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Retrovertigo · 27-09-2009, 22:30

Well, I was moved to docsis 3 (apparently) but as I said in my first post, this tied in with the students leaving Manchester for the summer. This was done by purpose by VM I have no doubt. It gives the illusion that things have been sorted, when in fact, there is simply a lack of customers initially.

I am now back to how I was before the move to docsis 3. Same poor performance in the evenings. I am genuinely curious to know how many people went with 50 meg in Manchester in and around Fallowfield etc. and how it is performing. I suspect that most are student houses wanting a large speed to share amongst a house full of people and it then gets hammered, with none of them caring how well it performs as they are sharing the cost between 4 or 5 people. And of course, ruining it for everyone else.

It must be the biggest problem around my neighbourhood. Students having a house full of people all trying to use the net at once. If each home here was a regular house with a typical family, none of these problems would occur I reckon.

27-09-2009, 22:30	#7
Retrovertigo cf.addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 469	Re: Manchester - the honeymoon period is over then Well, I was moved to docsis 3 (apparently) but as I said in my first post, this tied in with the students leaving Manchester for the summer. This was done by purpose by VM I have no doubt. It gives the illusion that things have been sorted, when in fact, there is simply a lack of customers initially. I am now back to how I was before the move to docsis 3. Same poor performance in the evenings. I am genuinely curious to know how many people went with 50 meg in Manchester in and around Fallowfield etc. and how it is performing. I suspect that most are student houses wanting a large speed to share amongst a house full of people and it then gets hammered, with none of them caring how well it performs as they are sharing the cost between 4 or 5 people. And of course, ruining it for everyone else. It must be the biggest problem around my neighbourhood. Students having a house full of people all trying to use the net at once. If each home here was a regular house with a typical family, none of these problems would occur I reckon.