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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
The problem here is no regulation is stopping this rubbish, it could be argued VM have been slow on doing this as already the majority of adsl isps traffic shape. Because they get away with it then it becomes a disadvantage to not traffic shape customers because you then have higher costs over your competitors. (which is cheaper buying capacity or throttling speeds).
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What you say makes sense, but the lack of throttling is also a competitive advantage - one that VM are still trumpeting about (albeit in a very carefully worded fashion!). While VMs new customer, discounted, prices are relatively competitive their standard prices are distinctly uncompetitive - something people have agreed to pay because of that previously mentioned competitive advantage.
Will VM be revising their pricing strategy in line with the revised service? Somehow I doubt it.