You've heard of Traffic Management, well they've started a new one now.
 

Application Management is really simple. We have a set of rules that manages how much bandwidth is allocated to a specific list of applications and protocols during peak periods. The rules apply to everyone on the network who is using these application and protocols during the peak period. Outside of peak periods, Application Management does not apply. Right now, the peak period for Application Management is Monday to Friday 4pm till 1am, and all day at the weekend.

Peak periods for Application Management may vary from time to time. This enables us to adapt the service to seasonal variations in demand, as well as the ever-changing ways in which customers use the internet


Is somebody on a bet that they can lose thousands of customers in a short space of time? :shocked:

http://www.virgin.net/helpme/broadba...s_traffic.html

Re: You've heard of Traffic Management, well they've started a new one now.
 

Wow! When did THAT appear?

Re: You've heard of Traffic Management, well they've started a new one now.
 

Thankfully that's ADSL and not cable.

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16:33 ;)

I wonder what the applications will be besides all P2P, iplayer, binary usenet downloaders, and internet explorer?

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Phew! (Wipes brow)

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http://www.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-management.php is the one for cable customers

Re: You've heard of Traffic Management, well they've started a new one now.
 

And you really believe this isnt going to make its way to cable?

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:eek:

Reading that is a lot worse than the previous policies. If you get traffic managed, it will now not only be just that evening that you overdid it, but for a whole weeks worth of evenings.

And as for application management :mad:

Can someone at Virgin Media please tell me why I bother with an internet connection? They need to update their thinking. It's not just about music tracks anymore. With things like iplayer, large media files will increasingly be shifted, and that will be during the times when people use their connections, i.e. peak hours. :(

---------- Post added at 16:44 ---------- Previous post was at 16:43 ----------

Where does it say that? As I read it it applies to broadband use generally.

Re: You've heard of Traffic Management, well they've started a new one now.
 

this doc. refers to back to another doc titled "non cable services" so it may not apply to cable, I sincerely hope, if it does, most weekend surfers will be off to new isp's, including me

Re: You've heard of Traffic Management, well they've started a new one now.
 

It's under virgin.net, rather than virginmedia.com

However, as Traxdata says, how long before it extends to cable?

Re: You've heard of Traffic Management, well they've started a new one now.
 

From elsewhere on that site ;)

Re: You've heard of Traffic Management, well they've started a new one now.
 

The url is a bit of a giveaway.

Alternatively track back from that webpage up through 'The basics' and then select the page describing the AUP and you'll find "Broadband Service" is defined as "Virgin Media's service whereby you may gain direct high speed access to the Internet via your BT phone line using ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) technology"

Re: You've heard of Traffic Management, well they've started a new one now.
 

fair enough, even so , with the way that Virgin Media behave, giving better speeds on one hand, yet crippling them by management processes on the other, I can see this silliness spreading :(

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Porn, the same as everyone else!?

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:bsmack: