Virgin Media - anyone been hit by the caps they introduced.
- Thread starter farooqm
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and need to download something fast.
they're capping me pretty much every night regardless of what im downloading. Going from 20mb to 5mb every night, is painfull 
they say you have to download over 3gb between the hours of 4pm and 12am, for the limit to kick in, but in my opinion, thats ********. I get limited every night.
Watch your language!
Tolien
they say you have to download over 3gb between the hours of 4pm and 12am, for the limit to kick in, but in my opinion, thats ********. I get limited every night.
Watch your language!
Tolien
Last night I downloaded lots of 1080p trailers at 2235KB/sec - it was kick ass
My router has been on for 44days since we went back to Virgin media on 20MB and the DL counter shows just under 200GB.
Not had any speed issues at all.
Hampshire area BTW connection to the Cosham exchange.
Like it lots!
My router has been on for 44days since we went back to Virgin media on 20MB and the DL counter shows just under 200GB.
Not had any speed issues at all.
Hampshire area BTW connection to the Cosham exchange.
Like it lots!
Is it just a temp cap it puts on for a few hours or does it last the whole month?
It's only fair tbh that they put the cap on. Then it gives some other users a chance to use their bandwidth without all the leeches bogging it down.
It's only fair tbh that they put the cap on. Then it gives some other users a chance to use their bandwidth without all the leeches bogging it down.
Very true. For the money, it should be an uncapped service. if they want to drop the price £20 however.....
http://abcde.co.uk/virginmedia/stm.html
That lays out what's done in theory, in reality it dont work.
I often get throttled long before the 3 Gig limit.
That lays out what's done in theory, in reality it dont work.
I often get throttled long before the 3 Gig limit.
So i can dl 750 meg per peak day, every day of the month without a cap, but if i want to dl 1 gig twice a week i get capped after 750 meg.. Thats madness.. I have 2 kids on their pc's doing their own stuff and a PS3 currently dl all the demos he can find, so i get capped 
Why cant the fair use policy be a monthly or weekly total as were only on at evenings and weekends....
Mike
Why cant the fair use policy be a monthly or weekly total as were only on at evenings and weekends....
Mike
What i was saying is i can dl 31days @ 750meg without a cap = 23.25gig but if i dl only 1 gig a month and i do it in one evening session i get capped..... I wouldnt complain if i was dl'ing every evening at full speed but i should be allowed to dl my 23 gig in one go if i want to without a cap then after that its capped???
Maybe when i get a cap put on ill cap my direct debit to 50%....
Mike
Maybe when i get a cap put on ill cap my direct debit to 50%....
Mike
the caps kick in for all users even if you only hit it once
those people who say they can download all day with 20mb
well we will see when your area gets traffic shaped
and try to open up a youtube video its a nightmare
worse than dial up, an no it aint youtube i checked with a friend who
has adsl and his youtube is fine
virgin media sucks i dont mind getting capped to 5mb but to throttle certain sites is not on with me, BE here i come.
those people who say they can download all day with 20mb
well we will see when your area gets traffic shaped
and try to open up a youtube video its a nightmare
worse than dial up, an no it aint youtube i checked with a friend who
has adsl and his youtube is fine
virgin media sucks i dont mind getting capped to 5mb but to throttle certain sites is not on with me, BE here i come.
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