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cu3ed · 17 Apr 2011 at 20:25

karlbbb said:
Is your broadband from Virgin Media by any chance?

lol..yes why...that doesnt read good.

squerble · 17 Apr 2011 at 20:36

cu3ed said:
lol..yes why...that doesnt read good.

They've implemented Traffic Management over all bundles that affects P2P traffic. Unfortunately they haven't done enough to ensure that Xbox traffic (which utilises P2P traffic for games like BC2 and Black Ops) is not affected by it.

So this pure shafting by Virgin Media is screwing over a lot of Xbox Live games and in fact even just Xbox Live (downloads, vids etc. Even just loading the avatars of friends takes much longer than it used to).

cu3ed · 17 Apr 2011 at 22:59

You have got to be kidding me! I was calling up this week to get libe upgraded to the 50mb connection!

Pete19s · 18 Apr 2011 at 10:46

karlbbb said:
Is your broadband from Virgin Media by any chance?

That explains a great deal, one of the guys I play with is having lots of issues with the game dropping mid round or not being able to join. Gutted for him

TriedandTested · 18 Apr 2011 at 10:51

Pete19s said:
That explains a great deal, one of the guys I play with is having lots of issues with the game dropping mid round or not being able to join. Gutted for him

I did wonder why Live was so slow.

Are VM doing anything to resolve this?

cu3ed · 18 Apr 2011 at 12:21

Any other sites that are talking about this or confirming this new policy?
If i upgrade the line dont want to be locked int a new contract (which I assume their will be with the upgrade?), to find I cant even do the most basic things!

finite · 18 Apr 2011 at 12:35

It's a total shambles at the moment all you can do is sit tight or switch ISP.

cu3ed · 18 Apr 2011 at 12:37

Sit tight as in VM or aware of the problem and will do soemthing about it?

Or am I jsut safer swapping to another connection..which I dont really fancy doing that as its more hassle!

slambo69 · 18 Apr 2011 at 12:44

Damn, Im on virgin media and have been having problems, along with my mates. I just thought xbox live was playing up. Has anyone been in touch with virgin media? Might pop into the glasgow shop on my way home.

cu3ed · 18 Apr 2011 at 12:57

Have joined and posted about this on teh VM forums, seem to have some advisers talking and ansewering so will see.

squerble · 18 Apr 2011 at 13:34

They had five members from the forum giving feedback over the weekend whilst the guys at Virgin trialed things (they weren't specific). There have been no results from this yet, but hopefully it won't be too long.

yoyo50 · 19 May 2011 at 13:36

All my kills from last night have not shown on my stats blehhhhhhhhh -.,- (PS3)

insane200 · 19 May 2011 at 13:38

yoyo50 said:
All my kills from last night have not shown on my stats blehhhhhhhhh -.,- (PS3)

sometimes they take a while, whats your Psn ? i need more squad mates.

Edit, just spotted it, il add you later for a few games.

Method · 28 May 2011 at 14:27

Any good Xbox players out there? I despair at the people I've to put up with in my random squads when I join. Nearly lvl 26 if that matters!

XBL is below in my sig, feel free to add me!

Greebo · 7 Jun 2011 at 21:27

Whats the ocuk server please?

K1LLSW1TCH · 20 Jun 2011 at 14:27

Sorry to bump the thread but I wanted to ask a question that isn't worthy of it's own thread.

I just went and bought the game today, the shop said that the disk was brand new, but they couldn't find the box for it, so they bumped the price down to £6.50 and I couldn't resist.

It's the Xbox 360 version, now, I've just put the disk in and downloaded a small update, then I went onto the in-game store to redeem the VIP code and it's downloading a 1.64 GB update which is entitled BFBC2 Vietnam Multiplayer Update, I'm slightly confused as I thought you had to pay extra for the Vietnam expansion?

Also could anyone tell me what my VIP code entitles me to? I would Google but I thought I'd get a quicker response here.

ic1male · 20 Jun 2011 at 14:31

The VIP code entitles you to extra map packs for the normal multiplayer modes. The Vietnam expansion is downloaded as part of the latest multiplayer update but you still need to buy it before you can play it.

K1LLSW1TCH · 20 Jun 2011 at 14:35

ic1male said:
The VIP code entitles you to extra map packs for the normal multiplayer modes. The Vietnam expansion is downloaded as part of the latest multiplayer update but you still need to buy it before you can play it.

Yeah that was my suspicion, that you had to purchase Vietnam even after downloading. Thanks for the quick reply.

Have there been many map packs?

ic1male · 20 Jun 2011 at 14:37

I think there was 8 off the top of my head spread across the four MP modes.

K1LLSW1TCH · 20 Jun 2011 at 14:40

ic1male said:
I think there was 8 off the top of my head spread across the four MP modes.

Cool.

Should be plenty of content to tide me over until BF3 then.

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