Stop Virgin Media Introducing Bittorrent Throttling!

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Virgin Media is set to introduce Bittorrent throttling technology next year. This means that anyone wanting to use Bittorrent or similar services will no longer be able to (or with a severely degraded service).

This goes against not only net neutrality but, from a customers view, any fairness considering they advertise the service as "unlimited".

Virgin Medias CEO Neil Berkett has stated to The Register that the above is planned for mid 2009, meaning it is not too late to avoid this insane decision!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/virgin_bittorrent/

It is an absolute disgrace that Virgin, often regarded as the best provider of high speed internet required by paying customers for bittorrent etc, should turn its back on all its top service customers...does Berkett really think people will sign up for a 51 50MB service that is restricted??

I suggest that Virgin Media abandons this course of action and stands behind the principles that have made VM popular in the beginning (prior to Berketts appointment to the role!). Failure to do so WILL see XL/XXL customers leave like rats off a sinking ship!

Please Virgin, do not destroy an application that is leading the way in online distribution of data.

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matthew smith
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- YES
mara li
- Comments
- excellent petition!That CEO is an ass...he said net nutrality was "a load of bollocks"
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- YES
matt kelly
- Comments
- what happened to the internet being a free and open place?
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- В
Rob
Micheael Matthews
M Jacques
- Comments
- It's a joke, since Blueyonder was overtaken, VM has gone downhill. Offshore call centres, caps, throttling, what a joke.
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes, for over 7 years (back when it was Blueyonder)
Gregory Fenton
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- yes, xl level
Ricardo Magno de Paula Ribeiro
Lee Coleman
- Comments
- The average person is stupid. Nice job exploiting their pockets during the current credit crunch. For the few that can walk & talk at the same time offer a TRUE unlimited service at a price that is fair.
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- For the time being, Until a I find a TRUE Unlimited service
Ahmed Sharif
- Comments
- I WILL leave virgin media if they continue their pathetic attempts to rip-off customers, including their current traffic management policy.
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
Richard Ziegler
- Comments
- enquiries@dvdmemories.co.uk
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
Simon Crampton
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- yes
Vincent Walton
- Comments
- All we want is what we pay for 10Mbps downloads at all times, with no restriction on what protocols can be used
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
David Fisher
- Comments
- Been on this service for a long time now, Looking for another Provider now, from 1 - 6.0 kbps to read the headers, Out of order.
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes, Soon not to be, unless its sorted out
Nick
- Comments
- Virgin Media are a bad company Always will be, They need to sort there network out they have enough money to do it
Joshua Evans
- Comments
- They have no idea of the data that is being traded over bittorrents and if they do they are spying on us!
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
jon
- Comments
- what a joke!!! you pay for a service of 10mb.so i expect to get 10mb wether im downloading or not.its unfair and dissloyal to customers.
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- yes
Russell Neilson
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
Derek Choate
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
David H
- Comments
- I am planning on taking my business elsewhere and will influence friends and family to do the same.
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
Matthew Pritchard
- Comments
- Virginmedia would be happy if we all used our internet like we did on dial-up, i.e. browsing a few web pages and checking our emails. Sorry, but we pay broadband prices for a reason - to use it as it was intended. To download large files as and when we like. I supported your 'Traffic Management' as it was fair....but what you plan to do is an insult to the people who have kept you in business. Target Bittorrent and I WILL move to another ISP. That simple.
Nicholas Shaw
- Comments
- This is insanity. The Bittorrent protocol is one of the main drivers for demand of Virgin's high end services. If they throttle this protocol, there will be no need to use a 50MB or 20MB connection. Just browsing the web and checking your emails really doesn't use up much bandwidth. No wonder Virgin are losing millions of pounds a year with idiot policies like this.
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
Ror
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- yes
Thomas Gray
Jeff Addams
Iain Cheyne
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
Liam Friel
- Comments
- I hate this - P2P is not an illegal service.
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
Adam Wadsworth
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- yes
Joseph Williamson
- Comments
- We like your TV, Phone and BB, please keep us happy.
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes, loyal since the days of cable tel
Brian Wilkie
Lawrence Bishop
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
Scott Mannion
- Comments
- Why is my upload higher than my download, 10mb service with a 0.25mb Speed... thats not throttling thats horrific and for what? Software updates.
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes, Wish i could switch
Luke Snelling
- Comments
- Sod Virgin
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
Sukhjit Hayre
- Comments
- Please do not carry forward this ridiculous rule
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- YES
C.Marshall
- Comments
- No point having 50mbit when youre limited to 512k during peak hours.
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- yes
P.Smith
- Comments
- "our traffic managment policy makes sure our service is fair for everyone".... how does it make it fair for me? i pay 37 for my 20 mb XL broadband so how is nocking it down to 5 mb fair for me?. how about nocking the pice down by 75\% for those periods aswell, thats fair.
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- yes
Colin Brandon
- Comments
- They currently provide a great service but throttling would ruin it
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
Luke Evans
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
Jack O'Donoghue
- Comments
- I will certainly avoid VM if severe traffic shaping is implemented, particularly if any restrictions apply outside peak hours.
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
Luke Tucker
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
Yalcin Mizrak
- Comments
- HELP SAVE NET NEUTRALITY!!
richard ramsden
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- yes not for much longer if this carries on
kieran quinn
- Comments
- i think its pathetic i download anything i dont even use torrents and im penalised for patching my games its pathetic
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- yes
Jamie Miller
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- Yes
razvan roman
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- unfortenatly yes
Joe Nixon
- Comments
- false advertising from xl customer... nearly as bad as bank charges!
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- yes
AzzTuzz
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- yes
nathan jones
- Comments
- This is disgraceful i pay a top wack of 50 pound a month to go in virgins back pocket and the service has got terrible since i joined up nearly a year ago im going back to adsl sod this
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- yes and angry vm customer
Mark Pedley
- Comments
- i agree if its "unlimited" it should be without restrictions! especailly with the cost of the service (currently have 50mb)
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- yes have 50mb and bittorrent runs poor,will leave to sky once they do there own lines.
Pedro
- Comments
- Rediculous.... Leaving VM soon
- Are you a Virgin Media Customer?
- yes

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