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Originally Posted by AndyCambs
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I don't download much - the occasional podcast and usual webpages, emails etc. Why should my service deteriorate because someone in the same street is downloading huge files when we're both paying the same costs?
Maybe all the ISPs might consider charging per amount downloaded? That would be much fairer. (Bit like having a water/gas/electricity meter I guess...)
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Most of the costs of providing the service are fixed, the increments with usage are minimal. It's potentially alright however it's massively abused by all ISPs who have implemented it, with a high fixed cost and extortionate per-GB charges and I don't see why VM would be any different. If you have issues with how much you pay the simple solution is to downgrade to a lower tier which better reflects your use than XL.
I quite agree with you though, why should your service deteriorate because someone in the same street is using their unlimited downloads XL broadband specifically mentioned as being:
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just the thing for lightning fast downloads
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Indeed according to Virgin's 'The power of fibre optic' page:
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More great reasons to choose Virgin broadband
* Unlimited downloads*
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It's the very first thing up there.
Surely someone using their service as advertised shouldn't degrade your occasional podcast and usual webapges? If you want to blame someone for that happening blame Virgin for overselling their network, not other customers who purchase and pay for 'unlimited downloads' from a service which has that as a very prominent selling point.
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Originally Posted by AndyCambs
Unfortunately some customers want everything - for nothing...
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Are you always this pro-VM and anti-customer? Two very anti-customer posts in one page? You're clearly ecstatic with your service to the point where you appear to feel it necessary to defend VM against other customers, some people aren't and even in some cases for very good reasons, that's life.
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Originally Posted by ahardie
If you are refering to VM's debt I think that has more to do with the history of cable and the way it was set up in this country. If cable had been set up with a virtual monoply like satellite instead of the mess of small companies operating it then perhaps they could have given Sky the competition they desperately need.
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What virtual monopoly was that? You do know why Sky is BSkyB, right?