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Dave Snelling & Daniel Hall

Virgin Media sends simple 'hack' to customers for boosting broadband speeds

Virgin Media has sent an email out to customers with some advice for boosting broadband speeds for any Internet provider's router - though the chances are you may have tried it before.

In an email to customers, the provider advised: "If your broadband is lagging, our first bit of advice is… to turn your Virgin Media hub off and on again. Yes, really. We know it’s not the most technical “hack” but sometimes the simplest solutions are the most effective!"

Should you need to turn your router off, just find the power button on the back of the flashing black box that sits in the corner of your room and turn it off. Wait for at least ten second before turning it back on so that the router is able to fully shut down.

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