Virgin Media is to launch trials with new traffic management policies
The cable broadband provider, Virgin Media is to bring further changes in its traffic management polices that will affect the customers of its three broadband products – broadband M, broadband L and broadband XL. The earlier traffic management policy announced by Virgin Media was taking into account just the downloads made during the peak hours, [...]
Virgin Media Chief asks the IPTV services to share the cost
Neil Berkett, CEO of Virgin Media, in an interview for the magazine The Royal Television Society, stated that the ISP is in talks with content providers with regard to its plans to prioritize the traffic to such sites if the content providers agree to share the cost with the ISP. The idea of net neutrality [...]
Virgin Media upgrades its package
Virgin Media Cable Broadband Provider is to upgrade the speed of its broadband package size ‘L ‘ from the existing 4 Mbps to 10 Mbps by in near future. According to the statement from the Virgin Media’s website, the upgrading process which commences from the end of next month, will be completed by state by [...]
Phishing email reported by Virgin Media customers
Some of the Virgin Media customers who have email account with ntlworld.com has received phishing mail that created a stir for awhile. The phishers who sent this mail impersonated the ISP itself and asked the Virgin’s customers to disclose the personal information like email id and password on or before 20th December. This news soon [...]
Virgin to implement new traffic management policy in early 2008
Most broadband internet providers in the UK do traffic shaping to prevent the heavy users from taking undue advantage of unlimited packages. As all uncapped packages offer unlimited downloads, the fair usage policy often puts some kind of cap at least on the usage during peak hours. What happens when a few customers indulge in [...]
