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Chad · 03-02-2013, 04:17

Until recently SKY customers who wanted to access on demand had to have SKY broadband. Nowadays SKY TV customers can use internet provided by anyone connected to their SKY+ box to allow them to access on demand and catch up material.

Does anyone know if Virgin Media throttle SKY on demand and catch up traffic? For example if I'm downloading a hugh amount of content to my SKY+ box 24/7, and have a 100mb broadband connection with Virgin, will my speeds be managed at anytime? A HD movie from SKY on demand can easily be 4gb. It wouldn't take long for Virgins traffic management system to kick in if I'm downdloading 2 or 3 movies to my SKY+ box.

It would be interesting to know this for future reference.

03-02-2013, 04:17	#3
Chad Inactive Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Edinburgh Services: SKY Family, SKY Broadband Unlimited, YouView, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Boxnation Posts: 5,137	Re: TiVo bandwith issues Until recently SKY customers who wanted to access on demand had to have SKY broadband. Nowadays SKY TV customers can use internet provided by anyone connected to their SKY+ box to allow them to access on demand and catch up material. Does anyone know if Virgin Media throttle SKY on demand and catch up traffic? For example if I'm downloading a hugh amount of content to my SKY+ box 24/7, and have a 100mb broadband connection with Virgin, will my speeds be managed at anytime? A HD movie from SKY on demand can easily be 4gb. It wouldn't take long for Virgins traffic management system to kick in if I'm downdloading 2 or 3 movies to my SKY+ box. It would be interesting to know this for future reference.