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SOSAGES · 25-09-2011, 10:13

Good morning all.

I was wondering if someone could put my mind at ease and give me some rough ideas on how much i can use my 50M package.

A little background - been with virgin since day 1 of the public release of their BB started on 600k then just took every upgrade until im now on 50M.

Last year I got sent a letter as during the space of 2.5 days (a weekend) i downloaded a lot of files (it was a backup of my works server to my NAS)
The letter informed me i had a mark against my account and 2 more could result in being cut off.

I called the number and they confirmed the dates that i did download a lot did generate the warning letter.
They told me only download/upload between 9-9

I work from home and since then have mainly been worried about using it for anything other than web browsing and email during 9-9.

Now i am not a heavy user but sometimes i may need to download the odd GB during 9-9 but i dont. I asked virgin how much do they think i can get away with they couldnt give me any numbers as it all depends who else is using it on the same bit of their network as me. The guy i talked to mentioned that he wouldnt risk downloading even 1 GB between 9-9.

I love the service but for my work i sometimes need to download or upload stuff during the "peak hours" can anyone offer any guidance? from reading virgins website i cant find concreate info.
The site suggests there are no limits on the 50mb service for download:
http://shop.virginmedia.com/help/tra...r-uploads.html
my reading of that is the only restriction is uploading between 3pm and 8pm if you do over 6GB then its slowed down by 65% for 5 hours.

If this is the case then thats fine i doubt i will upload over 6GB in 1 day more than once a year and if i do im fine with doing it out of hours or if i do it during 3-8pm im happy for it to be traffic shapped.

So in short

what shall i do? what do other people do to keep virgin happy?
Lets say i download 10 GB a day during the day would that get me in trouble?

in short i am just worried to use it and have been for around 7 months but reading the website kinda makes me want to use it again without any fear but really dont want to get kicked off.

25-09-2011, 10:13	#1
SOSAGES Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,379	Should i worry? Good morning all. I was wondering if someone could put my mind at ease and give me some rough ideas on how much i can use my 50M package. A little background - been with virgin since day 1 of the public release of their BB started on 600k then just took every upgrade until im now on 50M. Last year I got sent a letter as during the space of 2.5 days (a weekend) i downloaded a lot of files (it was a backup of my works server to my NAS) The letter informed me i had a mark against my account and 2 more could result in being cut off. I called the number and they confirmed the dates that i did download a lot did generate the warning letter. They told me only download/upload between 9-9 I work from home and since then have mainly been worried about using it for anything other than web browsing and email during 9-9. Now i am not a heavy user but sometimes i may need to download the odd GB during 9-9 but i dont. I asked virgin how much do they think i can get away with they couldnt give me any numbers as it all depends who else is using it on the same bit of their network as me. The guy i talked to mentioned that he wouldnt risk downloading even 1 GB between 9-9. I love the service but for my work i sometimes need to download or upload stuff during the "peak hours" can anyone offer any guidance? from reading virgins website i cant find concreate info. The site suggests there are no limits on the 50mb service for download: http://shop.virginmedia.com/help/tra...r-uploads.html my reading of that is the only restriction is uploading between 3pm and 8pm if you do over 6GB then its slowed down by 65% for 5 hours. If this is the case then thats fine i doubt i will upload over 6GB in 1 day more than once a year and if i do im fine with doing it out of hours or if i do it during 3-8pm im happy for it to be traffic shapped. So in short what shall i do? what do other people do to keep virgin happy? Lets say i download 10 GB a day during the day would that get me in trouble? in short i am just worried to use it and have been for around 7 months but reading the website kinda makes me want to use it again without any fear but really dont want to get kicked off.