Virgin Media thought for the day

The 5% of users that are the reason for implementing STM (throttling)
Are they "cloned modems" or are they customers?

Be interestin if they are the result of cloned modems, as payin
customers are subsidising their use on the network.

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:28:51 +0100, "Gonz" <T o p @ S e c r e t . c o
m> wrote:

>The 5% of users that are the reason for implementing STM (throttling)
>Are they "cloned modems" or are they customers?
>
>Be interestin if they are the result of cloned modems, as payin
>customers are subsidising their use on the network.

I would have thought by now that you and many others would have come
to the conclusion has I have that it just isn't any use arguing with
VM they will have their way and they are just not bothered about
loosing a few thousand customers in so doing .
Given a choice after two previous excursions into the world of BT and
ADSL I know where I would sooner be no matter what VM think of doing
next, the most many people can get from ADSL is 8 Mb and some are
getting a hell of a sight less I will stick with my 20 from VM for
the same money with no phone line to pay for on top .

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> "Gonz" <T o p @ S e c r e t . c o m> wrote:
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> >The 5% of users that are the reason for implementing STM (throttling)
> >Are they "cloned modems" or are they customers?
> >
> >Be interestin if they are the result of cloned modems, as payin
> >customers are subsidising their use on the network.
>
> I would have thought by now that you and many others would have come
> to the conclusion has I have that it just isn't any use arguing with
> VM they will have their way and they are just not bothered about
> loosing a few thousand customers in so doing .
> Given a choice after two previous excursions into the world of BT and
> ADSL I know where I would sooner be

Ditto after 2 excursions into Virgin's (and previously NTL's) cable offering.


> no matter what VM think of doing
> next, the most many people can get from ADSL is 8 Mb and some are
> getting a hell of a sight less I will stick with my 20 from VM for
> the same money with no phone line to pay for on top .

How much are you paying for that 20M connection and how fast does it run in
reality ?

Graham

"Eeyore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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Oh look bill and ben A.K.A Gonz and eeyore...

"Full of Sugar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Eeyore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Oh look bill and ben A.K.A Gonz and eeyore...

I like how you used the word sugar, as the friendly term for the word
shit.

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:20:02 +0100, Eeyore
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>How much are you paying for that 20M connection

£ 27.99

> and how fast does it run in reality ?

At the moment 2.05 MB/sec from gamefiles and at most other times also.

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> On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:20:02 +0100, Eeyore
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>>How much are you paying for that 20M connection
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> £ 27.99
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>> and how fast does it run in reality ?
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> At the moment 2.05 MB/sec from gamefiles and at most other times also.

Oh no, now you`ve done it, the pair have nothing to feed off now....

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> On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:20:02 +0100, Eeyore
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>>How much are you paying for that 20M connection
>
> £ 27.99
>
>> and how fast does it run in reality ?
>
> At the moment 2.05 MB/sec from gamefiles and at most other times also.

I'm payin £18 for an up to 24MB connection, and in reality it runs at a
constant 14Mb/sec no matter what time of day.

Mind you, this is on ADSL and not Cable )

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> I'm payin £18 for an up to 24MB connection, and in reality it runs at a
> constant 14Mb/sec no matter what time of day.
>

How many exchanges is that available?

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> "Gonz" <T o p @ S e c r e t . c o m> wrote in message
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>> I'm payin £18 for an up to 24MB connection, and in reality it runs at
>> a constant 14Mb/sec no matter what time of day.
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>
> How many exchanges is that available?

What?