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Old 06-04-2009, 15:10   #364
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Re: Legal action taken against Virgin Media throttling practices

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Originally Posted by Broadbandings View Post
What makes you think that Virgin would have been involved in drawing up this code over other suppliers?
Never said they were. All ISPs would have input in the wording and what the COP covered.

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Your previous response is your interpretation of the rules which may or may not be correct.
I thought you said OFCOM gave you a 100% guarantee of which rules apply and which don't?

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So that part is a waste of time anyway, while VM may be in violation of the spirit they can point to the wording and say they are complying fully.
And again - all those points come under a heading of:

Fair usage policies and usage limits

whereas Virgin operate a policy of Traffic management

which has only one clause which is

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39. Where ISPs apply traffic management and shaping policies, they should publish on their website, in a clear and easily accessible form, information on the restrictions applied. This should include the types of applications, services and protocols that are affected and specific information on peak traffic periods.

Which they do at www.virginmedia.com/traffic
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