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Old 21-10-2008, 19:10   #27
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Re: Started as Proportional bills for a variable service?

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Originally Posted by Gary L View Post
No because that is the nature of ADSL as everyone knows it to be. I think they even say something along the lines of if your line supports the stated speeds.

they advertise an upto 24Mb, depending on line distance and condition. natural circumstances, not manually administered circumstances as done by Virgin.
From a Virgin advert:

"Speed of internet connection assumes components working at optimum speed and capacity. Both cable and ADSL broadband are affected by user volume"

Which is the cable of equivalent of the line distance disclaimer.

Should traffic managment not be seperate to line speed. If you download and you are not managed, you are more likely to get the advertised speed with Virgin than ADSL based ISPs

With what you are saying means that customers of ADSL based providers that traffic manage (such as BT) should get a proportional bill, it shouldn't be just directed at Virgin cable broadband
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