Virgin Media: 2008 improvements

Martin Jay

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/10/virgin_media_throttling_update/>:

"Virgin Media subscribers will fall foul of the cable company's
bandwidth-throttling policies for shorter periods when they are
rejigged in the new year.

High speed internet is at the centre of new boss Neil Berkett's plan
to turn around VM.

From "early 2008" the top three per cent of uploaders and the top
three per cent downloaders will be throttled between 4pm and 9pm.
Restrictions are currently imposed between 4pm and midnight on a pool
of the top five per cent in both directions.

Once the throttle is applied, it'll stay in place for five hours. The
present regime allows for two separate slowdown periods of four hours
each.

VM says it expects to throttle fewer connections overall as a result
of the changes.

Users on the cheapest "M" package will be throttled from 2Mbit/s to
1Mbit/s downstream if they download 300MB between 4pm and 9pm. The
current download threshold is 350MB. The upload threshold will kick in
at 150MB and restrict speed to 128Kbit/s.

The middleweight "L" package will be slowed down from 4Mbit/s to
1Mbit/s downstream if they download 800MB before 4pm and 9pm."
--
Martin Jay

tony h

"Martin Jay" <.uk> wrote in message
news:...
> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/10/virgin_media_throttling_update/>:
>
> "Virgin Media subscribers will fall foul of the cable company's
> bandwidth-throttling policies for shorter periods when they are
> rejigged in the new year.
>
> High speed internet is at the centre of new boss Neil Berkett's plan
> to turn around VM.
>
> From "early 2008" the top three per cent of uploaders and the top
> three per cent downloaders will be throttled between 4pm and 9pm.
> Restrictions are currently imposed between 4pm and midnight on a pool
> of the top five per cent in both directions.
>
> Once the throttle is applied, it'll stay in place for five hours. The
> present regime allows for two separate slowdown periods of four hours
> each.
>
> VM says it expects to throttle fewer connections overall as a result
> of the changes.
>
> Users on the cheapest "M" package will be throttled from 2Mbit/s to
> 1Mbit/s downstream if they download 300MB between 4pm and 9pm. The
> current download threshold is 350MB. The upload threshold will kick in
> at 150MB and restrict speed to 128Kbit/s.
>
> The middleweight "L" package will be slowed down from 4Mbit/s to
> 1Mbit/s downstream if they download 800MB before 4pm and 9pm."
> --
> Martin Jay


will anyone notice?

Eeyore

Martin Jay wrote:

> <snip>
>
> Users on the cheapest "M" package will be throttled from 2Mbit/s to
> 1Mbit/s downstream if they download 300MB between 4pm and 9pm. The
> current download threshold is 350MB. The upload threshold will kick in
> at 150MB and restrict speed to 128Kbit/s.
>
> The middleweight "L" package will be slowed down from 4Mbit/s to
> 1Mbit/s downstream if they download 800MB before 4pm and 9pm."

The inevitable consequence of a 'one price' subscription.

ANY ISP that doesn't charge by the GB in one form or another has to impose
such restrictions.

Graham