Sky television
 

In article , Steve Terry
scribeth thus
"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
...
BTREC wrote:

Sky sucks . Believe me any of their paid services are NOT worth what you
pay for it. And once a subscriber their customer services dont want to
know
you. My motto is look for alternatives to Sky. Only Brits are stupid
enough
to watch everything by paying over the odds. Every nation watch their
national teams on any event free , and every nation use their own
national
telephone system . Except Brits . They like to pay extra for all that

I've sampled both cable and sky and though it is pricey Sky still
knocks the crap out of cable. I'd like to say it doesn't but it does.
Paul (We won't die of devotion)


Especially when Virgin then throttle your Broadband to dial up speeds

Steve Terry



We use VM here and I've never had that problem and with two here using
iplayer a lot, would have thought that would happen?..


Unless its the overall amount you use in a day that counts?..
--
Tony Sayer

Sky television
 

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Steve Terry
scribeth thus
"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
...
BTREC wrote:
snip
Especially when Virgin then throttle your Broadband to dial up speeds
Steve Terry

We use VM here and I've never had that problem and with two here using
iplayer a lot, would have thought that would happen?..

Unless its the overall amount you use in a day that counts?..
Tony Sayer


Seems completely random who they victimise, i wasn't even a heavy user
ended up with around 6Mps at night, and not much better than dial up
during the day

Steve Terry

Sky television
 

On Wed, 20 May 2009, Steve Terry wrote:

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Steve Terry
scribeth thus
"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
...
BTREC wrote:
snip
Especially when Virgin then throttle your Broadband to dial up speeds
Steve Terry

We use VM here and I've never had that problem and with two here using
iplayer a lot, would have thought that would happen?..

Unless its the overall amount you use in a day that counts?..
Tony Sayer


Seems completely random who they victimise, i wasn't even a heavy user
ended up with around 6Mps at night, and not much better than dial up
during the day

Here's the official line on their throttling policy
- http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...t/traffic.html

Steve.

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"Steve" wrote in message
news:[email protected]
On Wed, 20 May 2009, Steve Terry wrote:
"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Steve Terry
scribeth thus
"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
...
BTREC wrote:
snip
Especially when Virgin then throttle your Broadband to dial up speeds
Steve Terry

We use VM here and I've never had that problem and with two here using
iplayer a lot, would have thought that would happen?..

Unless its the overall amount you use in a day that counts?..
Tony Sayer

Seems completely random who they victimise, i wasn't even a heavy user
ended up with around 6Mps at night, and not much better than dial up
during the day

Here's the official line on their throttling policy
- http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...t/traffic.html
Steve.


A pack of lies, my downloading was a fraction of that, it think in my case
it was more to do with local bandwidth capabilities, i was in a small town
that had quickly grown from a village

Steve Terry

Sky television
 

On Wed, 20 May 2009, Steve Terry wrote:


"Steve" wrote in message
news:[email protected]
On Wed, 20 May 2009, Steve Terry wrote:
"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Steve Terry
scribeth thus
"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
...
BTREC wrote:
snip
Especially when Virgin then throttle your Broadband to dial up speeds
Steve Terry

We use VM here and I've never had that problem and with two here using
iplayer a lot, would have thought that would happen?..

Unless its the overall amount you use in a day that counts?..
Tony Sayer

Seems completely random who they victimise, i wasn't even a heavy user
ended up with around 6Mps at night, and not much better than dial up
during the day

Here's the official line on their throttling policy
- http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...t/traffic.html
Steve.


A pack of lies, my downloading was a fraction of that, it think in my case
it was more to do with local bandwidth capabilities, i was in a small town
that had quickly grown from a village

Ah, ok, sounds like they need to resegment your network.

I generally get the speeds they claim and it's pretty reliable. They do
seem quite proactive round here and have resegmented the network several
times over the years.

Steve.

Sky television
 

On May 20, 3:27*pm, Steve wrote:
On Wed, 20 May 2009, Steve Terry wrote:

"Steve" wrote in message
news:[email protected] .
On Wed, 20 May 2009, Steve Terry wrote:
"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Steve Terry
scribeth thus
"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
...
BTREC wrote:
snip
Especially when Virgin then throttle your Broadband to dial up speeds
Steve Terry

We use VM here and I've never had that problem and with two here using
iplayer a lot, would have thought that would happen?..

Unless its the overall amount you use in a day that counts?..
Tony Sayer

Seems completely random who they victimise, i wasn't even a heavy user
ended up with around 6Mps at night, and not much better than dial up
during the day

Here's the official line on their throttling policy
-http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/internet/traffic.html
Steve.

A pack of lies, my downloading was a fraction of that, it think in my case
it was more to do with local bandwidth capabilities, i was in a small town
that had quickly grown from a village

Ah, ok, sounds like they need to resegment your network.

I generally get the speeds they claim and it's pretty reliable. They do
seem quite proactive round here and have resegmented the network several
times over the years.

Steve.

When I was on VM Cable 10Meg I got 10Meg. Always.
Now i'm on O2 8Meg I get 8Meg. Sometimes. :)

Sky television
 

Steve Terry wrote:

"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
...
BTREC wrote:

Sky sucks . Believe me any of their paid services are NOT worth what you
pay for it. And once a subscriber their customer services dont want to
know
you. My motto is look for alternatives to Sky. Only Brits are stupid
enough
to watch everything by paying over the odds. Every nation watch their
national teams on any event free , and every nation use their own
national
telephone system . Except Brits . They like to pay extra for all that

I've sampled both cable and sky and though it is pricey Sky still
knocks the crap out of cable. I'd like to say it doesn't but it does.
Paul (We won't die of devotion)


Especially when Virgin then throttle your Broadband to dial up speeds

Steve Terry

I still have the broadband cos it's what I am used to, sadly.

--
Paul (We won't die of devotion)
-------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

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On Wed, 20 May 2009 07:37:39 -0700, Mike wrote:

When I was on VM Cable 10Meg I got 10Meg. Always. Now i'm on O2 8Meg I
get 8Meg. Sometimes. :)

But are you paying significantly less in monthly charges?

Sky television
 

In article , Paul Heslop
scribeth thus
Steve Terry wrote:

"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
...
BTREC wrote:

Sky sucks . Believe me any of their paid services are NOT worth what you
pay for it. And once a subscriber their customer services dont want to
know
you. My motto is look for alternatives to Sky. Only Brits are stupid
enough
to watch everything by paying over the odds. Every nation watch their
national teams on any event free , and every nation use their own
national
telephone system . Except Brits . They like to pay extra for all that

I've sampled both cable and sky and though it is pricey Sky still
knocks the crap out of cable. I'd like to say it doesn't but it does.
Paul (We won't die of devotion)


Especially when Virgin then throttle your Broadband to dial up speeds

Steve Terry

I still have the broadband cos it's what I am used to, sadly.


I know a LOT of people out in the country who'd pay a lot for a VM
service when their hanging off a very long lump of old ally or copper
wire;!..
--
Tony Sayer

Sky television
 

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Paul Heslop
scribeth thus
Steve Terry wrote:

"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
...
BTREC wrote:

Sky sucks . Believe me any of their paid services are NOT worth what
you
pay for it. And once a subscriber their customer services dont want
to
know
you. My motto is look for alternatives to Sky. Only Brits are stupid
enough
to watch everything by paying over the odds. Every nation watch their
national teams on any event free , and every nation use their own
national
telephone system . Except Brits . They like to pay extra for all that

I've sampled both cable and sky and though it is pricey Sky still
knocks the crap out of cable. I'd like to say it doesn't but it does.
Paul (We won't die of devotion)

Especially when Virgin then throttle your Broadband to dial up speeds
Steve Terry

I still have the broadband cos it's what I am used to, sadly.

I know a LOT of people out in the country who'd pay a lot for a VM
service when their hanging off a very long lump of old ally or copper
wire;!..
Tony Sayer


Then they have to keep their fingers crossed that Virgin don't throttle them

Steve Terry