Dear VirginMedia

[SteevieNiteHeat]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

Yes, and I worked for BT Cellnet at the time, and the Marketing Director (Kent Thexton) who launched that caused the company heaps of problems with that particular maketing ploy, which is why it was discontinued.

lol oh well, we had 5 good months with a Genie card, couldn't beat it!
Still, I blame txtchat (2428) that was ever so addictive, especially with most of my friends on it

[AbyssUnderground]

Originally Posted by Kymmy

There's no such thing as UNLIMITED broadband as the speed itself is a limit, whether it be 10Mb or STM'd 2Mb on a 10Mb line. I don;t know why people grab hold of the UNLIMITED bandwagon where no broadband in the world is unlimited whether advertised or not!!!

You're right. Its called UNMETERED if anything. Unlimited is such an overused word, it basically means infinite doesn't it? The correct term is unmetered, just like the datacenters use on their connections. Why are broadband companies any different?

When they mention Unlimited, you should immediately assume you can download infinite amounts of data instantly.

However!

When they mention Unmetered, you should immediately look for a speed you can download at and then assume you can download forever at that speed.

Sorry, I'm just splitting hairs now, but I've said it before, they always use the wrong terms.

[Magilla]

Originally Posted by philj

Dear VirginMedia,
You say traffic shaping. I say lack of investment

You say Unlimited Broadband. I say you're playing with semantics. How can it be unlimited if you limit it? Fixing a quota before you engage traffic shaping is limiting it.

You say security. I say illegal invasion of privacy

You say Customer Service. I say "You're having a laugh"

You say Phorm and I say goodbye

philj

A good and accurate post. Couldn't agree more.

[Zhadnost]

Originally Posted by philj

Dear VirginMedia,
You say traffic shaping. I say lack of investment

You say Unlimited Broadband. I say you're playing with semantics. How can it be unlimited if you limit it? Fixing a quota before you engage traffic shaping is limiting it.

You say security. I say illegal invasion of privacy

You say Customer Service. I say "You're having a laugh"

You say Phorm and I say goodbye

philj

I can almost hear Humphrey Lyttleton asking you to sing that to the tune of Goodnight Sweetheart.