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Old 10-03-2009, 19:32   #12
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Re: Legal action taken against Virgin Media throttling practices

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Originally Posted by Turkey Machine View Post
About time somebody took it to them. VM are the only UK broadband provider, I believe, actively throttling connections daily after a certain download limit. While others have a FUP and an acceptable monthly download limit on ADSL, Virgin don't, but they throttle those deemed "heavy" (they say the top 5% of users, I would reckon it's about 25% of the customer base). So all power to the OP for taking them to court, especially since according to him they changed the terms of the contract.
Hmmmm, wonder if I can take my credit card company to court for doing the same, with their ever fluctuating interest rates.............

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Originally Posted by Turkey Machine View Post
Exactly, but with so few VM customers registered to Cable Forum and so few who know how to use newsgroups, of course it's conjecture, but anything up to that figure is likely the real number because they sell a LOT of 10 and 20Mbit contracts! EDIT: It's even more likely since they actively withdrew selling 2Mbit as a service.

Easy Toto, I'm not dual-accounts here y'know.
Hahah, well, thought it was worth a sly one on't side
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