My only reason for sticking with VM is the fact that moving to FTTC would cost quite a bit more and plain ADSL would be quite a comedown on the speeds I get even from a congested VM segment.

Had they not given me a substantial discount instead of the £1.50 increase they wanted to I'd be on FTTC right now. It would have been TalkTalk though based on price and I'm not 100% sure that particular leopard has changed its spots although complaints do appear to have dropped.

No need to quote as you are replying to me.

I use less than 3GB / month. Is your 200GB work related or personal use? If personal then it does seem a bit excessive.

If it's 200GB for one person it may not be excessive. In a house share of 5 adults mix students and young professions we hit around 1tb a month fairly regularly. Don't think torrenting here, just a heavy amount of streaming services and services linked with our professions.

Edited by deleted (Mon 18-Nov-13 23:23:35)

It's easy to burn through the data as well. When you can stream something from youtube 1080p you do because it looks better. Same with netflix and iPlayer. Even for my parents, who were once light users of the internet, they now frequently stream television at a time that better suits them because they have an internet connection that enables that without any of the pitfalls (buffering etc.) so when they usually used a modest 3-5gb a month it's now regularly around 100gb.

Edited by deleted (Tue 19-Nov-13 00:46:55)

Sky get enough of my cash for their TV so no more for their BB.

I don't have a smart phone and my BB is currently free. I do have a life outside of TV viewing so no need to stream daily.

Just pointing out that you have constantly swapped ISP because of issues, then state that you don't download much nowadays and now changing your mind about things again. Fickle springs to mind!