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broadbandking 19-06-2009 17:39
Re: Broadband Quality Trial
 
It not going to effect your connection tho, what would the £200 do for you if it did effect your connection, if it did you could get yourself off the trial.

Virgin Media need people to trial things so they can improve things, if they didn't nothing would get tested or trialed.

bluecandylover 19-06-2009 18:52
Re: Broadband Quality Trial
 
I've signed up for it. Although my connection runs lovely.

KingDaveRa 19-06-2009 21:49
Re: Broadband Quality Trial
 
I signed up earlier. Intrigued to see how it works, what it does. IIRC from previous trials they used a modified netgear router. I wouldn't mind betting it's the same router, just with a subtly different firmware/configuration. And hey, if there's prizes going begging, I'm all for it!

punky 19-06-2009 21:59
Re: Broadband Quality Trial
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by broadbandking (Post 34817585)
It not going to effect your connection tho, what would the £200 do for you if it did effect your connection, if it did you could get yourself off the trial.

Virgin Media need people to trial things so they can improve things, if they didn't nothing would get tested or trialed.
They could give me a free upgrade though. Why should I go through all the agro for nothing or a "prize draw"? Its using my electricity after all.

Do you have to manually initiate it to do a speed test and send it back to VM? If its automatic/random then surely the results would be meaningless as it won't have any idea if you're downloading or not.

zing_deleted 19-06-2009 22:01
Re: Broadband Quality Trial
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by broadbandking (Post 34817585)
It not going to effect your connection tho, what would the £200 do for you if it did effect your connection, if it did you could get yourself off the trial.

Virgin Media need people to trial things so they can improve things, if they didn't nothing would get tested or trialed.

Why should I do anything for nothing? VM limit my connection which I pay for if I use it what do I owe VM? Its upto the individual but I aint doing it for nothing

sollp 19-06-2009 22:16
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zinglebarb (Post 34817785)
Why should I do anything for nothing? VM limit my connection which I pay for if I use it what do I owe VM? Its upto the individual but I aint doing it for nothing
Then we can all kepp moaning how rubbish the connection is ect and nothing is ever done to improve it:rolleyes:

Sambora 19-06-2009 22:32
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Peter M at Chetnet seems to know what this is about, see http://www.chetnet.co.uk/portal/foru...ead.php?t=9076 and how it works

Interesting point "If you want to raise pointless whinges and criticisms just for the sake of it don't apply - no one is forcing you to participate "

punky 19-06-2009 22:52
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sambora (Post 34817809)
Interesting point "If you want to raise pointless whinges and criticisms just for the sake of it don't apply - no one is forcing you to participate "
If only the same could be said about STM

Sambora 19-06-2009 23:00
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Quote:
Originally Posted by punky (Post 34817816)
If only the same could be said about STM
"Pointless whinge"; did you consider changing your broadband supplier? I assume no one at VM is forcing you to stay with VirginMedia and STM?

punky 19-06-2009 23:10
Re: Broadband Quality Trial
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sambora (Post 34817818)
"Pointless whinge"; did you consider changing your broadband supplier? I assume no one at VM is forcing you to stay with VirginMedia and STM?
The people up north in the STM trial areas didn't get much choice.

P.S. What a pointless whinge is to you, isn't to everyone else. OK?

Sambora 19-06-2009 23:22
Re: Broadband Quality Trial
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by punky (Post 34817822)
The people up north in the STM trial areas didn't get much choice.
I assume "up north" includes the "North West" where I live?

As I asked "did you consider changing your broadband supplier?" you seem to prefer whinging to actually getting off your a$$ and doing somthing! In my book that attitude rates a zero. Or is it only you that is is entitled to an opinion, "OK?"

punky 20-06-2009 00:01
Re: Broadband Quality Trial
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sambora (Post 34817830)
I assume "up north" includes the "North West" where I live?
Perceptive of you. Where VM normally trial their STM, in Preston etc. Did they volunteer for STM? Where they even told without having to check the VM website daily for updates?

Quote:
As I asked "did you consider changing your broadband supplier?" you seem to prefer whinging to actually getting off your a$$ and doing somthing! In my book that attitude rates a zero. Or is it only you that is is entitled to an opinion, "OK?"
I was never in a STM trial area, so the point is irrelevent.

I really don't give a toss that you rate my attitude at "zero", but I personally think you can do with removing that sizeable chip from your shoulder. This thread is about VM trials and you seemed to want to make it a personal attack on me.

BenMcr 20-06-2009 00:11
Re: Broadband Quality Trial
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by punky (Post 34817839)
This thread is about VM trials
No it's not - it is about a Sam Knows broadband quality test being run at the request of VM.

The results of which I would have thought everyone on here would be interested in seeing

drdaws 22-06-2009 17:21
Re: Broadband Quality Trial
 
Reading the info about this it seem that participants will be able to view data thats collected & transmitted back to Virgin. Does this mean that my total download amounts will be seen? At present I use Net Meter, this will only record the download on the PC that it's running on. As I have a desktop, laptop & 4 internet radios will I be able to check the total download? I can't do that at present.

JediMaster 23-06-2009 11:36
Re: Broadband Quality Trial
 
How do I contact Virgin about this? I registered yesterday & now wish to be REMOVED from the List.

Only now do I realise the
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We’ll send you a small piece of hardware which conducts the tests. All you need to do is plug it into your router’s spare socket, then forget all about it. There’s no software to download, no need to change how your computer’s set up, no need to run any of the tests yourself – it looks after everything automatically.
is NOT all that easy.

You need a Power Plug (that I dont have free near my PC/Router) then they say on that other link I have to disconnect all my router & wire the NEW Box direct & then all my stuff via the new box.

Not just as it was first described on the site.

So I with to REMOVE myself from the Trial.


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