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trojjer · 21-04-2008, 15:44

Damn, that's really taking the cake -- they want to throttle us for 15 out of the 24 hours in a day?! I grumbled I bit when I read about the introduction of the first policy, but I haven't noticed too much of a difference. Then again, I've only started downloading a few TV programmes and films (er, yes, iPlayer and Creative Content films, of course) -- I'm far from the "Top 3%" of heavy users.

Lately we've been considering switching back to ADSL (Pipex wasn't so bad before Hasselhoff...), but the whole BT line quagmire seems like a right mess, and I'm surprised at how satisfied I am with the cut back from 4Mb "L" to 2Mb "M". Despite the stupid names, and the fact that I was told by a customer service rep that "There might be a increase from 2M to 4M, in line with the 4M to 10M"... It remains to be seen whether or not I'll end up paying less for the same speed as before, but I remember starting with Telewest at 512K and eventually getting 4M, which was nice.

I just hope that "opting out" of the Phorm monster via the webwise site, and blocking the cookie in Opera, will keep the monitoring at bay... Or they could at least give their ~~victims~~subscribers some of the targetted ad revenue they'll receive!

21-04-2008, 15:44	#2
trojjer Inactive Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1	Re: New Virgin traffic managent - so that's why it's slow! Damn, that's really taking the cake -- they want to throttle us for 15 out of the 24 hours in a day?! I grumbled I bit when I read about the introduction of the first policy, but I haven't noticed too much of a difference. Then again, I've only started downloading a few TV programmes and films (er, yes, iPlayer and Creative Content films, of course) -- I'm far from the "Top 3%" of heavy users. Lately we've been considering switching back to ADSL (Pipex wasn't so bad before Hasselhoff...), but the whole BT line quagmire seems like a right mess, and I'm surprised at how satisfied I am with the cut back from 4Mb "L" to 2Mb "M". Despite the stupid names, and the fact that I was told by a customer service rep that "There might be a increase from 2M to 4M, in line with the 4M to 10M"... It remains to be seen whether or not I'll end up paying less for the same speed as before, but I remember starting with Telewest at 512K and eventually getting 4M, which was nice. I just hope that "opting out" of the Phorm monster via the webwise site, and blocking the cookie in Opera, will keep the monitoring at bay... Or they could at least give their ~~victims~~subscribers some of the targetted ad revenue they'll receive!