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21-08-2009, 08:15 AM
Barkseh

virgin media 50mb

ive just signed up for it and they're coming to set it up for me on the 28th. is it as good as people make out lol?
21-08-2009, 09:47 AM
Agnostic Bear

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Originally Posted by Paulio

ive just signed up for it and they're coming to set it up for me on the 28th. is it as good as people make out lol?

If you're in a good area, yes it is.
21-08-2009, 09:54 AM
Niall!

Are virgin lenient on pirating, or is it a bad provider for people who no longer pay for anything except for food and drink?
21-08-2009, 11:39 AM
Agnostic Bear

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Originally Posted by Niall!

Are virgin lenient on pirating, or is it a bad provider for people who no longer pay for anything except for food and drink?

They're leading the way with anti-piracy stuff, just pay $11 a month for encrypted usenet and you'll be fine, decrypting your stuff is illegal at the moment.
22-08-2009, 10:52 AM
ww-habbo

Got this installed earlier this week, loving it so far but as with all broadbands not near the quoted speeds.
22-08-2009, 03:01 PM
Agnostic Bear

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Originally Posted by ww-habbo

Got this installed earlier this week, loving it so far but as with all broadbands not near the quoted speeds.

What speeds are you getting? There should be no more than a 10% drop in speed from the advertised ones.
23-08-2009, 10:22 AM
Niall!

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Originally Posted by Jewish Bear

They're leading the way with anti-piracy stuff, just pay $11 a month for encrypted usenet and you'll be fine, decrypting your stuff is illegal at the moment.

Paying to pirate? No. Besides, I've never used usenet.

I'll just get a 20Mb package with someone else.
23-08-2009, 10:32 AM
StefanWolves

UseNet is the way forward, you can get some pretty decent free UseNet sites anyway, you don't necessarily have to pay, especially if you aren't a huge downloader.
23-08-2009, 10:42 AM
Agnostic Bear

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Originally Posted by Niall!

Paying to pirate? No. Besides, I've never used usenet.

I'll just get a 20Mb package with someone else.

Paying $11 a month is much much better than a £200,000 fine. And all ISPs are being forced to do stuff about piracy by the government.
23-08-2009, 10:44 AM
StefanWolves

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Originally Posted by Jewish Bear

Paying $11 a month is much much better than a £200,000 fine. And all ISPs are being forced to do stuff about piracy by the government.

But you don't really need to pay for some UseNet sites...
23-08-2009, 11:47 AM
Agnostic Bear

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Originally Posted by TheWolf

But you don't really need to pay for some UseNet sites...

1) It's Usenet, not UseNet
2) Enjoy having no SSL and slow speeds when you don't pay.
23-08-2009, 11:53 AM
Clowgon

My next door neighbour has got this and he's picking up average speeds of around 48mb...

There;s many factors tbh but the main factor = Nearer you live to the Telephone exchange the better your broadband speed will be.

Virgin seem pretty soft of privacy... I've downloaded over 90GB worth of stuff over the last few days or so..
23-08-2009, 12:03 PM
Robbie

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Originally Posted by Clowgon

Nearer you live to the Telephone exchange the better your broadband speed will be.

That's not the case with Virgin, it uses 'fibre-optic' cable and not telephone lines. You could be 74,563,991,251,665 miles away from your nearest exchange.
23-08-2009, 12:04 PM
StefanWolves

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Originally Posted by Jewish Bear

1) It's Usenet, not UseNet
2) Enjoy having no SSL and slow speeds when you don't pay.

Well I get 2000kbs download speeds, which is more than fast enough for me, and I only paid £6 for lifetime VIP, and yes, I do have SSL, not that I would need it as i'm using a dodgy modem.
23-08-2009, 12:10 PM
Clowgon

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Originally Posted by Robbie!

That's not the case with Virgin, it uses 'fibre-optic' cable and not telephone lines. You could be 74,563,991,251,665 miles away from your nearest exchange.

Ye sorry, i meant ISP's who are not fibre-optic. :$