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Originally Posted by JackSon
Ok Lezwez, I'll simplify it for you, as I have actually given you my reason more than once in this topic (as have others) if you bothered to read it.
It is apparent that with a network unable to support a sustained full 20Mb for all at peak times, there will have to be some kind of bandwidth management employed. Out of the main alternatives I see, you can have service termination after a certain usage (bandwidth cap), or you can face extra charges for usage over a certain limit (financial deterrent, stealth tax etc.), or there is shaping. Out of the three I see shaping as by far the most customer friendly as service continues and nothing is added onto your bill.
In an ideal situation I would like to have a network with no need for any management at all but it is not a perfect world we live in, so until conditions improve I support shaping above any other possible method which could be employed. I also enjoy the knowledge that the shaping will have a next to nothing impact on my usage becasue of my internet habits. That is not true for all I know, but for me it is and thats what fuels my opinions on my service - how it affects me.
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Exactly, its this or download limits, but some are just not reading whats put.
A lot of the people moaning [sorry complaining] were probably not even here when the hot news of the day was "Caps".
No, not what schoolboys wear on their heads, this was a really heated debate that was very similar to this, when there was technically a capped service.
Most people went over the limit, by accident or otherwise, a few got warning letters, and a very few [if any?] got turfed off the service.
My point is, in a few months there will be something else, and although this "speed reduction" is'nt popular with anyone, it looks like its here for the foreseable future, and this forum is probably a tiny minority of Virgin customers.
No doubt your mum or gran wont ever notice the speed reduction, and will never have any complaint whatsoever, it would be interesting to know how many customers are on here regularly, versus the total number of customers.
If we totalled 10% [unlikely] Virgin would have a fairly satisfied 90% of customers.
I cant see them losing too much sleep over it, and all the talk about it on here wont change a thing, but dont let that stop anyone.
