Traffic Shaping Affecting All Tiers - Page 12

shawty · 03-05-2007, 19:19

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Originally Posted by welwynrose

you could always start you downloads before you go to bed and switch off your pc in the morning

And i should keep my computer on overnight why? Im paying for an unlimited service so why should i have to do that.

meangreenie · 03-05-2007, 19:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by welwynrose

you could always start you downloads before you go to bed and switch off your pc in the morning

what about global warming!!!

zaax · 03-05-2007, 19:23

The answer is rip off Britanain again. What is the down load speen in in South Korea or Sweden again?

kibblerok · 03-05-2007, 19:27

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Originally Posted by RXP

I just called to cancel and the woman had no idea about the shaping. i told her it's for 21 mins use between 4pm and 12pm and she thought I was obviously incorrect because that isn't excesive.

Lolz, they could inform their staff to conform to their propaganda eh

They sent out an email about it yesterday... although the article on the Intranet is well hidden away. I could only access it following the email link.

Staff comments on the story were very unfavourable.

RXP · 03-05-2007, 19:29

I feel sorry for you guys, gonna have lots of angry geeks phoning you!

Berezovski · 03-05-2007, 19:44

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Originally Posted by zaax

The answer is rip off Britanain again. What is the down load speen in in South Korea or Sweden again?

The new Virgin throttling terms have been written in Branson's trade mark "frank/straight" talk . He is Britain's top rip-off merchant, never sold anything of substance...

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Originally Posted by RXP

I feel sorry for you guys, gonna have lots of angry geeks phoning you!

You don't have to be angry mate, call retentions 0800 052 9403 option 3 and tell them how much you loved "Traffic Shaping", getting rid of those music lovers downloading rap

and

you were very exited in losing the basic sky channels and then

invite them to to do some "Bill shaping" themselves

take 25 quid off for traffic shaping
take 5 quid off for the basic sky
take 10 quid off for the stupid red button on the movie channels
take 5 quid off that I could see WBA PLAY because a different red button no working
take 5 quid for pixelation of the sport channels

Let's make VirginMedia PAY (It's NTL remember

, they are technologically incompetent )

meangreenie · 03-05-2007, 20:02

lol... though you forgot the 'charge to the the next minute' extra phone charge

boodykaka · 03-05-2007, 20:09

dont forget about the 6p connection charge

Doofy · 03-05-2007, 20:30

Just out of interest and if it's been asked already then sorry for that, but what about the poor s**s who have had ther mac cloned, they get shaped for no fault of there own?. Getting VM to admit it has been cloned is a nightmare i know been through it mesen for weeks...

meangreenie · 03-05-2007, 20:36

cloned or not.. 20 minutes at full speed and your knackered till 1.00am in the morning.... the top 5% of users a day quote from the official statement is complete bull****

Mark_2k7 · 03-05-2007, 20:44

is this s*** in every area or just a few at the minute cause i have downloaded about 5 or 6gb today an speed is still fine

Thu, 03 May 2007 19:41:34 GMT

1st 512K took 453 ms = 1130.2 KB/sec, approx 9313 Kbps, 9.09 Mbps
2nd 512K took 422 ms = 1213.3 KB/sec, approx 9998 Kbps, 9.76 Mbps
3rd 512K took 437 ms = 1171.6 KB/sec, approx 9654 Kbps, 9.43 Mbps
4th 512K took 438 ms = 1169 KB/sec, approx 9633 Kbps, 9.41 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 9650 Kbps, 9.42 Mbps

peanut · 03-05-2007, 20:46

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Originally Posted by Mark_2k7

is this s*** in every area or just a few at the minute cause i have downloaded about 5 or 6gb today an speed is still fine

Try downloading 3gig after 4pm onwards.

Mark_2k7 · 03-05-2007, 20:49

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Originally Posted by peanutkp

Try downloading 3gig after 4pm onwards.

i like a challenge il try that now

brittas · 03-05-2007, 21:01

after reading the new terms isnt it a bit of a coincidence that its introduced the same week itv announce the broadband tv replay service.

Its very suspicious to me that they introduce the capped service just when they launch the 20mb service its as if they knew the network couldnt cope so they introduce caps

None of the uk ISPs seem to have recognised that useage patterns are changing or at least they dont know what to do about it so instead they impose restrictions.

supercyber · 03-05-2007, 21:04

hey all,

i just thought reply to this as well, i am on the BB XL which is 10mbit now soon to be 20MB cant wait for that.

i am heavey user between 15-25gig a day average, plus PBX/Asterix VOIP 24/7 got no problems.

i usually download at evening after 3 mostely, and i get normal speed with no shaping what so ever to this date.