16-06-2007, 18:29
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But learning all the time
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Romford, Essex
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Suck it and see?
I know I'm not a victim of traffic shaping but when the kids come home from school (not mine) and at weekends my 20 M service is less than 2M.
Yes I know this has been discussed before. My question is, do VM intend to improve the problem of UBR congestion (I'm in Romford BTW) or is this it forever.
I don't want to be a moaner but when the introductory discount to £25 is over, £37 will be far too much for such slow speeds.
Can you just have the VM package without the phone , save the £11 and go BT / BE. Or am I stuck with it?
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16-06-2007, 20:04
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cf.geek
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Plymouth
Age: 19
Services: VM VIP
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Re: Suck it and see?
Improving the UBR congestion problem will cost them money, so it's unlikely to happen soon.
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17-06-2007, 08:57
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"Why I oughta..."
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cambridge
Services: Sky TV, VM TV, 2meg bb, radio, tel, and a lobster (but the lobster died).
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Re: Suck it and see?
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Originally Posted by caveman
I know I'm not a victim of traffic shaping but when the kids come home from school (not mine) and at weekends my 20 M service is less than 2M...
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I'm curious as to why you need 20 meg. I find 2 meg is absolutely fine for everything except the occasional "massive download".
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17-06-2007, 08:59
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: midlands
Age: 39
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Re: Suck it and see?
I remember how good 512 k was when I first got my modem. Connection was very unstable as it was new tech but when it worked it was awesome and compared to dial up well wow.We are simply spoilt nowadays
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17-06-2007, 09:41
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: peterborough
Services: TV, Phone, BB 20meg(CM 250) - VM
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Re: Suck it and see?
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Originally Posted by TheNorm
I'm curious as to why you need 20 meg. I find 2 meg is absolutely fine for everything except the occasional "massive download".
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It shouldn't matter what he needs it for.....he's paying for 20 meg and would like it to be a lot closer to that figure than 2 meg.
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17-06-2007, 09:50
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Re: Suck it and see?
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Originally Posted by TheNorm
I'm curious as to why you need 20 meg. I find 2 meg is absolutely fine for everything except the occasional "massive download".
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Not wanting to sound nasty here, but does that solve their issue?
If they downgrade to 2mb where do they go when the speed is crawling there?
---------- Post added at 09:50 ---------- Previous post was at 09:46 ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by jellybaby
It shouldn't matter what he needs it for.....he's paying for 20 meg and would like it to be a lot closer to that figure than 2 meg.
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Precisely 
This " upto " mullarky cheeses me off no end.
How do they get away with it?
You would not get a market trader advertising apples for 70p for upto 2kgs would you? then having the cheek to snatch your 70p after throwing you one apple !
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17-06-2007, 09:51
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cf.addict
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Re: Suck it and see?
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Originally Posted by jellybaby
It shouldn't matter what he needs it for.....he's paying for 20 meg and would like it to be a lot closer to that figure than 2 meg.
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17-06-2007, 09:57
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Suspicious of VM
Join Date: Feb 2004
Services: Finding people (retired)
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Re: Suck it and see?
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheNorm
I'm curious as to why you need 20 meg. I find 2 meg is absolutely fine for everything except the occasional "massive download".
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To answer in a Romford stylee, "what are you, a copper?" 
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Subtitles for the hard of thinking..I do not work for Sky, VM or BT.
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17-06-2007, 11:15
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Re: Suck it and see?
Quote:
Originally Posted by jellybaby
It shouldn't matter what he needs it for.....he's paying for 20 meg and would like it to be a lot closer to that figure than 2 meg.
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you are bang on m8 
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17-06-2007, 11:16
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Re: Suck it and see?
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Originally Posted by NTLVictim
To answer in a Romford stylee, "what are you, a copper?" |
It seems that some people think that if you pay for that sort of speed then you must be a massive downloader, and with that comes the " illegal download " thought.
So if you're having problems with the speed it is seen as fair game by vm to charge what they charge for drastically reduced speeds, even if all you are downloading is barry manilow at the apollo
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17-06-2007, 13:25
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: May 2006
Location: West Midlands
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Re: Suck it and see?
Okay first I would check what speed u get if u downgrade becuase if you get the correct speed it most likely the modem but I doubt it as u said its only when the kids come home but downgrade might help if the speed is ok
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