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hi i was with blueyonder then it changed to virgin i signed a contract with BY for uncapped & unlimited inter net but in last few days virgin have limited me to 5mb at 3 to 10 at night 20mb out with them hours any help will be good on how i shoul tell the to P** off or get my full speed back will be welcom
 
firstly "there it no such thing as unlimited" it just a word they are allowed to use that doesnt mean what we see being unlimited.

secondly by the sounds of it you are on cable which has a different type of FUP to the non-cable users like me, between the times of 4PM and 12AM (midnight) you you download at maximum speed for more than 25mins you will get limited at 5meg for 4hours or the rest of the night l believe.
 
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What timeless says is correct I am also with VM at present there are also some with problems with speed. If on 20meg many are getting less than they should, have you tried doing speed tests with nothing else running at different times of the day. This will help to see if you are getting your correct speed at any time?
 
to be honest tho l have never met anyone who has got within spitting distance of the 20meg yet, that and l would love to have 5meg again... damn line length crap.
 
I have the 4meg and at times I can be as low as 512k and that isn't traffic shaping since I download very little in peak times I do mine early morning. Never use p2p or news groups except the VM newsgroup for support the only one I subscribe to.

Mind I move soon to ADSL mainly due to the deal VM has cut with Phorm since many websites I visit the use of phorm would be against the sitres T&C and I like to look after my own privacy plus I already block all adds so why do I need targeted adverts posted on my screen!
 
there is about 1700 people in this area i dont think there all with VM i was not infored of any trafic management when i stayed with them the bill went up a few pounds more the area has had upgrades but now i will have to be strict on what i use at times i need the inter net 19mb i read on tests but 4 oclock i get 4.5 mb mostly i stream bbc docs / ramseys kitchennightmears this like that i have pc for the kids so basicly i pay for the 20mb but when i need it mostly i get 4.5mb i think its a conn
 
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yes wekk traffic shapeing was supposed to get the heavy downloaders but light users who are only around at those hours get caught also. Even if the modem is unplugged until 4pm max it for 20mins and capped for 4 hours.
 
to be honest as far as lm aware it all depends on where you live, my friend in Bedford gets pretty amazing speeds and altho he is a heavy user hes never been capped or even found it slow at peak times, however down Basingstoke way lve known very light users to not even be able to download that fast at peak times even tho they only use it once or twice every few days and we are talking cable here, it sometimes depends on the takeup in ones area tbh as well.
 
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