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Old 01-04-2012, 18:26   #46
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd

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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
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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Old 01-04-2012, 19:18   #47
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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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Old 01-04-2012, 19:53   #48
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd

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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.
You know this is about their cable broadband services, right?
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Old 01-04-2012, 20:05   #49
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd

the bit before the bold says "like"
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Old 01-04-2012, 20:43   #50
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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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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd

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You know this is about their cable broadband services, right?
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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the bit before the bold says "like"
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Old 01-04-2012, 21:09   #53
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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.


Eh...........
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Old 01-04-2012, 21:31   #54
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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd

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You know this is about their cable broadband services, right?
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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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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Never gonna happen.
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Why not? I am not asking for anything new, i just want to keep what i have already got
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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.

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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Old 01-04-2012, 22:03   #55
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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.
where did I say it wasnt speculation?

I buy services of VM I dont have to like them.
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Old 01-04-2012, 23:24   #56
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So lets review the conversation for those of us who cant keep up.
And you're so perfect you never make mistakes or mis-understand anything?

---------- Post added at 22:24 ---------- Previous post was at 22:24 ----------

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I buy services of VM I dont have to like them.
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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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd

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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.
They are not moving to a monthly STM cap
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Old 02-04-2012, 11:45   #58
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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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Re: Traffic Management Changes - April 2nd

The day isn't over yet
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The day isn't over yet
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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