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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Virgin Broadband Speed upgrade....
Posted by: Michael Robinson
Date/Time: 07/12/15 16:15:00

"Does anyone  else suffer from generally rubbish performance with virgin at the w/e - Im sure its down to the amount of people firing up netflix and the like"

Earlier this year, Netflix usage was almost 40% of *all* internet traffic in the US.  Add the other video services to this, like Amazon Prime and others, and video takes up a huge proportion of internet bandwidth.  Saturday evening is the main time for people to watch a movie at home.

Content providers like Netflix can put in direct connections with major internet service providers like Virgin but they may be struggling with the sheer amount of people using these services at peak times.


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Virgin Broadband Speed upgrade....04/12/15 10:31:00 Tim Garfoot
   Re:Virgin Broadband Speed upgrade....04/12/15 11:54:00 Iris Hill
      Re:Re:Virgin Broadband Speed upgrade....04/12/15 11:56:00 Tim Garfoot
      Re:Re:Virgin Broadband Speed upgrade....04/12/15 18:08:00 Carl Wynne
   Re:Virgin Broadband Speed upgrade....04/12/15 13:08:00 Iris Hill
   Re:Virgin Broadband Speed upgrade....04/12/15 13:56:00 Carl Wynne
      Re:Re:Virgin Broadband Speed upgrade....04/12/15 20:42:00 Christopher Bell
         Re:Re:Re:Virgin Broadband Speed upgrade....07/12/15 12:42:00 Tim Garfoot
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Virgin Broadband Speed upgrade....07/12/15 13:59:00 Julian Pavey
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Virgin Broadband Speed upgrade....07/12/15 14:25:00 Julian Pavey
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Virgin Broadband Speed upgrade....07/12/15 16:15:00 Michael Robinson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Virgin Broadband Speed upgrade....07/12/15 16:28:00 Andy Pease
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Virgin Broadband Speed upgrade....10/12/15 15:22:00 Tim Garfoot

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