Is Virgin media my only option???

flamezmack · 28 Sep 2009 at 18:19

Just moved into a house share..it doesn't have a bt phone line is virgin media my only option??..im a heavy downloader and ive heard about there traffic management and its not sounding to great!!..any other providers i could use that dont require a bt phone line???..thanks

Duke · 28 Sep 2009 at 18:28

Just set your downloads over night. You'll need a phone line installed if you want an ADSL provider.

flamezmack · 28 Sep 2009 at 18:30

my only option yes??

Immsy · 28 Sep 2009 at 18:36

No as he said, you can go with ADSL too but will have to pay to install a BT line.

flamezmack · 28 Sep 2009 at 18:39

ok..cheers

capriboy1978 · 28 Sep 2009 at 18:39

3g dongle

and a big trust fund

PistolPete · 29 Sep 2009 at 09:26

On Virgin's 20MB you can download over 100GB a day (assuming you get the full download speed) even with the throttling.

Qu3 · 29 Sep 2009 at 09:32

Heavy downloader....? Why not 50mb?

PistolPete · 29 Sep 2009 at 14:44

Qu3 said:
Heavy downloader....? Why not 50mb?

Oh yeah, forgot about 50Mb.

450GB / day enough?

Guest2 · 29 Sep 2009 at 15:48

If you are in a house share why not just get something like a sky package. Net, tv and phone line. The phone line makes the net cheaper and hardly costs anything.

Now are 20mb sky max package is sorted its very reliable and get constant good speeds and no caps. I get around 1.6mb/s now

window · 29 Sep 2009 at 16:18

I use virgin 10mb package, and its completely useless for downloading anytime in the day. i think after about 1 gig dl speeds drop to 50kbs

PistolPete · 29 Sep 2009 at 19:31

window said:
I use virgin 10mb package, and its completely useless for downloading anytime in the day. i think after about 1 gig dl speeds drop to 50kbs

If this is the case you need to get on to them.

It should be after 3GB from 10am-3pm or 1.5GB from 4pm-9pm downloaded, or 800Mb uploaded from 3pm-8pm and you'll be cut to 2.5Mb/s.
Granted hitting 3GB could happen in less than an hour, and 1.5GB in less than 30 mins if you download full tilt, however you can still hit nearly 50GB in a day outside of these times.

Linx · 29 Sep 2009 at 19:35

PistolPete said:
If this is the case you need to get on to them.

It should be after 3GB from 10am-3pm or 1.5GB from 4pm-9pm downloaded, or 800Mb uploaded from 3pm-8pm and you'll be cut to 2.5Mb/s.
Granted hitting 3GB could happen in less than an hour, and 1.5GB in less than 30 mins if you download full tilt, however you can still hit nearly 50GB in a day outside of these times.

That makes sense, aka virgin media sucks balls when i was with them a year ago they didnt have this traffic managing bulox.

Meatball · 29 Sep 2009 at 19:38

With Virgin there is no download limit, they simply limit the speed you can download at. Virgin have the most reliable broadband and is mostly true to speed, go with Virgin

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Jabbs · 29 Sep 2009 at 19:48

No limit at all my mate does stupid amounts on his 50mb line we talking 2tb+ a month he has never had so much as a letter, same when he was on 20meg he did stupid amounts, they offer what they say unlimited downloads but you have to put up with a stm which isn't that bad.

Meatball · 29 Sep 2009 at 19:50

Jabbs said:
No limit at all my mate does stupid amounts on his 50mb line we talking 2tb+ a month he has never had so much as a letter, same when he was on 20meg he did stupid amounts, they offer what they say unlimited downloads but you have to put up with a stm which isn't that bad.

50Mb connections have no capping/limit

(IIRC)

Jabbs · 29 Sep 2009 at 20:15

^^I know mate i am on 50m atm and enjoying it but lets face the fact its just a matter of time before they introduce one.

PistolPete · 29 Sep 2009 at 20:26

Linx said:
That makes sense, aka virgin media sucks balls when i was with them a year ago they didnt have this traffic managing bulox.

Virgin had always had the STM, they just may not have enforced it immediately but was mid 2007 when they started

window · 30 Sep 2009 at 01:41

PistolPete said:
If this is the case you need to get on to them.

It should be after 3GB from 10am-3pm or 1.5GB from 4pm-9pm downloaded, or 800Mb uploaded from 3pm-8pm and you'll be cut to 2.5Mb/s.
Granted hitting 3GB could happen in less than an hour, and 1.5GB in less than 30 mins if you download full tilt, however you can still hit nearly 50GB in a day outside of these times.

so are you saying i can dl 4.5 gig between 10am to 9 pm altogether... hmm didnt realise this. I'll check it out this weekend..

jakspyder · 30 Sep 2009 at 06:19

we just mvoed into a shared flat (student diggs) with no BT land line, you wouldnt believe the trouble we had trying to get a BT line put in (it turns out its nearly impossible cos nobody at BT speaks english) so we just had to give up after 2 motnhs of solid phone arguments, virgin were up and running 10 days after placing the order, not one single mistake and we are very pleaes with our 50mb service!

just avoid BT like the plague!