UK Intel iMac Broadband Provider - Virgin Media?

[Washac]

Hi

Has anybody in the UK got their broadband from Virgin Media, I ask because the Virgin Media website states that currently there are no drivers for Intel based Macs, EH! What does that mean ?

Thanks

 

[dazcox5181]

yep had 20mbit here for ages, no problems unlike some.
Dont worry - they just switched mine straight on, never needed a cd or anything and certainly not any drivers. Plugged an airport express straight in and was on in minutes.
Now going through a router with the xbox360 ps3, wii and work pc (urghh) plus our 3 macs ipod touch and iphone and never an issue.

 

[tersono]

That means try a decent ISP who has a clue.

Personally, I'd recommend Zen or Eclipse....

 

[arkitect]

We have been using Virgin for about 15 months and have had no problems…

There is a Mac Pro, iMac and iBook in the house all connected via Virgin's provided box…

You don't need drivers.

 

[cal6n]

Be+ are freaking fast! Up to 24 Mb/s, I regularly get 20...

 

[OllyW]

I've been on Virgin / Telewest broadband for about 5 years.

No problems at all with connecting Macs. Just make sure you get a modem with ethernet and you will be fine.

 

[Washac]

Hi


Its the Intel based IMacs they state the driver thing for, very strange.

Did'nt mention before but I want telephone as well, totaly and utterly hacked off with the way BT deal with customers these days. Just been on the phone with them and got a total load of lies from their off shore customer complaints dept....

I rang them last November re a fault on my/their line, they send out and engineer to fix the line, now they are trying to charge me £282 odd to pay for them to fix their line. They then stated tonight that the charges were explained to my wife, very strange as she did not even speak to them.

Sick of them from the top down, time to leave them behind and move on me thinks.

 

[stomer]

I was with NTL for about 5 years. Service changed over to Virgin Media, then everything turned to ****. The service when it did work, worked fine on my Macbook.

 

[vincebio]

stay well clear of them now im afraid..

the virgin/ntl/telewest/blueyonder net work is so oversubscribed that the network cant handle it...
my 20mb connection, which is supposed to be always steady, was never above 8mb, and it was always having work done to it.

i dread to think how bad it will be when 50mb goes live next year.

im now on o2 16mb, and its superb. its £10pm with my iPhone contract and is always a steady 12-14mb.

how ironic considering adsl was suposed to be the unsteady stream and cable was meant to be always there.....

and O2 is great for mac's too.

 

[Mac-Addict]

I was with NTL, they were always reliable and I miss them, I moved to a road which isn't cabled, my tiscali service now sucks.

 

[Gaz545]

Few of my mates have Virgin media 20mb cable connection, they say it's total pants, there getting pooled and hardly get 20mb connection let alone 10mb.

 

[Washac]

Hi

Seems I should avoid VM then...

I am after somebody who can give me a reliable broadband/telephone service, I want to get rid of BT/Openreach....

 

[Loge]

With Blueyonder (now VM) about 7 years, no problems with them, it all works fine with Macs.

 

[Mitch1984]

I was with them before they merged with ntl and subsequently bought virgin mobile.

My experiences with them for broadband were good. At least with cable broadband you get the speeds they say and it doesnt depend I. How many in your street are online either.

All they mean is that you won't be able to use their software that they bundle in. If they are talking about the router. Don't worry orange said that about their livebox, but I found a workaround.

 

[Schtumple]

Don't go with virgin, from about 11am till 7pm the internet is literally un-useable, speeds of 3-4kbps TOPS, go with a obscure (professional) provider, not a crappy consumer one.

 

[pacmania1982]

Virgin Media 20MBit Service

Hey:

I have 4 Mac's and 1 PC in the house all connected via an Airport Extreme (802.11n) router, which is hooked up via ethernet to a Motorola modem.

I've had no problems with speed issues

Here's a screenshot of a speed test I did a few weeks back:

http://monkeymagic.servehttp.com/stuff/screenshots/speed_test.png

pac

 

[arkitect]

Don't go with virgin, from about 11am till 7pm the internet is literally un-useable, speeds of 3-4kbps TOPS, go with a obscure (professional) provider, not a crappy consumer one.

Well I guess it really is a case of being lucky…
Just did a speed test: 19533kbps Down and 726kbps Up
Mac Pro connected via ethernet.

 

[dalvin200]

I've been with NTL (not VM) for 7 years..

had no problems with my WinPc and for the past 3 years my iMac..

no drivers, no nothing.. no problems..

in all the 7 years i have experienced about 4-5 loss of connections .. which is pretty good imo!

on 20mb connection atm

 

[vendettabass]

stay well clear of them now im afraid..

the virgin/ntl/telewest/blueyonder net work is so oversubscribed that the network cant handle it...
my 20mb connection, which is supposed to be always steady, was never above 8mb, and it was always having work done to it.

i dread to think how bad it will be when 50mb goes live next year.

im now on o2 16mb, and its superb. its £10pm with my iPhone contract and is always a steady 12-14mb.

how ironic considering adsl was suposed to be the unsteady stream and cable was meant to be always there.....

and O2 is great for mac's too.

thats a fantastic deal!

 

[jaded-mandarin]

there seem to be pros/cons for every isp. it's just generally down to user's own personal experiences with these different companies.

 

[Queso]

I was always with Homechoice 8Mb DSL which used to be great and very Mac-friendly. However, since the Tiscali takeover the service has been steadily going through the floor. Be are at our exchange with ADSL2+. Seriously considering it.