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Old 21-07-2012, 16:12   #1
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Downsides to Downgrading?

Hello. I just got my 50mb-100mb upgrade letter, and after a quick powercycle it's running fine:



But I was perfectly fine with 50mb - the download speed was more than adequate, and my ping in games was good.

So I was thinking of downgrading to 60mb, but I wanted to know, are there any downsides?
One of the reasons why I went for 50mb was that there were no restrictions. Now that seems to have changed (with no warning I might add, very bad!), I can't see any reason to stick with 100mb when I could downgrade to 60mb, pay less and still get 10mb more than I was getting.

So, thoughts? Anything I am missing?
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:39   #2
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Re: Downsides to Downgrading?

You only get 3Mb upload on 60Mb. That's 40% less than what you were getting before.
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Re: Downsides to Downgrading?

Ah right. That might be a sticking point.
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Re: Downsides to Downgrading?

I would say mainly to look the traffic policy for your needing
If you are heavy user or not
Every one now has traffic policy so it de-pence what use you will do
It may be worthing less money if is big difference
http://www.virginmedia.com/images/table_30mb_800px2.jpg

Now your area is been upgraded, the upload speed with XL 60 from 3mb soon or sometime later will be 6mb so your previous upload for you was 5mb.Still about same level as before
My opinion is all about traffic
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Re: Downsides to Downgrading?

helpfull hint dude because this is the second time I have noticed it?

de-pence = depends
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helpfull hint dude because this is the second time I have noticed it?

de-pence = depends
Thanks for correction, next time i will remember
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