally Posted by Synthetic
Personally I don't see the need for 500 now that 350 has the extra upload, unless you're in say a student household with a lot of heavy streamers / downloaders.
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Until such a time as all downloads happen instantaneously, faster speeds will always be desirable.
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30-04-2019, 12:12
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Re: 500mb Question
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Originally Posted by Synthetic
Personally I don't see the need for 500 now that 350 has the extra upload, unless you're in say a student household with a lot of heavy streamers / downloaders.
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TBH if folks are crazy enough to hand Virgin £135 a month then they deserve the extra 150Mbps! ☺️ ... personally 350/35 will do us mere mortals... hell I've a Netgear R8000P and a A7000 AC1900 laptop dongle and I struggle to hit 300+ via WiFi!  .... I’d imagine 500 is Ethernet only territory! 
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30-04-2019, 12:31
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Join Date: Dec 2013
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Re: 500mb Question
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Originally Posted by SimonB79
TBH if folks are crazy enough to hand Virgin £135 a month then they deserve the extra 150Mbps! ☺️ ... personally 350/35 will do us mere mortals... hell I've a Netgear R8000P and a A7000 AC1900 laptop dongle and I struggle to hit 300+ via WiFi! .... I’d imagine 500 is Ethernet only territory! |
Its £139. Those on the VIP package would pay £10pm more to get an extra 150Mb and an unlimited sim card.
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30-04-2019, 14:22
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Re: 500mb Question
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Originally Posted by roughbeast
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Many thanks, i'd never heard of this service up until now. It looks like the main selling point is that those working from home get next day fault repairs, but I get that anyway due to being disabled.
Do you find it worth payjng for?
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30-04-2019, 16:49
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Re: 500mb Question
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Many thanks, i'd never heard of this service up until now. It looks like the main selling point is that those working from home get next day fault repairs, but I get that anyway due to being disabled.
Do you find it worth payjng for?
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No. Not really. I initiated it because before the 350Mb tier was rolled out to regular residential customers. it was a way of getting the upgrade early. Having said that, I am sure that if I wasn't using modem-only mode and my own router, I will have used the service more to achieve what I needed in my home network.
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01-05-2019, 10:16
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cf.member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 45
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Re: 500mb Question
Tried to get on the new deal and they cant do it for a month or something? Is this something any one else experienced?
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