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Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Have they started using bandiwth caps during the day as well as evenings now??

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i get problems with youtube etc sometimes during the day and it seems my 20 goes down to about 7 or so during the day

    caps easy enough to get round tho ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    How? Wish I'd known that last year!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm flying high with sky BB :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    20 meg flat out here:D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    www.cableforum.co.uk seems to have pretty much everything I've needed to know about VM.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Hahaha if they have.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    JamesZero wrote: »
    Have they started using bandiwth caps during the day as well as evenings now??
    are you cable or adsl virgin media?

    cable do have monitoring in the day as far as i know, more info here:
    http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/internet/traffic.html

    adsl is only monitored during peak hours and then capping applied during peak hours, more info here:
    http://www.virgin.net/helpme/broadband/faq/basics_traffic.html

    i'm happy to translate if needs be :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Welsh Jemz wrote: »
    are you cable or adsl virgin media?

    cable do have monitoring in the day as far as i know, more info here:
    http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/internet/traffic.html

    adsl is only monitored during peak hours and then capping applied during peak hours, more info here:
    http://www.virgin.net/helpme/broadband/faq/basics_traffic.html

    i'm happy to translate if needs be :p

    Cheers for the info.

    I didn't realise they capped from 10am - 3pm then 4pm till 9pm... what's the point in having a fast broadband if you can't use it!

    I would leave but I don't have a normal phone line in my house and can't be arsed with sorting it all out lol
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    the cable capping system is a lot better and fairer than the adsl system tho in all fairness

    just means it'll be a bit slower for a few hours but then it picks up

    be glad you aren't on adsl where they are capped for 7 days :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I phoned them in the end and got £13 quid off my bill every month for the next 12 months :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Welsh Jemz wrote: »
    the cable capping system is a lot better and fairer than the adsl system tho in all fairness

    just means it'll be a bit slower for a few hours but then it picks up

    be glad you aren't on adsl where they are capped for 7 days :p

    The downside is if you are unhappy with your Cable broadband service you cannot shop around and move to another cable company - with ADSL if you are unhappy - then there's probably about 20 companies in your area to choose from.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeah this is true but luckily i haven't had any problems with my cable service :)
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    smitherzsmitherz Posts: 968 Part of The Mix Family
    I didn't realise it was capped either!! and i work for them. My speed doesn't seem to really be affected at any time.n I know that low signal levels can make a big difference to the 20 meg users tho
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    CoolMe wrote: »
    I'm flying high with sky BB :)

    Me too .. I think there's a huge benefit to being with a company who's main business isn't broadband.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeah you didn't return my call :p

    i'm gonna find out who you spoke to in tech and tell them you want his babies!!

    :lol:

    i'm glad you're back online tho :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Virgin Media - rip off?

    I didn't want to pay BT £124 to have the phone line reactivated so we went with Virgin as we didn't need a phone line to use them. Any way, the missus' dad is with VM for calls and Internet and he said he pays £50 p/m for them both (I thought probably because he might have the XL phone/broadband package), he seems to think that they are the devil and will rip us off by increasing the prices every other month for broadband, I wasn't sure if this was coming from someone that just pissed off at VM and didn't really know whats going on or if VM are a bit sneaky?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ahhh

    i'm off now till tuesday but i'll have a squiz at your account and see whats going on for ya
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Makoto wrote: »
    I didn't want to pay BT £124 to have the phone line reactivated so we went with Virgin as we didn't need a phone line to use them. Any way, the missus' dad is with VM for calls and Internet and he said he pays £50 p/m for them both (I thought probably because he might have the XL phone/broadband package), he seems to think that they are the devil and will rip us off by increasing the prices every other month for broadband, I wasn't sure if this was coming from someone that just pissed off at VM and didn't really know whats going on or if VM are a bit sneaky?
    hmmm might be, tho in all honesty i don't know cos i don't deal with cable and tho i have cable at home i'm on a discounted staff package so have no idea what the real costs are :confused:

    does he get it from cable or is his through a BT line?
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