Is Virgin throttling 50MB

Is Virgin throttling 50MB.

I have just gone to download some stuff of newsgroups for the first time in weeks and found my connection downloading at a constant 1 MB/s.

Speedtests all come back at a little over 51000kbs

So are they now throttling the usual usenet ports.

Thanks

Edited by deleted (Tue 02-Nov-10 21:48:00)

I just found the same about an hour ago...

mine's ok - 6.7MB/s. just tested it, not that i use it that much anymore. are you using SSL? what provider?

I had some odd slow downs recently, I'm sure it's not the news host..

it would fit VM's logic to turn this on in uncongested areas before congested areas.

Someone at work is having a very bad time using a VPN link with the office network using Virgin Media. They are finding it very slow despite getting reasonable speed test with standard internet. Is this a common problem?

hey m8...have a look at the link below....

it will test your connection and tell you if you are being shaped in any way..

as far as i no there is no throttling on 50Mb

on 50Mb here and not noticed anything....

link : > http://broadband.mpi-sws.org/transparency/bttest-mla...

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.edit :.the link above can be used by anyone using any isp..it is not exclusive to VM..

Edited by djfunkdup (Wed 03-Nov-10 04:10:43)

Yes I am using SSL with usenetsever

My speeds are back to normal at the time of writing this msg but speeds are still [censored] on port 563 and work fine on port 443

Virgin have introduced traffic management on all of its internet services (including 50mb and 100mb when its launched). Its mainly targetting P2P and Newsgroups so expect to see an affect on these applications.

The traffic management is only supposed to be active between noon and midnight, but my Newsgroup speeds have been affected at all times of the day, and my speeds are nowhere near as stable as they used to be.

With regards to VPN, I tried this and the speeds were awful, I ran a speed test and got a speed of 500kbps!

Last night I pulled a load of headers on Astraweb over SSL on 563 - Bounced around 20-30Mb
Changed to port 443 and is solid a shade over 53Mb.