Thread: General Virgin Media Cap & Netflix!
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Old 17-02-2012, 23:58   #15
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Re: Virgin Media Cap & Netflix!

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Originally Posted by arcimedes View Post
Fine but we all know how fast the average ADSL speed is compared with VM's average
Well my ADSL line gives me around 14Mb, your 30Mb will give you 30Mb but..

If we both download a lot in 24 hours you will be throttled by as much as 75% of your speed leaving you with around 7.5Mb for 5 hours, I will be getting 14Mb constantly no matter what I download. Your peer2peer is managed all the time and alsorts of STM kicks in at peak times--I can download what I want via any protocol 24 hours a day.

If neither of us download then speed doesn't matter as browsing the web on 30Mb or 14Mb will give the same results. Or at least not a noticeable difference, If we both have kids streaming HD Youtube, gaming, facebooking both connections will cope fine.

The only real difference will be I pay £7.50 maximum you pay £22ish

ADSL speeds are increase all the time and for those stuck on very long lines fibre from the EXCHANGE is being looked at as a solution. Removing the long poor quality copper line and replacing it with fibre optic.
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