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I recently downloaded Bitcoin-QT on my laptop and today I got a call from my ISP (Virgin Media) trying to poke their nose in asking have I recently downloaded large files etc.....

Talk about privacy eh?

I mostly surf the internet, work related stuff.... anyone else have a bad experience with Virgin?

I believe a thread I made months ago that got bumped precisely warning people not to use Virgin Media, can't say I didn't warn you! Me and my family have been having to deal with them for years but my dad is stubborn and refuses to switch lol, when I finally move out I'm probably going to switch to BE or something because I hear nothing but good things about them.

I think I'm right that if you use private torrent sites and stuff more then they can't tract what's going on as easily.

I'm on Virgin and download massive files via filehosts and torrents all the time and have done for years. I cant see why they would ring you because you downloaded the blockchain.

Only thing I can think of, unless watching YouTube videos is stealing all their precious bandwith!

Have you got a password on your router? Youtube videos shouldn’t matter. Do you never download any other files usually? Maybe if you don’t and then suddenly start that might ring alarm bells to Virgin.

I'm on virgin and download torrents every once in a while and I'm fine. What package deal do you have?

I think I will ring them tomorrow and complain, try and get myself a deal (free month or two).

When does your contract expire? Usually if you threaten to leave or tell them you're thinking of leaving they'll do you a better deal.

Lol. How big is the blockchain in size? I know  it takes a while to download.

https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size