Virgin s mobile service is available under the virgin mobile brand, which operates as a mobile virtual network operator using the tmobile and orange networks. Virgin medias unlimited packages are indeed unlimited with no limit to how much you can download. Virgin medias latest throttling rules the register forums. Limits on unlimited broadband data money guide ireland. Virgin media 240 package and 360 package is totally. Downgrade your upload and download speed for a period of one month to. Virgin media security flaw weeks after price increase, new security hole uncovered teenage job applicant discovers major flaw in virgin media security that could have exposed personal. Im currently on an unlimited usage allowance with virgin. Jul 04, 2011 54 responses to how to stop the throttling on your virgin media broadband connection worm on april 2nd, 2012 at 3.
Sep 30, 2010 virgin media has announced its uk fibreoptic broadband subscribers are to receive a free increase in upload speeds taking its topend 50mbps packages upload speed from 1. Virgin mobile admits to throttling mobile network comparison. Live, payperview events such as heavyweight boxing, ufc mixed martial arts, and wwe wrestling. Yet, there is not one single scan of these so called letters on the internet. Nov 30, 2011 to be fair never had a problem with customer service from virgin. Virgin media warns of slower pace to project lightning rollout. Broadband isp virgin media has updated its rules on download upload use to show when itll start throttling net speeds by 50 or 75 per cent. Three offers allyoucaneat unlimited data plans, with a fair usage limit of 1,000gb per month.
One of the problems for cable broadband users in the uk is that you are usually tied to using the broadband hardware they supply and there has been a steady stream of people upgrading and getting new hardware and finding things are not as good as their old virgin media product. From 5th september 2011, the data transfer allowance for all broadband customers is. The wifree service is subject to our acceptable usage policy. Was wondering if anyone using this service could give me any info on what kind of fair usage policy virgin has. Impression gained the freedom to grow with confidence and support its digitalfirst customers to voom. Virgin tv anywhere service includes 80 channels available to watch out of home over 3g, 4g and public wfi networks. Fair usage policy applies to usage exceeding 10,000 voice call minutes or 10,000 text messages or 30 gigabytes of data in any monthly bill cycle. Virgin media uk scraps traffic management for broadband. Virgin media mobile services are subject to a fair use policy. Hi, my isp is virgin media in the uk, for the last few months ive been finding it very difficult to download torrents, vuze will successfuly scrape and find plenty of seeds, but none of them will connect and the torrent will not download, i have tried using rc4 encription, and it seems to make no difference, i can usally get a torrent to download slowly, usually no faster than 12 mbs, here.
The latest news that they are throttling users data access to such a low limit is sure to annoy people. Now try without blocking any ips, virgin media seems to have now fixed this buffering problem. Mar 23, 2017 the simple way to boost your broadband speeds virgin media has revealed that customers can now double their basic broadband speeds to 100mbps. Virgin mobile users are doubly annoyed as there have already been many changes this year making the mobile data provision worse. Virgins mobile service is available under the virgin mobile brand, which operates as a mobile virtual network operator using the tmobile and orange networks. These have now been set in your browser, and by continuing to use our website youll be telling us youre okay with that. Virgin media offers mobile phone, television, broadband internet and phone service over the cable network. Is there a way to find out the amount in gb that i used via virgin last month.
Virgin medias misleading unlimited uk mobile data claims. Virgin media claimed to have sent out 800 letters to customers warning them that they should not be downloading illegal music files via filesharing sites. Uk comparison of broadband movie download and web streaming services. Now i dont have a problem with this speed but i am paying for a in and around 100mbps service so i expect receive that, but i am not. I download stuff quite a lot and have never been called out on it, but the connection in my area is quite crappy and i was thinking of switching to virgin.
In 2011, its borrowings were deemed worthy of investment grade a first in a uk cable industry that for a decade and a half, during its. I called virgin media this morning and spoke to one of the sales guys as. Well some guy over on the vm forums seems to have found a nice easy fix. We found that sky, eir and virgin media were the only ones that confirmed they.
Wifree will give you speeds of 10mb download and 2 mb upload to 3 members of a virgin media household can connect to wifree at a time. All content is posted anonymously by employees working at virgin media. Virgin media superhub 3 may be superbad after intel issue. Apr 12, 2014 today my virgin media broadband was installed and i signed up to the upto 100mbps service. Byebye eu roaming charges with roam like home, from the 5th of june 2017,you can use your mobile wherever you go in the eu and pay no more for your texts, data and minutes than you would in the uk subject to our fair use policy. Virgin media was said to have gone down in some parts of the country earlier with viewers complaining of faults with their tv and broadband. The simple way to boost your broadband speeds virgin media has revealed that customers can now double their basic broadband speeds to 100mbps. Virgin media m100 broadband and phone 12 month contract. Read on to find out whether its results in our 2020 survey have improved. Thats why the virgin tv v6 box makes watching our on demand and catch up telly easy. Oct 29, 2011 however, virgin media offers limitless downloads across its packages while if you opt for sky broadband limitless, theres no limit around the download but sky broadband everyday limits your usage as much as 2gb.
Feb 05, 20 virgin media triumphs in struggle against debt. All virgin media do is point customers to the fair usage policy which doesnt in many peoples oppinion apply to the 50mbs unlimited service. Unlimited packages are truly unlimited with no upper limit at all, and theres absolutely no traffic management. Virgin media to throttle bittorrent users torrentfreak. So now you can download and upload as much as you like. In contrast to the us, net neutrality does not seem to be an issue in the uk as one after the other, british isps start to throttle bittorrent users. Election 2011, electric cars, electric ireland, electricity charges, elg. Aug 20, 2016 virgin media has begun issuing letters to its subscribers informing them of the third price hike this year. Watch the latest movies available to rent virgin media ireland.
Its so disgusting that it is easy to upsize the service take on more mopre options via their website when you want to do so, but impossible to downsize the options you have via the web. For virgin media tv, broadband and phone customers if youre looking to access your tv, broadband and phone account including your email, sign in here. How to stop the throttling on your virgin media broadband. However, virgin media offers limitless downloads across its packages while if you opt for sky broadband limitless, theres no limit around the download but sky broadband everyday limits your usage as much as 2gb. What do you think fair for the majority of users, or a slippery thick end of.
Virgin media s unlimited packages are indeed unlimited with no limit to how much you can download. Compare movie packages get bt sport on sky broadband, tv, phone. Virgin media is the latest broadband operator to publish its financial results and the takeup, product speed choice and rollout are crucial for the uk broadband picture as they are and are likely to remain the largest competitor to the bt group for many years. May 12, 2017 virgin media was said to have gone down in some parts of the country earlier with viewers complaining of faults with their tv and broadband. Their superhub 3 has a faulty chipset that they are aware of and havent done anything about it. Virgin media has announced its uk fibreoptic broadband subscribers are to receive a free increase in upload speeds taking its topend 50mbps packages upload speed from 1. We dont like to boast well, not too much, but with the uks fastest widely available broadband, great tv packages and a trophy cabinet to fit to bursting, there are plenty of reasons to choose us. It also no longer manages web traffic its truly unlinited. Virgin media 50mbs and the warning letters avforums. And our 500gb tivobox can record a huge 250 hours of standard tv or 50hours of hd. My home sometimes uses 700gb a month and there is no backing up cloud storage in use virgin media 240 package and 360 package is totally unlimited you can download and upload with no usage limits.
Virgin media superhub 3 may be superbad after intel issue identified monday, december 5, 2016 1. Fair usage policy applies to usage exceeding 10,000 voice call minutes or 10,000 text messages or 80 gigabytes of data in any monthly bill cycle. Virgin media triumphs in struggle against debt business. This will allow me to choose the right deal elsewhere or it will help me decide to stay with. No matter which broadband service you take from us, we wont reduce your speed. Broadband isp virgin media has updated its rules on downloadupload use to show when itll start throttling net speeds by 50 or 75 per cent. Their unlimited broadband has no monthly data usage cap.
All internet service providers have usage policies of some kind. Virgin media claim there are absolutely no download limits on this level of service, but i and others dissagree and are challenging these letters and their policies around this issue. Fair usage policy applies to usage exceeding 10,000 voice call minutes or. Jun 01, 2009 virgin media television has called in the creator of monkey, the star of tv ads for pg tips and itv digital alongside johnny vegas, for a new character to be the face of its entertainment channel. Today my virgin media broadband was installed and i signed up to the upto 100mbps service. Virgin media offers the fastest widely available broadband service in the uk, yet it has often received poor ratings in our customer satisfaction surveys. Slow download speed with virgin media weekly gripe.
Virgin media raises upload speeds but introduces new antip2p. Our guide to broadband providers fair usage policies. Virgin media listened to feedback and ditched traffic management for download and upload activity in 2018. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Upon running a speed test, the maximum download speed we are getting is around 30mbps. Hello i know alot of us on here, who with vm been having buffer issue with hd youtube videos. Virgin media television has called in the creator of monkey, the star of tv ads for pg tips and itv digital alongside johnny vegas, for a new character to be the face of its entertainment channel. A 10gb game should not take any longer than 6 minutes or so to download at 200mbs or 25mbs, i pay for 240mbs or 30mbs though obviously that cant be expected, when in reality it will easily take me in excess of 25 minutes. The sales guy told me if i exceed 10gbs of downloads in peak time that i. Smarty offers unlimited data with a fair usage limit of 1,000gb per month. Virgin media security flaw new hole found weeks after price. Upgrade your broadband and television bundle today. I have been looking at the web at deals where the isps are offering a 40gb or 60gb usage allowance per month.
Virgin media has signed a new deal with viacom the folks behind channel 5 and a bunch of other channels that will bring loads more ondemand tv box sets to its telly service. All about broadband fair usage policies broadbandchoices. If you exceed these allowances as determined by virgin media, in our sole judgment, virgin. Virgin media listened to feedback and ditched traffic management for download and upload. Virgin media warns of slower pace to project lightning roll. The advertising standards authority has ruled that virgin media misled consumers by claiming that they could get unlimited data mobile broadband on one of their mobile 3g simonly tariffs, except that customers who exceeded 3. Broadband fair use and traffic management policies choose. Vodafone and pure telecom had a fair usage policy stating that.
All virgin media broadband customers can connect to wifree. Bts policies are pretty fair when it comes to usage. Virgin media has begun issuing letters to its subscribers informing them of the third price hike this year. Im currently on sky and have unlimited broadband which is billed as being truly unlimited with no fair usage policy. There were changes to the fair usage policy limiting monthly usage as well as a ban on tethering back in january. Bt got into it with virgin over unlimited claims way back in 20, but these days virgin stands on firmer ground. Nov 08, 2010 virgin media claim there are absolutely no download limits on this level of service, but i and others dissagree and are challenging these letters and their policies around this issue. Virgin media exclusives such as film4 hd and on demand content from warnertv. Jun 11, 2009 im currently on sky and have unlimited broadband which is billed as being truly unlimited with no fair usage policy. Virgin media business mobile customers log in to your virgin media business mobile account. One other huge change at virgin media today, which deserves its own news item, is that the cable provider has also scrapped the traffic management policy tmp for downloads across all of their fixed line cable broadband packages. What do you think fair for the majority of users, or a slippery thick end of the wedge to fully choked web access. Aug 28, 2017 virgin media broadband have been lying and selling a faulty product to their customers.