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danmed · 10-05-09, 07:27 PM

Interesting general interview with branson, based on questions sent in by Digg users.

About 18 minutes in there is an intersting comment regarding Bittorent throttling in the UK

richard branson,virgin, arianna huffington,virgin atlantic, virgin america — Sir Richard Branson — Digg Dialogg — Revision3

AciidSn3ak3r · 10-05-09, 07:49 PM

Interesting. Lets hope that the throttling will be stopped then

danmed · 10-05-09, 07:58 PM

personally i'm guessing he caused a sharp intake of breath in several board members by saying that

AciidSn3ak3r · 10-05-09, 08:07 PM

Lol most likly.
TBF i am not one bit happy with Virgin's service in the past weekend. They've cut my signal down

danmed · 10-05-09, 08:11 PM

gits.. i'm not with them anymore.. moved to an area about 1/2 mile from the nearest cable

but i do miss the speeds!.. still don't see the point in them pushing 50mb if they penalise the users who put that speed to the best use. (i'm not talking illegal downloads, rather streaming video, spotify / napster etc).. surely with a service like iplayer, Virgin should be talking to them, to take a cut of the license fee. That way the BBC can put out HD content knowing there's atleast one provider capable of delivering their content.

AciidSn3ak3r · 10-05-09, 08:19 PM

Yeah. Well Virgin are now going to be trialing 200mbit bb too. That will be the fastest commercial broadband availble in the world.
Which will be interesting if we are able to use it effectivly.
Throttling is stupid though, why cant it be like O2 or Sky MAX where its Truely Unlimited :|

danmed · 10-05-09, 08:26 PM

agreed, i'm with Be* and although i'm 3 miles from the exchange, i still get around 7mb. With it being truely unlimited, i'm pretty sure over a 24 hour period, i wouldn't be far behind current 20mb virmin users if downloading was constant. (due to throttling)

G77 · 10-05-09, 08:34 PM

couldn't watch it. god he's boring!

g80878 · 10-05-09, 08:35 PM

Love the question on virgin joints

, yet another brand that would be open to cloning , people would clone his strain just as they did his modems etc

tibma · 10-05-09, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danmed

agreed, i'm with Be* and although i'm 3 miles from the exchange, i still get around 7mb. With it being truely unlimited, i'm pretty sure over a 24 hour period, i wouldn't be far behind current 20mb virmin users if downloading was constant. (due to throttling)

I set my mums pc up with Be, about 200yards from exchange n gettin 19mb on a 24mb package.Good service 4 adsl tbh.

10-05-09, 07:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
danmed Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 101 Thanks: 3 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Interview with Branson Interesting general interview with branson, based on questions sent in by Digg users. About 18 minutes in there is an intersting comment regarding Bittorent throttling in the UK richard branson,virgin, arianna huffington,virgin atlantic, virgin america — Sir Richard Branson — Digg Dialogg — Revision3 __________________ You put Zombie and you put Weird in the title and i don't want to do it!

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AciidSn3ak3r Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Leeds Posts: 1,125 Thanks: 46 Thanked 95 Times in 84 Posts	Re: Interview with Branson Interesting. Lets hope that the throttling will be stopped then

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danmed Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 101 Thanks: 3 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Interview with Branson personally i'm guessing he caused a sharp intake of breath in several board members by saying that __________________ You put Zombie and you put Weird in the title and i don't want to do it!

10-05-09, 08:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
AciidSn3ak3r Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Leeds Posts: 1,125 Thanks: 46 Thanked 95 Times in 84 Posts	Re: Interview with Branson Lol most likly. TBF i am not one bit happy with Virgin's service in the past weekend. They've cut my signal down

10-05-09, 08:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
danmed Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 101 Thanks: 3 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Interview with Branson gits.. i'm not with them anymore.. moved to an area about 1/2 mile from the nearest cable but i do miss the speeds!.. still don't see the point in them pushing 50mb if they penalise the users who put that speed to the best use. (i'm not talking illegal downloads, rather streaming video, spotify / napster etc).. surely with a service like iplayer, Virgin should be talking to them, to take a cut of the license fee. That way the BBC can put out HD content knowing there's atleast one provider capable of delivering their content. __________________ You put Zombie and you put Weird in the title and i don't want to do it!

10-05-09, 08:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
AciidSn3ak3r Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Leeds Posts: 1,125 Thanks: 46 Thanked 95 Times in 84 Posts	Re: Interview with Branson Yeah. Well Virgin are now going to be trialing 200mbit bb too. That will be the fastest commercial broadband availble in the world. Which will be interesting if we are able to use it effectivly. Throttling is stupid though, why cant it be like O2 or Sky MAX where its Truely Unlimited :\|

10-05-09, 08:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
danmed Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 101 Thanks: 3 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Interview with Branson agreed, i'm with Be* and although i'm 3 miles from the exchange, i still get around 7mb. With it being truely unlimited, i'm pretty sure over a 24 hour period, i wouldn't be far behind current 20mb virmin users if downloading was constant. (due to throttling) __________________ You put Zombie and you put Weird in the title and i don't want to do it!

10-05-09, 08:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
G77 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,118 Thanks: 695 Thanked 1,250 Times in 1,044 Posts	Re: Interview with Branson couldn't watch it. god he's boring! __________________ 1M Motorised Dish, 45W-36E, DM800HD. Quad LNB Mesh Mini Dish, 28.2E, DM500, TM500. Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 XXJVU & CF-Root.

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g80878 Senior Cable Muppet Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bristol TW / Vermin Posts: 1,669 Thanks: 558 Thanked 726 Times in 575 Posts	Re: Interview with Branson Love the question on virgin joints , yet another brand that would be open to cloning , people would clone his strain just as they did his modems etc Last edited by g80878; 10-05-09 at 08:41 PM.

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