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

pmdelany · 16-05-2007, 18:44

There is so much wrong with the way this has been brought in I wish VM would reconsider, but I doubt they will.

1) Their information page on this blatently lies, when it says only the top 5% will be affected, when really it's everyone over the limit, so could be 100% of people.

2) If they are so keen on targeting the top 5% then why don't they, they must know who the people are who constantly max out their connections.

3) Despite peoples attempts to deny otherwise, the service is limited, if on my 4Mb link I could download 40GB in a day (I don't it's just a guess) then as I no longer will be able to my service is being limited and I am not getting the service I paid for. It is incorrect to say "But the downloads are unlimited", because again they are not as I would be unable to get as many downloads done in the time, they too are therefore limited.

4) The cap limits are too small but also done over too short of a timescale, almost everyone will at some point want to download something large which will put them over the limit for the evening, it would be better for example if it only applied if your weekly average was over the limit.

5) If their network can't handle 20Mb then they shouldn't offer it, I assume it can handle 10Mb for everyone all of the time if that's what they are dropped to when exceeding the limit.

16-05-2007, 18:44	#330
pmdelany Inactive Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 53	Re: how about we start a campaign to let VM know that we DONT LIKE SHAPING There is so much wrong with the way this has been brought in I wish VM would reconsider, but I doubt they will. 1) Their information page on this blatently lies, when it says only the top 5% will be affected, when really it's everyone over the limit, so could be 100% of people. 2) If they are so keen on targeting the top 5% then why don't they, they must know who the people are who constantly max out their connections. 3) Despite peoples attempts to deny otherwise, the service is limited, if on my 4Mb link I could download 40GB in a day (I don't it's just a guess) then as I no longer will be able to my service is being limited and I am not getting the service I paid for. It is incorrect to say "But the downloads are unlimited", because again they are not as I would be unable to get as many downloads done in the time, they too are therefore limited. 4) The cap limits are too small but also done over too short of a timescale, almost everyone will at some point want to download something large which will put them over the limit for the evening, it would be better for example if it only applied if your weekly average was over the limit. 5) If their network can't handle 20Mb then they shouldn't offer it, I assume it can handle 10Mb for everyone all of the time if that's what they are dropped to when exceeding the limit.