Traffic Shaping Affecting All Tiers - Page 7

buba3d · 03-05-2007, 15:38

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Originally Posted by peanutkp

Will that mean 20mb be 10mb and upload be 384k , if that's the case then not too bad.

That's the way i look at it, why we even moaning about it when it's a free upgrade, you download 3 gigs at 20mb then get cut down to 10mb when the 4 hrs is up and then back to normal. as far as i can see there's nothing wrong with that.

shawty · 03-05-2007, 15:41

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Originally Posted by buba3d

That's the way i look at it, why we even moaning about it when it's a free upgrade, you download 3 gigs at 20mb then get cut down to 10mb when the 4 hrs is up and then back to normal. as far as i can see there's nothing wrong with that.

Well there is no actual statement saying that, so you have to assume its 20 down to 5.

buba3d · 03-05-2007, 15:46

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Originally Posted by shawty

Well there is no actual statement saying that, so you have to assume its 20 down to 5.

As long as it ain't 56k then it's all good. lmao

mcmanic · 03-05-2007, 15:49

so they put the price up AND now they traffic shape.

meangreenie · 03-05-2007, 15:57

They are very econimical with the truth as far as i can see. I can download nothing at all till 4.00pm then as soon as I let it go for 20 minutes I'm cut to 1Mb till 1.00am in the morning.

Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£18.00 for effectively a 1Mbit connection is appalling value imo.

mcmanic · 03-05-2007, 16:25

Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£37 for 5meg is even worse

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whats even worse is i have 2 xbox360's (me and the kids) and a PS3, download any demo or map pack thats over the limit on say 10meg and thats it the service is knackered for the next 4 hours

welwynrose · 03-05-2007, 16:25

I don't think a lot of people realise just how much you can download to get to 3gb most tv programmes are 350mb, films (unless they're DVDs) are 6/700mb - when do people get time to watch all this stuff if they're downloading all the time?

mcmanic · 03-05-2007, 16:29

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Originally Posted by welwynrose

I don't think a lot of people realise just how much you can download to get to 3gb most tv programmes are 350mb, films (unless they're DVDs) are 6/700mb - when do people get time to watch all this stuff if they're downloading all the time?

you can watch while you download you know, thats not the point though, now VM is restricting and effecting how i use my service on something i have to pay premium rate for and effecting in other ways (xbox Live).

spankysmagicpian · 03-05-2007, 16:30

Who on earth has got such a need to download at full pelt not only between 4 and midnight but all the time?

Are these people intent on backing up the internet onto their own PCs or just buy a lot of blank DVDs and like to do a lot of <cough> car boots each week?

brundles · 03-05-2007, 16:33

I'm not asking for my connection to work full pelt between 4 and midnight, just that it's able to run over that time at a greater average speed than 512K across that period.

That number might seem extreme, but that's what 750MB total between 4 and midnight works out at.

meangreenie · 03-05-2007, 16:35

you have to only download anything or stream something for 20 odd minutes and the service is cut after 4.00pm.. at 2Mb thats not that much... and my service will not return to 2Mb till 1.00am in the morning.. thats extreme punishment for 20 minutes at 2Mbit

asking people to pay more for a lesser service is what is happening

03-05-2007, 16:35

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Originally Posted by shawty

Thats not the point. The point here is advertising what is not true. Clearly VM broadband is now limited, so it needs to be sold as that.

Some letters to the regulator are in order I think.
Trying to get it through to people that vm are miselling their broadband is wasted here.
The words " head " and " wall " come to mind.

peanut · 03-05-2007, 16:36

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Originally Posted by spankysmagicpian

Who on earth has got such a need to download at full pelt not only between 4 and midnight but all the time?

Are these people intent on backing up the internet onto their own PCs or just buy a lot of blank DVDs and like to do a lot of <cough> car boots each week?

Go back under your rock, lol. Download at full pelt for 21 mins, whoo, that's a lot isn't it. Isn't that what you pay for? 20mb or 5mb? We ain't talking about Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£17.99 packages here either.

Why would anyone want 20mb? To make anyone who think 3gig is too much and then make you feel guilty.

I pay for something, now I can't use it even though I'm still paying for it.

welwynrose · 03-05-2007, 16:37

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Originally Posted by mcmanic

you can watch while you download you know, thats not the point though, now VM is restricting and effecting how i use my service on something i have to pay premium rate for and effecting in other ways (xbox Live).

easy answer change your service provider & good luck finding one that doesn't traffic shape or cap

spankysmagicpian · 03-05-2007, 16:37

When you look at that way....I guess its not too good but... everyone is doing it more or less and I suppose we are lucky that VM are one of the last ones to implement it.