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Originally Posted by Paul M
If you seriously think that this forum is representative of the whole VM customer base then I think you need to take a break and get some perspective. Our members only represent a small minority, and even then, a lot of members are happy with what they get. To base such a statement on just what you read here is just plain daft. So I'll ask again, on what is the statement based.
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A small minority, and the mostly unhappy ones at that - I am a very happy VM user getting the full 20Mb out of my line when I need it. Even during peak time I can easily max out the connection while downloading opensource stuff.
As well as obvious contention in busy areas on the VM network, a lot of users seem to forget about the contention that exists at the other end of the pipe - every site / server on the internet can only push out a finite amount of data. Of course, during peak, they will have more users on and thus less available per user.
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Originally Posted by sollp
It would be nice to think they could vary the price depending on what your set when using ADSL, BT will set your stable line speed and that will be the speed you will get. So why not vary, well they wouldn't get as money off would they!!
Have a look at all Broadband providers and see what sort of traffic management most use.
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DSL ISPs pay BT a fixed amount per line on the 'MAX' system, regardless of what speed they are providing to the end user - it doesn't vary with speed at all, only with transfer (cap).
Very few ISPs now provide a service with traffic management of some form or another, some will tell you what they do... some just do it without saying.