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brataccas
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:14 pm
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Location: Scotland
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I need to help a foreign that is moving to Newcastle and I quote: I cant help as im on talktalk, anyone any idea?  _________________
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I think that they do not have caps if you pay for the top package but it is a lot more. It might only apply if you are in a cable area. I moved away from Vermin Media because of the throttling. They actually throttle from 9 am to 9 pm. Yet the busiest time was 4pm to 11pm.
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
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Location: Newcastle
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Virgin you get throttled peak with heavy use , but they cover most of the area with cable
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Amnesia10
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Yes but the real problem is that the peak time depends on the area. Where I live it was 9 am to 9pm. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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"Experiance"? Is that a foreign Scottish word? 
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timark_uk
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm
Posts: 12143
Location: Belfast
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I used to be with Virgin Media and I never had any issues with throttling or service provision at all.
Was with them about 3 years.
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JohnSheridan
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:10 pm
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Just one word - Zen
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
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Location: Newcastle
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From memory it's 5-9/10 pm weeknights and I forget the weekend ones Bear in mind the 30mb service (the double hasn't happened yet) limits to 10mb, which is still 1Mb/s download _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
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Location: behind the sofa
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Fixed for accuracy b=bit B=Byte There is also some confusion regarding the use capital M when referring to data. Depending on context, it may refer to 1,000,000 or 2^20 = 1,048,576. The latter is invariably the case when refering to memory or file size, while the former is implied for storage size and bandwidth. The small letter m is usually milli as in millimetre, meaning a one thousandth part. Although at peak times 10mb/s may feel accurate, it's unlikely to be the case. That would equate to roughly 1KiB every 3 hours. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_rate_units_________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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