Thanks for confirming the first two items. Though I'm still not clear on what triggers a further two hours of restrictions once you've incurred the first one. How many MB can you download during that two hours before the timer is reset?

I noticed they have also changed "affects 5% of users" to "affects 5% of users per day". That's quite a big difference as it's not necessarily the same 5% of users every day and could mean 100% of users are affected at some time or another. That seems a lot more likely given the limits and the size of video files.

I think its always been affects a small percentage per day, just not been stated that way

If one hour trigger is 2750MB and two hour limit is 3500 MB, then once past the 2750MB figure, you have 750MB left to use in the second hour.

If it was me, I would think of buying the service at the 40% reduced speed that suited my needs and wallet and then when I get more just be pleased with myself.

e,.g worst case the 60 Mbps service is slowed down to 36 Mbps.

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If one hour trigger is 2750MB and two hour limit is 3500 MB, then once past the 2750MB figure, you have 750MB left to use in the second hour.

Sorry, what I'm getting at is after you have triggered the two hours. So I've downloaded 3.5 GB and I've got a 2 hour speed restriction. If I turn my router off I'll have full speed again in 2 hours. But what if I leave it on? In the third Virgin Media example it says I could be traffic managed all the way to 11 pm. But it doesn't say what extends the time you spend on management. How much can I use the connection in those 2 hours without risking the speed restrictions being extended beyond the two hours?

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If it was me, I would think of buying the service at the 40% reduced speed that suited my needs and wallet and then when I get more just be pleased with myself.

e,.g worst case the 60 Mbps service is slowed down to 36 Mbps.

Yeah that's a good way to think of it. I'm not really that bothered personally as it's unlikely I'll have a large download on the same day as blowing the allowance on an HD movie. Even if I did I could do the download first and still leave plenty of speed for the movie. Just wanting to understand what I'm getting for my money.

Believe you go back to the start of a new 2750 MB in one hour.

The amount for the initial trigger is clever, as its well above what most streamed HD runs at, i.e. sustain 6 Mbps to trigger on XL30, but love film, netflix are in the area of 3.5 to 4 for HD material.

Don't see how they got 30 Mbps, as there is no 50% reduction level

Believe you go back to the start of a new 2750 MB in one hour.

Thanks, that's actually pretty good!

The amount for the initial trigger is clever, as its well above what most streamed HD runs at, i.e. sustain 6 Mbps to trigger on XL30, but love film, netflix are in the area of 3.5 to 4 for HD material.

Not sure what the Sky Movies run at but looking at the first page of movies it ranges from 2.57 GB for "30 Minutes or Less" which runs for 83 minutes and 5.37 GB for "Alexander" which runs for 160 minutes. I'd say about half are under 3.5 GB and about half are over it. Very few are under 2.75 GB.

Maybe Sky has increased the bit rate, but fitted all the Harry Potter into around 33GB at Christmas