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Shame the moment you download anything during the day they cap you.


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Shame the moment you download anything during the day they cap you. ConfusedI've not usually found it to be a problem, only when I've got in from work, and immediately downloaded a couple of large files like Linux DVD isos 4.5 gb, then it's gone slow rest of early evening , but it's never effected my usual downloading etc.

I'm only on the 10mb package.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 11th January 2012, 19:51

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Shame the moment you download anything during the day they cap you. RJS, that's completely wrong.  Unlike many/most ISP's who traffic manage P2P traffic at anytime, Virginmedia have the most upfront traffic management policy I know of.
For example, this is the traffic management for me.  Between 10am and 3pm I can download 10GB without issue.  I can upload any amount (at 3Mb/s).  Between 5pm and 9pm I can download another 5GB without penalty.  And outside those hours I can download any amount without penalty - there is no monthly cap either which makes a farce out of most other ISP's unlimited tarriffs...  If I do go above those limits though, my speed is reduced by 75%.  i.e. I'll still get about 7MB which is higher than most people in the country get anyway.  Plus those limits are going to be doubled.
With BT, at peak times my mum often can't get above 25Kb/s using P2P.  Other traffic is fine.
It is very rare that I download anything that the speed is less than 3.1 - 3.2MB/s.

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 I have been finding virgin media more and more frustrating lately, i certainly don't fall into a heavy user, i browse a bit, watch the odd iplayer stuff (not every night) itunes and update my website when needed, but iv'e noticed the speed that i have to wait get longer and longer, it used to be blisteringly fast (10meg line) speednet test etc usually show about 9ish mb, calls to virgin are met with "looks fine from here sir" - even as i type this the BBC website is a pain and thats usually lightning fast. Speed falls more so around school chucking out time til early evening.

Roll on the free 20 mb upgrade...  

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Unlike many/most ISP's who traffic manage P2P traffic at anytime, Virginmedia have the most upfront traffic management policy I know of.You say that, but a) I'm with Zen who don't manage my P2P at any time (though they do have a monthly usage cap), and b) when I tried to actually find Virgin's policy last weekend, I couldn't find it anywhere.

I'm just of the opinion that unlimited should mean unlimited, 10Mbs should mean 10Mbs and not 10Mbs but only certain times of the day.


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I read a rumour about this a couple of weeks ago, but since I only just got my 5Mbps upload speed - more than a year after it was first announced - I won't be holding my breath for this. I suspect Bristol will simply go back to the bottom of the pile so I'll be waiting until mid 2013. The will be a post code check on VM's site from Friday evening so people can check when VM plan to upgrade their area.

I'm not really fussed about 100Mbps anyway. Only Usenet can support it. Of greater interest is the upload speed. 5Mbps is nice, but 10 would be nicer (I upload a lot of .png files). I might even drop down to 60Mbps when it's done. It'll still be faster than my current speeds and I'll save a few quid (bill is now the best part of £70 a month). Depends on the revised traffic management policy though, as I like not having to worry at the moment (no limits on 50Mbps).

Regarding their STM policy, it's not too bad on 50Mbps. No usage restrictions on normal traffic, but they do throttle nntp and p2p depending on network load. Even so, my speed is usually pretty consistent at around 6MB (that megabytes) a second on nntp. I don't think VM have too many heavy users where I live.

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You say that, but a) I'm with Zen who don't manage my P2P at any time (though they do have a monthly usage cap)I know which I'd rather have.  I can download 40GB in one night easily.Quote:
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when I tried to actually find Virgin's policy last weekend, I couldn't find it anywhere.Hmmm..

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I'm just of the opinion that unlimited should mean unlimited, 10Mbs should mean 10Mbs and not 10Mbs but only certain times of the day.Yes, I agree - but I'm fairly sure the ISP that consistently gets anywhwere near the advertised speeds is Virginmedia - simply due to 'cable'.  Nevermind certain times of the day, ADSL depends on so many other variables too.

EDIT: Ofcom report figures here..

I sound like a bit of a Virginmedia fanboy there lol - and I'm not - but I do think cable broadband gives a far more reliable and consistent service than ADSL/2/+ etc.

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As expected, 'July onwards' for my area. So that'll be December then... Not that bothered as it means I can hold off the move to their awful 'Superhub' for a bit longer.

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Yes, I agree - but I'm fairly sure the ISP that consistently gets anywhwere near the advertised speeds is Virginmedia - simply due to 'cable'. Nevermind certain times of the day, ADSL depends on so many other variables too.

EDIT: Ofcom report figures here..

I sound like a bit of a Virginmedia fanboy there lol - and I'm not - but I do think cable broadband gives a far more reliable and consistent service than ADSL/2/+ etc.Those ofcom figures don't mention a lot of other ISPs, including mine. I don't think Virgin Media are bad, I know a fair few people with it, and when it comes to reliability they are good, but then so are a lot of decent ADSL providers. I know VM people who have had problems,

I don't believe ADSL has any more variables than cable.

However I'm sure one thing we can all agree on, BT as an ISP is crap! It annoys me that they keep ringing me up trying to offer me broadband, how many times do I have to tell them over my dead body before they give up.


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