Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

When i do need to use torrents i just rent a seedbox for the month, that way i just ftp the stuff of the seedbox.

Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

I dont see how that would differ from using the torrent itself

Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

You don't upload anything with a seedbox, it does the uploading for you so doesn't affect the VM line.

I don't even FTP the files off mine anymore I just have XBMC pointed at my seedbox server as a content source so it streams directly from it.

Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

Arranged to replace my VMNG300 with a Superhub 2 on the phone - the offshore agent wanted £20 postage but got it down to £5 but she insisted this came with a new 12 month contract. Is that correct to re-contract for an equipment upgrade I should already have on the 120mb tier?

Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

No it's not correct. The VMNG300 is officially out of spec for your network and VM are obliged to replace it. There is an argument to be had about whether it's a SH1 or SH2 and that coukld be resolved by calling VM's Retentions department and telling them how enraged you are at being forced onto a new contract. You weren't thinking of leaving before the insult and now you are!

Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

A service technician would swap a vmng300 with a superhub v1. When the speed upgrade happens you get a sh2

Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

The speed upgrade has already happened for some people in my area who pre-registered but it looks likely that the new config has not been pushed over to the VMNG300, will see what happens when I swap it with a super hub (hopefully v2) next thursday.

The old modem has been great on 100 then 120mbit with no complaints for the past few years considering it was supplied with one of the first 50mbit installs. Can't see it working on 152 hence the swap over.

Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

you dont have to seed a torrent to download it

Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

Isn't it better to download using http or ftp protocols? Wouldn't this have less impact on the other users of your (home) network?

Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

.... never mind other users on the VM segment.

Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

VM's problem to provision their network to cope with demand or change their policies to control that demand, not an individual customer's.

Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

The Kraken awakens.

Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

I don't understand this ..

Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

In fairness, I agree with him. I stand by the controversial opinion of - you're paying for the service VM is meant to provide. If VM is unable to provide that service, they shouldn't be selling it.

Re: Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014
 

It is not a customer's job to police how they use VM's network, it's up to VM to either engineer their network so that it can handle customer usage or to ensure that there are policies in place to keep customer usage down.

According to VM every customer has every right to download as much as they want whenever they want, hence the service other people in the same area may receive isn't anyone's problem apart from VM's.

I was responding to Seph.

As far as home network impact goes if a home network can't handle P2P it sucks and needs upgrading. In this day and age with memory being as cheap as it is there is absolutely no excuse for a router to not be able to handle several thousand simultaneous connections.

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Any time I want to use them the traffic gets split between two ISPs so I'd hope neither can really complain too much.