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.
utter fuking bullshit!
trying to download anything which is ment to be done in a day or 2 takes a week at a time. they are fukin perfetic if u ask me, if we didnt download anything they wouldnt even get any money from there larger packages. because there wouldnt be any use for them
utter fuking bullshit!
trying to download anything which is ment to be done in a day or 2 takes a week at a time. they are fukin perfetic if u ask me, if we didnt download anything they wouldnt even get any money from there larger packages. because there wouldnt be any use for them
hello all users. I dont like how virgin media have capped the internet for people like us who use it more than the average person. For example i download tv shows legit, i cannot download during the day as its a 2 gigabyte limit then i will be capped during the evening and even if i download during the evening i will be capped again for downloading more than 1 gigabyte. i cannot win!
Im on a 10 megabit connection which i get around 1.2 megabytes per second out my connection, even with my speed i can limit my self for 15 minutes during the evening. I limit my self every single night and this may be just from watching damn youtube videos!! im pig sick of these limitations.
Any one like me will know the troubles we go through… Furthermore im a gameing fanatic and i even limit my self playing my humble xbox online!.
Finally Virgin media have even started stopping me from going on the websites i download tv shows from so i have to proxy the web address (they only block for a day at max).
hello all users. I dont like how virgin media have capped the internet for people like us who use it more than the average person. For example i download tv shows legit, i cannot download during the day as its a 2 gigabyte limit then i will be capped during the evening and even if i download during the evening i will be capped again for downloading more than 1 gigabyte. i cannot win!
Im on a 10 megabit connection which i get around 1.2 megabytes per second out my connection, even with my speed i can limit my self for 15 minutes during the evening. I limit my self every single night and this may be just from watching damn youtube videos!! im pig sick of these limitations.
Any one like me will know the troubles we go through… Furthermore im a gameing fanatic and i even limit my self playing my humble xbox online!.
Finally Virgin media have even started stopping me from going on the websites i download tv shows from so i have to proxy the web address (they only block for a day at max).
Hello all users. The capping system virgin media using is bullshit and really annoying. i am even thinking of leaving virgin media coz they advertise a lot about unlimited download and better speed and probably they get customers because of this promise they make but you are paying for 10meg speed and they limit it to 2meg . once there capping system get you after that no matter what you download or don’t they will still limit your speed.
Hello all users. The capping system virgin media using is bullshit and really annoying. i am even thinking of leaving virgin media coz they advertise a lot about unlimited download and better speed and probably they get customers because of this promise they make but you are paying for 10meg speed and they limit it to 2meg . once there capping system get you after that no matter what you download or don’t they will still limit your speed.
Hi, i am with Virgin media and my net is super slow… if i coudld get hold or branson i would puch him then let everyone elce punch him, then put him infront or a PC with dialup running… see how he likes it…
Hi, i am with Virgin media and my net is super slow… if i coudld get hold or branson i would puch him then let everyone elce punch him, then put him infront or a PC with dialup running… see how he likes it…
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