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Lies about download speeds.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7483675.stm
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I got the impression from the news that it was dial-up?
Half the conversation (on the tv) revolved around the use of 'upto' and Virgin Cable Broadband is the only supplier I know of which does supply 'upto'. i.e. you pay for 10Mbps and upto your usage cap you get 10Mbps.

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It was a rap over knuckles about advertised versus delivered broadband, but it hasn't deterred them and BPI from the following :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7486743.stm
No distinction being drawn between one track or thousands so I guess there could be a lot of easy to persecute, 'little guy' cases, as per US state 'video piracy' cases ?
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been using Virgin 2Mbps for a few years now and have actually never had any problems with speeds or capping
just me by the looks of it though
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just me by the looks of it though No, I have had nothing but good reliable service from Virgin, as I've said so before on this forum. Fuzzy-Felt Bloke 
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I have had my bandwidth reduced when downloading a Linux distro during their *peak* period. No problem really as they did warn that it might happen.

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