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bikeman · 30-05-2008, 14:48

This is well out of order - the only reason I've stayed with VM so far (following their ever increasing pricing for phone calls and the change to the mobile 300/300 deal) was because of the unlimited downloads.

I am not a high user - I backup my websites weekly (200Mb), watch a couple of iplayer progs, internet radio and occasionally download a cd iso. But as a 2Mb user I was surprised how frequently my service slowed down. I thought it was just lousy service but now I know it is because the download limit for 2Mb users is only 512Mb a day and is easily exceeded.

As a group we should complain to trading standards that VM advertise unlimited downloads when clearly that is not the case.

VM are already suffering with customer loss and squeezing the life our of us loyal customers is not going to help them retain us.

If others do the same the internet as a medium for tv/radio distribution etc will never get beyond it's infancy.

30-05-2008, 14:48	#262
bikeman Inactive Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 94	Re: New STM/Virgin traffic managent confirmed - so that's why it's slow! This is well out of order - the only reason I've stayed with VM so far (following their ever increasing pricing for phone calls and the change to the mobile 300/300 deal) was because of the unlimited downloads. I am not a high user - I backup my websites weekly (200Mb), watch a couple of iplayer progs, internet radio and occasionally download a cd iso. But as a 2Mb user I was surprised how frequently my service slowed down. I thought it was just lousy service but now I know it is because the download limit for 2Mb users is only 512Mb a day and is easily exceeded. As a group we should complain to trading standards that VM advertise unlimited downloads when clearly that is not the case. VM are already suffering with customer loss and squeezing the life our of us loyal customers is not going to help them retain us. If others do the same the internet as a medium for tv/radio distribution etc will never get beyond it's infancy.