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JPAC 02-04-2012 14:26

Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
 
Sorry, I meant to ask, when speeds are doubled what will Size:L be called?

XL or ML20?

BenMcr 02-04-2012 14:30

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It'll be L (up to 20Mbit) on the bill I believe. But in the table it's ML20 as M and L are being merged into the same tier

Sirius 02-04-2012 14:33

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So the virgin website shows me as being on the new super duper doubled speed but its still 100 meg not the 120 meg it should be. They say thats a problem with the website but have not fixed it yet, :mad:.

So who wants to bet they still give me the new traffic management even when they have not given me the 120 meg :mad:

BenMcr 02-04-2012 14:33

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 35408476)
So the virgin website shows me as being on the new super duper doubled speed but its still 100 meg not the 120 it should be if i was on the new teir :mad:

Bet they give me the new traffic management even when they have not given me the 120 meg :mad:

120Mbit hasn't launched yet - that's later this year

Sirius 02-04-2012 14:39

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Quote:

Originally Posted by By Mcr (Post 35408477)
120 Mbit hasn't launched yet - that's later this year

So later this year for the traffic management for existing 100 meg users then is it ??, Because that's my upgrade to super duper speed and they say this traffic management does not hit you till you are upgraded, i hope i don't get the new traffic management now because that means there pulling a fast one YET AGAIN.

BenMcr 02-04-2012 14:40

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 35408485)
So later this year for the traffic management, Because that's my upgrade to super duper speed and they say this does not hit you till then, i hope i don't get the new traffic management now because that means there pulling a fast one YET AGAIN.

Traffic Management on 50 and 100Mbit does apply now. Virgin have never sold either as being a guaranteed unmanaged connection

Sirius 02-04-2012 14:42

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35408486)
Traffic Management on 50 and 100Mbit does apply now. Virgin have never sold either as being a guaranteed unmanaged connection

So does the new traffic management affect those that have NOT been upgraded ?

Quote:

As customers are migrated to their fantastic new speeds during the Speed Doubling program, we’ll be relaxing our traffic management policy by expanding their traffic management trigger thresholds.
So why will i be hit now when my upgrade has not happened yet ??

jimexbox 02-04-2012 14:43

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Its there now...

http://help.virginmedia.com/system/s...E=Cable#double

BenMcr 02-04-2012 14:46

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 35408488)
So does the new traffic managment affect those that have NOT been upgraded ?

Yes

Sirius 02-04-2012 14:49

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35408492)
Yes

Then the rest is " Whats the chuffing point" i think you will get the rest from that :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

buckleb 02-04-2012 14:49

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The elephant in the room here is that these measure, whatever one thinks of them, would not be required if people stopped regarding copyright-theft as a basic human right.

Of course the ISPs, including Virginmedia, are themselves to blame for a lot of this emphasising the raw download speed, which can only really be of interest to those who live to download the internet each night.

These latest restrictions by Virginmedia are actually quite reasonable in my opinion, and won't really handicap anyone engaged in normal internet activity.

Sirius 02-04-2012 14:53

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Quote:

Originally Posted by buckleb (Post 35408497)
The elephant in the room here is that these measure, whatever one thinks of them, would not be required if people stopped regarding copyright-theft as a basic human right.

Just one dam minute these measure affect those who

Stream video
Stream Music
Use Spotify
Download from Origin
Download from Steam
Stream from Iplayer
Stream from Netflixs
Stream from Lovefilms
Stream from ITV player
Upload to my FTP
Backup to Cloud including VM's own backup system that they give to every user who wants it.
Upload to my website
Play online gaming
Be a server for an online game
Voip calls
Stream tv to my Ipad when away from home


The list is longer and i am sure others could add to that

When you have a family who use the above ALL the time STM becomes the biggest pain in the arse of any ISP

Quote:

Originally Posted by buckleb (Post 35408497)

These latest restrictions by Virginmedia are actually quite reasonable in my opinion, and won't really handicap anyone engaged in normal internet activity.

So what is this normal activity you talk about

Jumping 02-04-2012 14:54

Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by buckleb (Post 35408497)
The elephant in the room here is that these measure, whatever one thinks of them, would not be required if people stopped regarding copyright-theft as a basic human right.

Of course the ISPs, including Virginmedia, are themselves to blame for a lot of this emphasising the raw download speed, which can only really be of interest to those who live to download the internet each night.

These latest restrictions by Virginmedia are actually quite reasonable in my opinion, and won't really handicap anyone engaged in normal internet activity.

Yeah cause there really isnt any legal way to download a lot of data...Patch World of Warcraft or use the download to play, buy some games from Steam, download Windows 8 beta etc there are plenty of legal ways to use a lot of data and its certainly normal internet activity.

Sirius 02-04-2012 14:59

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jumping (Post 35408500)
Yeah cause there really isnt any legal way to download a lot of data...Patch World of Warcraft or use the download to play, buy some games from Steam, download Windows 8 beta etc there are plenty of legal ways to use a lot of data and its certainly normal internet activity.

And don't mention using bit torrent to mirror the Raspberry pie isos like i am :rolleyes:

Remember people think Bit Torrent is for illegal use only:rolleyes:

Rexz 02-04-2012 15:02

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Quote:

Originally Posted by buckleb (Post 35408497)
The elephant in the room here is that these measure, whatever one thinks of them, would not be required if people stopped regarding copyright-theft as a basic human right.

Of course the ISPs, including Virginmedia, are themselves to blame for a lot of this emphasising the raw download speed, which can only really be of interest to those who live to download the internet each night.

These latest restrictions by Virginmedia are actually quite reasonable in my opinion, and won't really handicap anyone engaged in normal internet activity.

Normal internet activity? So now it is classed as abnormal use if we dare use the speed we are given? I just don't get why we keep coming back to this same argument. It has absolutely nothing to do with illegal downloading or abnormal internet use. The restrictions are there simply because the network can't cope with the high amount of traffic at these times. Yes I know its not a dedicated line and these traffic restrictions are here to help us also, but in seeing our speed doubled, we now have a new set of restrictions in place simply because they are cramming more people onto their network which can't cope. We should really look at our internet connections as the traffic managed speeds and then look at our full speed as a kind of boost "out of hours". It will be interesting to see how this plays out with BT and the competition out there.


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