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Originally Posted by Paranoimia

I'm not normally one to complain about STM, and have managed to work around it quite nicely. I do download a lot of stuff, though nowhere near the new 3 and 6GB limits.

However, I am getting a little hacked off now. The reason being that if I want to just browse a few web sites and send e-mails, I'd go for a lower speed. I have a 20MB connection purely to download stuff faster. I know some have issues with their service, but I've been happy, since I actually do get pretty much the full 20MB for pretty much 100% of the time.

To me, there seems little point in providing such a fast service if you're going to prevent people downloading at full speed - that's what high-speed broadband is for, in my personal opinion. Anything else, you don't need much more than 4MB.

These high-speed services aren't cheap, and Virgin would do better investing our money into upgrading their network, rather than paying tech bods to find ways to cripple our download speeds.

You have accurately summarised my own views, and the views of many other subscribers, on this situation and I fully support what you say. Well, done.