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Originally Posted by foreverwar
I've just written to the HMRC, asking for a refund for some of my Road Tax; I was on a motorway yesterday, and the posted speed limit was 70mph, but due to the traffic congestion, I could only do 30mph. This is the third time this has happened this month, and I am not happy about it - I have checked the sign, and it definitely doesn't say "up to 70mph". I blame those big lorries and 4x4's towing caravans - taking up all the roadwidth, slowing everyone else down.
And another thing - last week I caught the GNER 225 High Speed Train to London - it only travelled at an average of 160kph, even though it says in big letters on the train "225"; It doesn't say "up to 225kph"! Would they give me a refund? Would they b*gg*ry!  |
The 'up to' term used on ADSL services is meant to say that you can have up to the maximum speed they do for the price you are paying. but depending on conditions of your line and other factors, you may get less. Not for Virgins meaning of the word that you can have the maximum speed they do for the price you are paying, but for the maximum speed they 'want' to give you regardless of what speed you are paying for, and nothing to do with conditions of your line and other factors.
It is intentionally restricted, they have changed the meaning of what 'up to' means across the board of ISPs. another word that they have re-written for their own benefit and purposes.