And all of you need to use all of the quota during the STM times? none of you can schedule your stuff outside STM times? The times and amounts are clearly listed so if it is important to avoid getting hit by the 50% reduction then try and schedule your downloads accordingly.
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And all of you need to use all of the quota during the STM times? none of you can schedule your stuff outside STM times? The times and amounts are clearly listed so if it is important to avoid getting hit by the 50% reduction then try and schedule your downloads accordingly.
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Yes obviously we are going to have to do that but going from being able to download when ever we want something and now having to do it at certain times is a huge pain. It also means we are probably going to have computers running all night, so our electricity bills are going to increase.
Depending on how you download certain software does offer you the option to power off your system after all downloads are completed.
Is this STM live now because I downloaded 26GB yesterday in the morning window and did not have my speed reduced. Perhaps it only kicks in after the upgrade has been done (mine is set for this month).
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Computer electricity bill won't cost very much really.
Everyone will STM eventually (I'm almost certain BT will do this once Infinity is more widespread, or at least make the unlimited package prohibitively expensive for most people).
Not convinced that being STM'ed to 50mbit from 100mbit on the odd occasion you absolutely blitz the pipe at peak times is really an issue, if you expect 100mbit unlimited all the time you should be on a leased line not a contended residential line.
Not convinced that being STM'ed to 50mbit from 100mbit on the odd occasion you absolutely blitz the pipe at peak times is really an issue, if you expect 100mbit unlimited all the time you should be on a leased line not a contended residential line.
Infinity already has shaping. Most of the budget providers shape. Sky will probably be the only budget 40Mb/s+ provider without shaping.
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I agree with what you're saying to an extent, but I blame the ISP's. They're the ones offering the speed, not just to new connections but with these speed doubling that you see every few years.
They make a big deal of the speeds, using it to gain more users but also, in pretty much the same breath they impose some rather complicated traffic management.
Personally, I'd rather the marketed the connections as a reduced speed but with a bustable bit on top, ie 50Mbps burst to 100Mbps.
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Virgin Media should change the speed eg the minimum speed during STM & non STM on their site for more clearer!
Like this
Virgin Media Broadband:
Up To 15Mb (STM) Up To 30Mb (9pm to 10am & 3pm to 4pm 7 days a week with no limit of download per month)
Up To 30Mb (STM) Up To 60Mb (9pm to 10am & 3pm to 4pm 7 days a week with no limit of download per month)
Up To 50Mb (STM) Up To 100Mb (9pm to 10am & 3pm to 4pm 7 days a week with no limit of download per month)
Like this
Virgin Media Broadband:
Up To 15Mb (STM) Up To 30Mb (9pm to 10am & 3pm to 4pm 7 days a week with no limit of download per month)
Up To 30Mb (STM) Up To 60Mb (9pm to 10am & 3pm to 4pm 7 days a week with no limit of download per month)
Up To 50Mb (STM) Up To 100Mb (9pm to 10am & 3pm to 4pm 7 days a week with no limit of download per month)
Hmm, yes those huge long descriptions about each service are so catchy, I'm sure VM will get right on it.
Is that due to the docsis technology or not enought investment in bandwidth from the UBR to the hub? As I understand cable so many property's connect to a local UBR which is fibre from there back to the local hub which in my case is the croydon hub?
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should have read the time of the OP post 
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