Posts by Infi

Mozilla mauls Microsoft on IE, Windows 7 bundle

If you don't like IE

There's a very simple solution (and with apologies for the following language)

Don't fucking use it!

There, pretty simple I think

Virgin Media boosts bottom tier broadband

Does what it says on the tin

I'm no fan of any particular ISP. They all seem to have their good and bad points. VM's traffic shaping is obviously something a lot of people feel strongly about. BT ISPs do the same thing too, so it's not unique to VM. Personally, I've learned to work around the 'peak' throttle times and do any large amounts of downloading when the throttle isn't active. Is it a perfect solution? Not at all, but as I don't need to download the internet 24/7, it doesn't bother me that much.

I've been with VM for nearly two years now, and have been on their 10MB service for about a year now.

All I can say is, if I download something, I get 10MB ... every time, as do my mates who are also with VM. It is well known that the speed you get depends on where you live in the country, or if you're with BT, how far you are away from the exchange, how good/bad the wiring is etc ect.

So, for the £25 I'm paying currently for phone and broadband, I'm not complaining,