- Target:
- Virgin Media
- Region:
- United Kingdom
- Website:
- shop.virginmedia.com
As many of you are aware, Virgin Media has some appalling traffic management software installed that reduces our speed by 75% for 5 hours if we go over a set amount between 4PM and 9PM.
In case you don't know what these allowances are this may help you
10Mb - 75% = 2.5Mb after downloading 1.5GB of data
20Mb - 75% = 5Mb after downloading 3.5GB of data
In today's world, these are simply not enough, this is equal to roughly 1 hour of BBC iPlayer in HD, downloading at full speed for 18 minutes at 10Mb or 25 minutes at 20Mb.
Not only that, but if you go over the allowances by even a byte at 20:59:59 then you will be throttled for 5 hours and will regain full speed at 2AM!
We the undersigned call upon Virgin Media to increase the allowances for all traffic across there network. The way we use the internet is changing, and we can't experience the full potential of Virgin Broadband if you are going to cap us after just 18 - 25 minutes of downloading.
You should re-define your definition of a heavy user to someone who downloads at full speed for an hour on each tier.
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The Increase Virgin Broadband Throttling Allowances petition to Virgin Media was written by Todd Williams and is in the category Science & Technology at GoPetition.