This helps identify where the potential issue is and recommend the appropriate solution, such as a WiFi Pod. Our fibre-optic cables will be laid in a narrow trench under roads and pavements up to a small access point on the boundary between the highway and the front of the property. The one supplied with your Virgin Media package is identical to the splitters used by Virgin Media engineers.

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You will need to be connected to your WiFi (Hub or Pod) and you should be able to see both Hub and Pod in your Broadband tab. If wanting to use your own cabling as opposed to having Virgin install their's then you''d be advised to use a high quality coax such as Webro WF100.

The Virgin Media Connect app is the control unit for your WiFi that helps keep you connected, and it’s available to anyone with a Hub 3, 4, 5 or Hub 5X. No, it’s part of the terms and conditions that you need a Virgin Media technician to move Virgin Media equipment. Firstly make sure that the plug and the socket on the VM hub are perfectly aligned straight with each other.

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If we can avoid any digging by using existing trenches and other infrastructure, like telegraph poles, that’s what we’d prefer to do. The world will not explode and you'll get the exact same signals from Virgin Media if using quality cable other than the cable Virgon themselves carry. If you don’t have a wired connection in a different room, you are forced to watch catch up streaming services like Iplayer.The result is ingress and egress of signals from their network which can have serious implications even if the world does not explode. The cables are likely to be clipped to skirting boards, and even if the colour is close, they can still be unsightly.

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Did you receive an adapter at all from us at all through the post or with your quick start hub 5 set?Splitters are used, as they suggest, to spit the signal so you can connect to another cable and watch TV in a separate room. I've had my own WF100 cable in my current property for 8 years terminated by myself with compression F connectors without any issues with that cabling.