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Re: Leaving Virgin ?

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Originally Posted by DaiNasty (Post 34556415)

As I understand it extra hardware is introduced into the 'chain' to enable the analysis work. There is no obvious way to avoid the whole client datastream for every customer having to pass through this equipment. It is only *after* cookie analysis has taken place that the opt-in or opt-out status can be decided. At that time the decision is made whether or not to send adverts based on your opt-in status. However, by that time your data has already entered the system. Now how many of us really believe that any commercial organisation is just going to dump that valuable data?

You are correct in this there is no way to avoid the servers placed in line by Phorm, there are a lot of them. If you are planning to stay I would take a few tracerts to sites and save to a file dated then re run the test to see if extra hops are added later this would be the servers added in to harvest your details.

Re: Leaving Virgin ?

I am staying with them at the moment, but if STM gets any worse then I am off. It is worse for me as I am in the new STM trials. For me STM time is 10am - 3pm then 4pm - 9pm, which is an absolute pain in the arse. It was bad enough having 4pm to 9pm but with the new times it makes things a lot harder. If they go even further, then I have probably had it with them.

As for me I share legit files with friends, 99% of the time this is stuff like gaming files like patches and gaming maps and the like. For upload speed in the UK I had a good upload rate and was quite happy to send my friends like maps and small gaming patches. No that I have such a lot of STM on my upload rate during the day I have decided to get a hosted dedicated server to share stuff with my gaming files with my friends. It has worked out cheaper than I thought. I now have a dedicated server for Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£19.99 a month, which has 250gb hd, 100mbit up and down and no sharing quota. That has made sharing things with my friends a lot easier.

Re: Leaving Virgin ?

well i have STM from 7pm-12am not matter if i download owt or not.