The 'throttling' is a bit excessivebut it's not traffic selective. that would involve interception that is currently illegal.
The fact is that cable internet still achieves the closest average speeds to the actual advertised (over 8mb consistently on a 10mb pipe) and nobody else comes close.
Oh and I'm with NTL ( yes, Virgin are still NTL, they just bought the rights to use the name and rebrand) and don't get any throttling night or day. That's what the 50mb is all about :)
(The fact is that cable internet still achieves the closest average speeds to the actual advertised (over 8mb consistently on a 10mb pipe) and nobody else comes close.
Oh and I'm with NTL ( yes, Virgin are still NTL, they just bought the rights to use the name and rebrand) and don't get any throttling night or day. That's what the 50mb is all about :)
Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Fri 20 Aug 2010, 14:54,
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No it's not traffic selective.But if you use quite a bit of bandwidth for anything, they auto throttle you. Which can be annoying.( Basically the unlimited is capped but they have gotten around this)
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Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?,
Fri 20 Aug 2010, 14:57,
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It's simply about using too much during peak hours.If you are downloading 4gb movies in the day they will hit you with a 5 hour penalty. If you are wise and save that traffic for after 9pm you won't notice a thing.
I've downloaded..let me look... 27GB since midnight. Not a throttle in sight. The 50mb is not capped in any way. ( and neither will it be when it moves to 100mb or the 200mb currently being tested)
(I've downloaded..let me look... 27GB since midnight. Not a throttle in sight. The 50mb is not capped in any way. ( and neither will it be when it moves to 100mb or the 200mb currently being tested)
Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Fri 20 Aug 2010, 15:01,
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As Panasonic points out...The Virgin throttles are well documented. They basically ask you to "play fair" during the rush hour and stick your big downloads on overnight.
There are published rules as follows:
allyours.virginmedia.com/html/internet/traffic.html
Setup uTorrent on a schedule to kick in after 9pm and you are laughing.
At least this is all clear and in print, unlike other ISPs who hide their throttling policies.
/relurks after boring IT post....
(There are published rules as follows:
allyours.virginmedia.com/html/internet/traffic.html
Setup uTorrent on a schedule to kick in after 9pm and you are laughing.
At least this is all clear and in print, unlike other ISPs who hide their throttling policies.
/relurks after boring IT post....
Batter Pudding Hurler is a figment of your imagination,
Fri 20 Aug 2010, 15:19,
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