Originally Posted by Ken W

BT advertise up to 8Mb but the max that can be attained in my area is 3.5Mb which is why I am on VM cable 4Mb and get a solid 3.9Mb all the time.

Originally Posted by Nicosia

at this rate the capping will be 24/7, how can they offer 50mbit ( soon ) when they already have to cap everyone even the 2mbit users which dont use up any b/w at all even if they dl 24/7

Originally Posted by h3llb1tch

You are defending the indefensible.
Unlimited means without limits. NO LIMITS or restrictions. Not a single Goddamn one.

If a service is advertised as unlimited, people will natuarally assume there are no limits.

So imagine how peed off they are when they realise that during STM hours, they are limited both in how much they can download (if they don't want to be STM'd their download capacity is restricted because they are only allowed to download XXX amount of data) and how fast they can download it (if they trigger STM, their speed is limited, restricting their download capacity relative to the full speed sevice which is being paid for.)

You cannot rewrite the English language and write in exceptions to the rule.

Unlimited means NOT limited.

Which part of the definition do you not understand ?
Perhaps I should get you a dictionary...

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

throttling is throttling, I actually believe protocol throttling to be worse as it punishes select people only. So people just web browsing get the impression the service isnt throttling. Facts remain however, the basis of BTs complaint was peple on VM could not download music and videos fast at peak, the same applies to BT as that would be affected by the protocol throttling.

BT advertise a generic speed which would cover p2p.