Virgin are now going to use application throttling!!.
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They can track you but most cloners also take out minimum packages and VM would rather have that than no user and no profit at all.
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I dunno, I could bet a pound to pinch of **it if i tried to do something like that i would be in court lol
Beggers belief they maybe allow bandwidth theft and penalise the paying punter
Seems another "typical" attitude over in this country lol
Shaft the majority to make good any losses, Instead of going after the bad minority causing the problems
Beggers belief they maybe allow bandwidth theft and penalise the paying punter
Seems another "typical" attitude over in this country lol
Shaft the majority to make good any losses, Instead of going after the bad minority causing the problems
Is this permanent or just a trial test?
Permanent
http://www.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-management.php
STM is now 10am-3pm and 4pm-9pm yes.
That is an absolute JOKE. I go to bed around 9 due to being up early for work as well, i think that is a joke tbh.
No joke...its on virginmedias own traffic management page...
Sucks...but what can you do?
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It get worse though, With me anyway. After you exceed the Upstream limit and i'm cut to 20KB/sec upload and I keep uploading anyway, I get disconnected and have to reboot the modem.
They must know that I leave the PC uploading files while i'm out, So they decide to cut me off untill I come home and find out.
I would go to another company but I can't be bothered with the hassle.
They must know that I leave the PC uploading files while i'm out, So they decide to cut me off untill I come home and find out.
I would go to another company but I can't be bothered with the hassle.
STM is now 10am-3pm and 4pm-9pm yes.
I just called Virgin about this and the guy at virgin says the 1000-1500
is at weekends only!
I am going to call again in the morn and see whats what.
Lol..you was lied to.
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I need a link for SKY before i slit my wrists lol
Gutted. To be honest, in the last 2 years or so when these traffic infringements weren't in place, I never really experienced any lag at all, during peak hours or not. The only time I experienced annoying lag and terrible connectivity was when they upgraded their service from 1Mb to 2MB (i think it was anyway) at the time. Only 2-3 weeks of terrible lag. Besides that nothing at all. Why are they clamping down so much if I there wasn't necessary a massive problem in the first place.
I understand the need to rid people who download/upload on bit torrents 24/7 but surely those people should be penalised individually?
Its just as much the principal of the situation as the fundamentals of it all. I suppose everyone will tell me to change ISP if it bothers me so much. Just not very optimistic on my options with Sky and Tiscali. Might do some research
Eclipse have also just announced this..
It appears that the ISPs are attempting to restrict people's use of streaming.. because streaming sources won't pay for their customer's use of the ISP network they're now putting clamps on it the bandwidth and blaming those nasty 3% of 'heavy users'..
The reality is that the ISPs can justify the cost with a blanket spread of cost increases so basically they're clamping down so people have to migrate themselves to the more expensive monthly plans if they use streaming etc..
It appears that the ISPs are attempting to restrict people's use of streaming.. because streaming sources won't pay for their customer's use of the ISP network they're now putting clamps on it the bandwidth and blaming those nasty 3% of 'heavy users'..
The reality is that the ISPs can justify the cost with a blanket spread of cost increases so basically they're clamping down so people have to migrate themselves to the more expensive monthly plans if they use streaming etc..
Yes I was and I was not happy..UNTIL
I called virgin now I have got
4mb connection(will soon be 10mb free upgrade)
Evening and weekend free calls and because I was going to leave
they gave me XL TV all for just £35 a month
I am a happy bunny now.