STM Statement

[TehTech]

AND the really BAD news is that you can use your 50Mb connection for a MAXIMUM of FIVE (5) minutes per day beforethey STM your behind right back down to 10Mb! what a joke!

Could've set the drop-down to at least 20Mb, but 10??? the ONLY bigger joke than that is VirginMedia!

And dont get me started on the upload, could've had that AT LEAST 10Mb, but oh no, not this company, charge over the odds, provide as little as possible!

[GreyWolf]

Originally Posted by TehTech

AND the really BAD news is that you can use your 50Mb connection for a MAXIMUM of FIVE (5) minutes per day beforethey STM your behind right back down to 10Mb! what a joke!

Could've set the drop-down to at least 20Mb, but 10??? the ONLY bigger joke than that is VirginMedia!

And dont get me started on the upload, could've had that AT LEAST 10Mb, but oh no, not this company, charge over the odds, provide as little as possible!

Agreed!

VM have the opportunity with docsis3 to stand out from other ISPs and lead the way in the broadband market.
Going by Trax post upload back down to 1.5mbit is just pathetic, you get more than that on BE* (ADSL+2)

Personally, I would sacrifice download speed to have higher upload speeds 30/10 sounds great to me....

[|Kippa|]

Originally Posted by GreyWolf

Agreed!

VM have the opportunity with docsis3 to stand out from other ISPs and lead the way in the broadband market.
Going by Trax post upload back down to 1.5mbit is just pathetic, you get more than that on BE* (ADSL+2)

Personally, I would sacrifice download speed to have higher upload speeds 30/10 sounds great to me....

Yeah 10mbit upload rate would be excellent. Anything below 5mbit with the new 50mbit would be crap in my opinion. As for STM one the the things that has miffed me off about it is the fact that they have kept us in the dark about the changes in times. You don't know when you can download at full rate and when STM is going to kick in. In the response to my complaint to Virgin Media, they say they are going to update their website with the new STM time details. They really should have done that before implementing the changes.

[markt50]

I can't wait to get shot of my Virgin Broadband now. Between this STM rubbish and the possible introduction of Phorm, I want nothing more to do with VM. I just don't understand the point in having a 20/50meg connection if you can't use it. The thing is, I'd be more than happy to pay more for an uncapped 20/50meg connection but there is just no choice other than Virgin to get those kind of speeds. It's not like the service I pay for now is cheap anyway at nearly £40 a month. I've been a cable customer since they first introduced 1/2 meg broadband back when they were Comcast, things seem to have gone rapidly downhill since the change from NTL to Virgin though.

I'm just going to bin VM, get a BT line put in and go with a cheaper and phorm free ADSL provider. I think the only problem I might have is that we just got a VM freeview box installed and they may try to hold us to a further 12 months contract

Originally Posted by GreyWolf

Agreed!

VM have the opportunity with docsis3 to stand out from other ISPs and lead the way in the broadband market.
Going by Trax post upload back down to 1.5mbit is just pathetic, you get more than that on BE* (ADSL+2)

Personally, I would sacrifice download speed to have higher upload speeds 30/10 sounds great to me....

As i have said before though, VM isnt interested in supplying high speed BB, only taking the profits from offering it and failing to deliver.

Right now the config says 1.5mbit but my upload says different (ignore the different language, im not on my laptop)

Speed is all over the place though.

[AmAtoL]

I've just spent half an hour shouting and swearing at the PC, unable to play online due to the total poxy pathetic connection.
I'm not as bothered as you guys about STM and upload speeds, I'd pay £50 pm for a stable connection at 10 meg, never mind 50.

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by GreyWolf

Same here but the cost would not bother me. (as long as STM was removed)

Couldn't agree more GreyWolf, as far as I'm concerned VM should drop the supposed "unlimited" boast, it comes with so many caveats its no longer viable. If VM are going to stm people for the best part of half a day if they are "greedy" why bother getting 20mb or even worse 50mb, personally I would rather pay a base fee each month and then pay by the GB, OK not ideal, but at least you get to use the speed you payed for without fear of being throttled.

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by TraxData

As i have said before though, VM isnt interested in supplying high speed BB, only taking the profits from offering it and failing to deliver.

Right now the config says 1.5mbit but my upload says different (ignore the different language, im not on my laptop)

Speed is all over the place though.

What's your locale ?

You can't seed 5odd mbps in the UK unless you're on fibre or have I missed something here ?

[Druchii]

Originally Posted by The Jackal

What's your locale ?

You can't seed 5odd mbps in the UK unless you're on fibre or have I missed something here ?

Locale is Norwegian, bokmal.

The 50Mbit package he is using is seeding at 577 * 8 = 4616Kbps (Or 4.6Mb up)

Originally Posted by The Jackal

What's your locale ?

You can't seed 5odd mbps in the UK unless you're on fibre or have I missed something here ?

I'm actually in the UK, im just not using my lappy right now.

And as Druchii says, its around 5mbit upload (50mbit package)

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by Druchii

Locale is Norwegian, bokmal.

The 50Mbit package he is using is seeding at 577 * 8 = 4616Kbps (Or 4.6Mb up)

Ah ic - Absolutely love the Scandinavians for having a decent quality of life.

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Originally Posted by TraxData

I'm actually in the UK, im just not using my lappy right now.

And as Druchii says, its around 5mbit upload (50mbit package)

Can the rest of us losers get it - no ?

(why oh why don't I just sort myself out with my own DSL and not bother myself with these forums)

[Druchii]

Originally Posted by The Jackal

Ah ic - Absolutely love the Scandinavians for having a decent quality of life.

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Can the rest of us losers get it - no ?

(why oh why don't I just sort myself out with my own DSL and not bother myself with these forums)

It's currently in trial phase, and apparently the network upgrades should be/are currently taking place to enable this launch by the end of 2008. (Supposedly anyway).

Originally Posted by The Jackal

Ah ic - Absolutely love the Scandinavians for having a decent quality of life.

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Can the rest of us losers get it - no ?

(why oh why don't I just sort myself out with my own DSL and not bother myself with these forums)

I only have it for testing purposes (network loading/balance tests)...a few staff have it for the same purpose...i also know when the roll out dates are but thats not the point

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by TraxData

I only have it for testing purposes (network loading/balance tests)...a few staff have it for the same purpose...i also know when the roll out dates are but thats not the point

Well as others have pointed out on paper it sounds good but won't be nice if it falls under STM

*** glimmer of hope fades away.

[Druchii]

Originally Posted by The Jackal

Well as others have pointed out on paper it sounds good but won't be nice if it falls under STM

*** glimmer of hope fades away.

Let's hope they don't STM it, like they planned not too...