Cable Forum - View Single Post - how about we start a campaign to let VM know that we DONT LIKE SHAPING

pedrohizzo · 14-05-2007, 22:43

The problem i have with it is because they claimed the network is suffering from people downloading too much and part of their solution is to increase the highest package speed by 100% for a nominal fee of Ã‚Â£2/4$ and then implement traffic shaping which (in my opinion) is affecting the lower tiers more.

I think it's basically a poor attempt to nudge everyone onto a higher package that they dont need. also the traffic shaping we have isn't merely prioritising certain types of traffic it is a solid 50% reduction in speed once you go over an extremely low, set amount of bandwidth between 4pm and 12am.

Surely the solution to congestion on the network isn't to offer higher speeds? or are they relying on people to upgrade out of frustration to something they previously didn't need?

14-05-2007, 22:43	#254
pedrohizzo Inactive Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 43	Re: how about we start a campaign to let VM know that we DONT LIKE SHAPING The problem i have with it is because they claimed the network is suffering from people downloading too much and part of their solution is to increase the highest package speed by 100% for a nominal fee of Ã‚Â£2/4$ and then implement traffic shaping which (in my opinion) is affecting the lower tiers more. I think it's basically a poor attempt to nudge everyone onto a higher package that they dont need. also the traffic shaping we have isn't merely prioritising certain types of traffic it is a solid 50% reduction in speed once you go over an extremely low, set amount of bandwidth between 4pm and 12am. Surely the solution to congestion on the network isn't to offer higher speeds? or are they relying on people to upgrade out of frustration to something they previously didn't need?