[QUOTE][url]http://vm.tmce.biz/vm_throttling2_will_affect_english[/url]
Effective 5/6/14, if you reach 2.5GB of combined 3G/4G data during your monthly plan cycle, your data speeds will be reduced to 2G speeds for the rest of that monthly plan. During this time, you may experience slower page loads and file downloads, and lags in streaming media. Data speeds will return to normal as soon as your next monthly plan starts. If you'd rather not wait for your new month to start, you can restart your plan immediately through My Account.
How will I know if my data speeds have been reduced?
If you are close to reaching 2.5GB of data in a month, you will receive a text message alerting you. Once you reach the 2.5GB limit, you will receive a text message letting you know your data speeds will be reduced for the rest of your plan month. You can check how much data you've used at any time during the month by logging into My Account and checking Data & Web history.
By putting this data speed reduction in place, we're making sure we can deliver the same quality of service to all of our nationwide customers – we appreciate your understanding at this time.
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Well thanks VM, I shall take my business to T-Mobile and their true-unlimited plans.
It's not all that virgin when you're getting fucked so hard.
Getting throttled after using 2.5GB on your phone in a whole month doesn't sound that bad to me. I use Tele2 myself and they just charge you extra for every MB outside of your monthly plan instead of throttling (and I get 1GB at most).
one thing's for sure, telecom companies have a long way to go what with all this throttling and data capping just to get some extra money out of people just because their old main income of texting and phone calls is being used less and less.
[QUOTE=WPlayer;44206229]Getting throttled after using 2.5GB on your phone in a whole month doesn't sound that bad to me. I use Tele2 myself and they just charge you extra for every MB outside of your monthly plan instead of throttling (and I get 1GB at most).
one thing's for sure, telecom companies have a long way to go what with all this throttling and data capping just to get some extra money out of people just because their old main income of texting and phone calls is being used less and less.[/QUOTE]
This plan is unlimited, it used to throttle to about 1/4th the maximum 3G speed (32 KB/sec instead of 128 KB/sec). Now that speed is being reduced to 2G which has a theoretical maximum of 16 KB/sec, so my speed has effectively been cut in half. That's assuming maximum throughput. I already have difficulties loading webpages with the skype/steam chat clients idling on the current throttle method and now it's set to get even worse.
[QUOTE=Reshy;44206306]This plan is unlimited, it used to throttle to about 1/4th the maximum 3G speed (32 KB/sec instead of 128 KB/sec). Now that speed is being reduced to 2G which has a theoretical maximum of 16 KB/sec, so my speed has effectively been cut in half. That's assuming maximum throughput. I already have difficulties loading webpages with the skype/steam chat clients idling on the current throttle method and now it's set to get even worse.[/QUOTE]
If they're throttling you on an unlimited plan then it's a scam if you ask me.
By throttling, I was hoping for news that they were opening up the throttle on bandwidth. That they would finally let their mighty engines of data roar with the cheers of thousands of customers.
But no. They're just shitting on people from atop their towers of money.
You guys are getting completely shafted over there.
[QUOTE]Hello, I was recently sent a message through the VM messaging service that contained the following link:
[url]http://vm.tmce.biz/vm_throttling2_will_affect_english[/url]
I find that this drop in internet quality to be appalling and an utter mockery of what unlimited data is intended to be. The need for high-speed internet is expanding day-by-day and instead of seeking to grow with the demand VM has decided to work against it by lowering the quality of their services while not compensating individuals in either price or bandwidth cap. It is because of this I will be taking my business elsewhere and acquiring another carrier. The sole advantage VM had over it's competatiors was that it's 'throttled' speeds were twice as fast as the competition and that is now being phased out as is my incentive to continue the subscription.
I find it to be an incredibly odd choice to limit data based on alleged congestion in broad strokes that fail to take the congestion of individual towers into account. A tower with dozens users is treated the same as a tower that has thousands of users. I fail to understand how this is about ensuring quality of service. Now I totally understand having limits on video streaming, being a network technician I often place video streaming on the lowest priority bracket but for all data? Really? I can't think of any reason to do this other than greed and I have no interest in paying money to a company with anti-consumer behaviors.
We're people, not wallets. We should be treated with dignity. [/QUOTE]
Sending this to VM in protest of these new throttling limits.
EDIT:
I would recommend that anyone else that uses VM to send messages like this as well, unless you like the idea of your bandwidth steadily being chipped away bit-by-bit.
[QUOTE=WPlayer;44206364]If they're throttling you on an unlimited plan then it's a scam if you ask me.[/QUOTE]
Welcome to cell phones.
Nikomo Industries is happy to announce that we will be providing unthrottled beatings to any fucking assholes who think throttling is funny, cool, or a good idea.
how is your network so shitty you need to revert to 2002's tech level to still provide data to your customers..........
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;44206557]You guys are getting completely shafted over there.[/QUOTE]
Not really, this is just one shitty operator. You can get "unlimited" data for £13 a month from Three and they only start to throttle (and not down to 2G speeds) when you hit 1000GB of data. Sure, its not truly unlimited but it's certainly better than VM's crap.
It's mad really, as VM's home broadband has gotten more loose on the throttling, and despite having near to no competition in the high-speed broadband market, they've been boosting people's speeds for free for ages.
There's a couple of things that I should have put in like the fact that you have difficulties loading Gmail and the fact that normal webpages these days are usually between 200-500 KB, which means it'll take over 12 seconds to load a single small modern webpage.
VM is awful. We pay for 60mbps and get less than 5mbps in the evenings
As for the mobile, I've only heard bad things about coverage
If you're thinking of going with VM for anything internet related don't waste your time
[QUOTE=Trumple;44206826]VM is awful. We pay for 60mbps and get less than 5mbps in the evenings
As for the mobile, I've only heard bad things about coverage
If you're thinking of going with VM for anything internet related don't waste your time[/QUOTE]
Have you tried contacting them?
I have a friend who pays for 120mbps and always gets 120mbps at all times.
There sounds like there's something wrong there.
[QUOTE=Banned?;44206609]Welcome to cell phones.[/QUOTE]
Not all contracts have to be shit. I get unlimited 4G data with no throttling.
I have Virgin fiber internet, pretty much flawless 120 Mb/s day and night. I also have a Virgin mobile contract because £7 a month for unlimited texts and calls and 500 MB of data is far better than anything else I've found from any other tariff. I never even get close to using 500 MB of mobile data in a month so I would never manage to get throttled on those unlimited plans.
[QUOTE=rhx123;44206933]Have you tried contacting them?
I have a friend who pays for 120mbps and always gets 120mbps at all times.
There sounds like there's something wrong there.[/QUOTE]
I've phoned them probably 10+ times in the past few months. They keep saying "oh yes we know, there's work going on in the area to fix that it'll be fixed on <lie> of <month>!"
Their excuse was "it's because there are too many customers on the exchange here", despite the fact it worked fine for months before. Hardly an excuse if you ask me. That's like telling a customer at a restaurant they didn't have enough meat to serve you but trying to charge you for it anyway
i'm getting 100MB fiber for free ^__^
I'd love if some telcos here especially virgin mobile brought in throttling to mobile data in Australia, fucking hate being overcharged for going over
It's funny, I always had the same thing
Except it was never advertised as unlimited. It was advertised as paying for xMB of data and the throttled amount was more of an extra.
I can't imagine them lowering how fast my internet is on my phone any lower than it currently is. Like Jesus the coverage for Virgin is so shit it's not even funny. At least I won't have to worry about ever reaching 2gb.
[QUOTE=Scot;44207489]Not all contracts have to be shit. I get unlimited 4G data with no throttling.[/QUOTE]
With who?
Aye Virgin Mobile can get fucked, I'll be switching my plans and taking my business to someone who actually wants to make money.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/yRW3kAo.jpg[/t]
I have trouble getting over a GB, and I browse the web for about an hour on 3G every day. I'm only paying $35 for my plan from Virgin so I can't complain.
Have you heard of the term "spectrum crunch"?
Please no one get all uppity with me when I explain this in layman's terms, I'm obviously using my own words and not wikipedia for the definition, and if someone is interested in the technical definition they are welcome to use google. Sorry about the short rant, I just wanted to address the science Nazi's that patrol from time to time.
Anyway... spectrum is the part of the air we use to send data, and the phone companies only have a limited amount of spectrum they can use. This means that with the exploding number of smartphone users gobbling up data wirelessly that the phone companies have no choice but to throttle, put caps on internet and raise prices.
Or so they think, a huge portion of the available spectrum is reserved for the military and for television. The phone companies have already gotten some rights, like the ability to use the spectrum that exists in between tv channels (the fuzzy grey area) but there are a lot more space that these people could part with. The only problem of course, is that the greater the need becomes the higher the profit of selling spectrum, so why sell it when you can wait and charge cell companies top dollar later?
Even with the problems I just mentioned though, it is so easy to fix. Spectrum crunch would never effect Kentucky, where 3 people have wireless in the state, it would only happen in places like New York, where large amounts of people are trying to send data at the same time. Any large city or large gathering, like a football game, where this would become a problem there are solutions. Having short range wifi recievers placed where the most data is being sent and then taking that data and sending it through a wired internet connection would completely fix this problem.
I'm just saying this so people become aware that the companies that are offering you this service are scared of a spectrum crunch that in their heads means, (more phones = less data) and eventually will become (too many phones = no mas data). When in reality it just means that this is a very localized problem that can be easily solved, too many phones in New York? Well time to set up some wifi in the area.
[QUOTE=Reshy;44206020]Well thanks VM, I shall take my business to T-Mobile and their true-unlimited plans.[/QUOTE]
T-Mobile throttles too. The only cell carrier that never throttles is Sprint on their $80/mo plan
[img]http://www.speedtest.net/result/3366482269.png[/img]
Look at my internet speeds from them atm
phoned them up and got £20 off the bill
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