Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
01-04-2012, 18:26
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
Most likely reason is VM realised they couldnt handle un STM'd 100mbit and had a choice of STMing it or increasing prices to make it viable to pay for upgrades, the latter I suspect needed a price much higher than £35 a month
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if that is the case then I would like to see them do some form of bolt-on like for mobile phones where you can pay an extra £5 for another 50gb before you get stm'd or something.
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01-04-2012, 19:18
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
No matter what they do, they have to make sure it works correctly. I am on the 10mb, and at this precise moment I have shot well past their download limits. I have downloaded over 9gb since 9am, and my speeds are unaffected. Considering the download limits are 3gb between 9am and 3pm, and 1.5gb between 4pm and 9pm, at this moment I should be capped to 25% of my normal speed. The problem I have with Virgins STM, is that at precisely 9pm, my speeds will be capped. They dont get capped when I breach the 3gb or 1.5gb. All this downloading has been done using torrents, so the protocol shaping doesnt work.
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01-04-2012, 19:53
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
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Originally Posted by General Maximus
if that is the case then I would like to see them do some form of bolt-on like for mobile phones where you can pay an extra £5 for another 50gb before you get stm'd or something.
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You know this is about their cable broadband services, right?
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01-04-2012, 20:05
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
the bit before the bold says "like"
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01-04-2012, 20:43
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
If they are going to move to a monthly stm cap, and the information available on these forums seems to suggest that is the case, then they really do need to provide a server-side based bandwith monitor.
However until theres official statements, its just speculation.
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01-04-2012, 20:45
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
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You know this is about their cable broadband services, right?
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Yeah cause he wants boltons like you get on the mobile network for extra data limits. Not sure how its confusing.
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01-04-2012, 20:53
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
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Originally Posted by craigj2k12
the bit before the bold says "like"
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01-04-2012, 21:09
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
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Originally Posted by General Maximus
if that is the case then I would like to see them do some form of bolt-on like for mobile phones where you can pay an extra £5 for another 50gb before you get stm'd or something.
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Eh...........
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01-04-2012, 21:31
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
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Originally Posted by carlwaring
You know this is about their cable broadband services, right?
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no, I want to pay £5 a month so I can download 50gb through my mobile phone
So lets review the conversation for those of us who cant keep up:
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Originally Posted by General Maximus
stm is a pain in the ass. I wish they would just give us the option to pay the un-discounted price of £35 and keep things as they are.
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Originally Posted by broadbandking
Never gonna happen.
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Originally Posted by General Maximus
Why not? I am not asking for anything new, i just want to keep what i have already got
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chrysalis
Most likely reason is VM realised they couldnt handle un STM'd 100mbit and had a choice of STMing it or increasing prices to make it viable to pay for upgrades, the latter I suspect needed a price much higher than £35 a month
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Quote:
Originally Posted by General Maximus
if that is the case then I would like to see them do some form of bolt-on like for mobile phones where you can pay an extra £5 for another 50gb before you get stm'd or something.
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Sooooooo, given that I can't keep my current 100mbit service as it is and Chrysalis has suggested that it would cost significantly more than what I currently pay, I used an analogy of an already implemented service being used on another technology (mobile phones ) to provide an example of how VM can implement a graduated price plan to off set the additional expense for those customers who want an stm free service.
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01-04-2012, 22:03
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
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Given that they would probably lose their job if they did, I am quite happy for them not to.
So, just just mindless speculation from you then with no basis other than something against VM by the sound of it.
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where did I say it wasnt speculation?
I buy services of VM I dont have to like them.
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01-04-2012, 23:24
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
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Originally Posted by General Maximus
So lets review the conversation for those of us who cant keep up.
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And you're so perfect you never make mistakes or mis-understand anything?
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
I buy services of VM I dont have to like them.
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I don't generally buy anything from a company I don't like. I assume you don't have any choice where you live?
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02-04-2012, 10:49
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
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Originally Posted by Milambar
If they are going to move to a monthly stm cap, and the information available on these forums seems to suggest that is the case, then they really do need to provide a server-side based bandwith monitor.
However until theres official statements, its just speculation.
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They are not moving to a monthly STM cap
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02-04-2012, 11:45
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
Where is the official new STM today ? There is nothing on it yet.
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02-04-2012, 11:49
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
The day isn't over yet
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02-04-2012, 11:53
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
The day isn't over yet
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Maybe they can't decided yet because if the STM is pretty worse than the old one, and if Sky bring FTTC 80/20 with totally UNLIMITED and no FUP and no cap, then I think more peoples will be leaving Virgin Media to join Sky Broadband but I think Virgin Media had to be careful not to lose too many customers once Sky FTTC launching soon this month.
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