Anyone on Virgin DSL - fair usage?

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With 4 people in my house all using and downloading bits and bobs from the internet, i was occasionally getting my account managed at AOL, so i have switched to virgin, after some teething problems i am now quite happy with the service they are providing.

The virgin page does not say there is a particular limit before a cap comes into place, does anyone know whether there is one, and if so, is it only within peak hours, can we download as much as we like outwith 6-12pm?
 
It has announced that during peak times from 4pm to midnight users of its 'Broadband M' service (2Mbps downstream/200Kbps upstream) who download more than 350MB over this period will find their speeds capped to 1Mbps downstream and 128Kbps upstream. 'Broadband L' (4Mbps down, 512Kbps up) users who break 750MB during this time will be limited to 2Mbps and 192Kbps. Finally 'Broadband XL' subscribers (20Mbps down, 768Kbps up) will drop to 5Mbps and 256Kbps if they exceed 3GB.
 
It has announced that during peak times from 4pm to midnight users of its 'Broadband M' service (2Mbps downstream/200Kbps upstream) who download more than 350MB over this period will find their speeds capped to 1Mbps downstream and 128Kbps upstream. 'Broadband L' (4Mbps down, 512Kbps up) users who break 750MB during this time will be limited to 2Mbps and 192Kbps. Finally 'Broadband XL' subscribers (20Mbps down, 768Kbps up) will drop to 5Mbps and 256Kbps if they exceed 3GB.
So is that saying you can download up to 3GB everyday between 4pm and midnight if you are on the 20mb service without being restricted?
 
I'm on Virgin 2mb and find it more than enough, I use 3 PC's all the time and download what I like never noticed a cap, maybe I don't use it as much as I thought.
 
Can anyone confirm its the same for ADSL? When i was on AOL they would automatically restrict you after 40gb for a whole month, and you would have to have a month downloading less than 40gb to get the cap restricted.
 
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