Virgin Media?

happy_2008 · 7 Jul 2011 at 22:38

In the process of buying a property and only ever thought about using BT Infinity but when i checked virgin media today it turns out i can get up to 50MB. So i have a few questions now:

1) Are we likely to get the full 50MB or is there anyway to check how fast we could get?

2) Is there any usage limit?

3) Do they block filesharing websites like Filesonic/fileserve etc?

4) Do we still need a telephone line rental? (I think this is a no but just after confirmation)

jaybee · 7 Jul 2011 at 22:41

1) Yes you will get the full 50mb
2) No, they currently do not cap or knowingly throttle 50mb tier. Atleast I think this is still the case. The other packages like 20mb/10mb do get throttled and have peak time usage restrictions.
3) No, but they do throttle peer to peer traffic as above.

PistolPete · 7 Jul 2011 at 23:18

2) They slow P2P and Usenet at certain times by a non-disclosed amount.
4) You dont need telephone rental but BB is discounted if you do - If you need a phone line anyways you may as well get it from them too.

happy_2008 · 7 Jul 2011 at 23:27

They slow P2P on all packages? or is the 50Meg exempt?

sean · 7 Jul 2011 at 23:43

happy_2008 said:
2) Is there any usage limit?

Virgin operate a detrimental use policy even on 50mb lines and nasty letters get sent out if the connection is consistently 'abused' at peak times (9am - 9pm). The internet suggests the trigger is around 300GB/month

happy_2008 · 8 Jul 2011 at 09:35

100GB is more than enough for me in 1 month usage. Dont think i can use more than 100 GB