For some time now Virgin Media has been claiming the moral high ground, boosted by Ofcom's own survey's, that they have the fastest broadband availability, and that speeds are likely to be consistent. VM are now taking this a step further with
http://www.stopthebroadbandcon.org/ trying to get us to sign up to a campagin to stop the misleading use of "up to" broadband speeds especially for ADSL products.
The imbalance of ADSL advertising has always existed, and I seem to recall there being past suggestions from the like of Ofcom that there should be change.
The reality is though, is it not buyer beware and the consumer needs to read the small print? Are VM really totally blameless? There are plenty of incidences cited on this forum where people are ina congested area so don't see the speeds expected. Worse, it's only when you read the small print that people find issues with trafic managment policies.
My view is that before we worry too much about claimed speed advertising, they should first be tackling the misuse of "unlimited" which somehow has become twisted to simply mean "always on" when comared to a now defunct dial up, and yet STM and related policies mean for many their use is far from their envisaged "unlimited".
Perhaps ISPs like Virgin Media shouldn't be throwing stones in glasshouses?