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kwikbreaks · 26-10-2011, 15:50

IMO what they should do is drop the unlimited claim. Of course they probably won't be doing that - my guess is that like BT they'll rely on shaping and the "upto" so you can't claim that limiting P2P and NNTP to speeds only slightly better than dialup is in fact a limited service. The problem with that is they can't or at least don't catch all heavy usage.

Maybe they'll go for something like a more gradual STM where speed reduces as the bits mount up. I think I may have already seen something like this but as my area is awaiting a fix as it's oversubscribed it's difficult to decide just why speeds have gone down the toilet.

26-10-2011, 15:50	#33
kwikbreaks Inactive Join Date: May 2010 Services: Plusnet FTTC, FoxSat HDR for TV, Vonage VOIP. Posts: 2,082	Re: Virgin Media To Lose 'Unlimited' Or Detrimental Usage Policy IMO what they should do is drop the unlimited claim. Of course they probably won't be doing that - my guess is that like BT they'll rely on shaping and the "upto" so you can't claim that limiting P2P and NNTP to speeds only slightly better than dialup is in fact a limited service. The problem with that is they can't or at least don't catch all heavy usage. Maybe they'll go for something like a more gradual STM where speed reduces as the bits mount up. I think I may have already seen something like this but as my area is awaiting a fix as it's oversubscribed it's difficult to decide just why speeds have gone down the toilet.