Posts by YouDontNeedMyName

Dutch operators: Ugh, we really overdid it on the 4G last night...

Re: 3G

Try dollars instead of punds ..... It was £22.5bn.

Searching my jacket for my wallet !!!

Virgin demands ISPs end broadband speed 'con'

Get what you pay for ...

You do realise that at 0.46mbps you are getting what you are paying for?

This link clearly defines what Virgin actually offer in terms of upload, download and traffic management : http://shop.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-management/traffic-management-policy.html

If you now get 0.96mbps, that means you have been upgraded as part of a program to make download:upload contention 10:1. Obviously that isn't standard yet, hence why the above link hasn't been updated.

Virgin to offer 100Mb/s broadband by year's end

Fair Usage

There are a lot of comments on here relating to traffic management that VM use ... Most of which sound like they are based on FUD, not reality. Have you actually read the policy? Its publicly available (http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/internet/traffic.html) and adhered to quite strictly. However, for most consumers (even heavy downloaders) you can get your fix of legal content without issue. I have the 20mbps service and have hit the limits approx 3 times. I then get 5mbps download, which is still better than most ADSL users. And I actually get those bandwidths, never spotted a time that I haven't.

Ok, upload becomes an issue, but again, this is only for a short period of time and then returns to normal.

And if you really need no limits on how much data you use there are a couple of obvious options:

1) Get the 50mbps which has no throttling

2) Pay a LOT of money for a business grade service

Some people really need to have some perspective ... You get what you pay for and this is a cheap service.