Broadband Speeds (Again)

[mousey]

not bad...

hate it when i get capped for exceeding the download limit, gay

[Scorpion]

[img] not bad...

hate it when i get capped for exceeding the download limit, gay

I didn't know there was one, or does this come under the 'fair usage' banner?

[darkdezigns]

I didn't know there was one, or does this come under the 'fair usage' banner?

i dont seem to have one

[LURCH]

Im with the post office, better than the 3 dongle shite.........

[Badrs]

[sv1000spilot]

But raining today, will try again if we ever have a dry day in Plymouth

[Dixie.t]

Above is work and below is home

[yoshie]

WTF is that for real Dixie

[Dixie.t]

WTF is that for real Dixie

yea thats real if you look at the ISP is should give away that im at work.
i will do a real one when i get home

[mousey]

I didn't know there was one, or does this come under the 'fair usage' banner?

Well doesnt really affect most people, and isnt really a limit as such, but it can be a pain in the ass when downloading.....

Virgin Media are introducing speed capping measures that for users who download large amounts from the Net during peak hours. Peak hours have been defined as 4pm to midnight which is much longer than for most other ISPs, who consider 6pm to 10pm to be the peak.

Virgin claim that only 5% of downloaders will be affected, but looking at the bands I’m not too sure:

* M tier users who download over 350MB will have their speed capped at 1Mbps during peak
* L tier users who download over 750MB will have their speed restricted to 2Mbps during peak
* XL users who download over 3GB in peak hours will have their speed restricted to 5Mbps

Once a user hits the download limit for their tier then their speed will be capped for four hours. The bands look pretty low to me so I’m sure that it will affect more than 5% of users. Also, the way the scheme appears to be setup will extend the period of capping e.g. if a XL user hits the 3GB limit at 11pm, then their speed will be capped for four hours until 3am.

Personally, I’m quite disappointed by this as I regularly download more than 3GB during ‘peak’ and I wouldn’t even classify my usage as heavy. I’ve also been a big champion of Cable’s unlimited policy in the past and this feels like a big let-down.

The Virgin Media FAQ tries to make out that many users will benefit from the upcoming 20Mbps upgrade (although looking at the timetable it looks like the dates have slipped already), but most users don’t need more speed – they want unlimited downloads.

[sv1000spilot]

But raining today, will try again if we ever have a dry day in Plymouth

Still raining but...