[Gllug] VirginMedia or Urban Wi-Max experiences

[Christopher Hunter]

On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 12:08 +0000, Dylan wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've just moved into a flat which has no telecoms wire, so there is a not 
> insignificant cost involved it setting up ADSL (conecting by BT etc etc ...)
> 
> So, I figured I'd look into the internet only Virgin Media offering and the 
> wimax available in the area. Does anyone have any experiences or opinions 
> about either of these which might push me back to BT?

<rant>

DO NOT consider Virgin - they're a bunch of clueless, lying bastards
(they can try to sue me if they like, I'll shred them).  

For example, their "20 Mb/s" offering is actually (at best) 5 Mb/s with
occasional faster bursts.  If you actually try to do anything useful
with a VM connection, they deliberately cripple your speed (they call it
"STM" - "Subscriber Traffic Management").  It's contrary to their T &
Cs, but they don't care about that.  

VM also sell details of your browsing habits to "Phorm", even if you
demand that they don't (which you're .  Requests for them to stop are
acknowledged, with a pledge not to do it, but they continue...

<rant off>

C.

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