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Well I was actually speaking about the TV service but since you mention it the whole network is bandwidth strapped. Nice to hear you are helping with this by your constant uploading. Unless, of course you are a hit and runner.  |
The tv is bandwith strapped? Maybe in regards to channels it is but there is plenty of VOD to make up for the loss of channels. Who the hell wants crap like wedding tv and sum tv and wine tv and holiday tv really?! Sky may have more channels but the majority are pure rubbish! I don't want that rubbish clogging up my EPG imagine how long it would take to scan through to find something worth watching! The analogue channels are being turned off and then there will be no further bantwith issues for tv.
Please explain to me how their internet service is bandwith strapped? I get a solid 20meg connection not a problem and there are plenty of other VM customers in the area. I feel sorry for you if you're bandwith strapped but the majority of customers seem happy with their VM bb service i guess that's why over a hundred thousand join every quarter eh?
No i always share torrents i download it's only fair
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Originally Posted by Mick Fisher
Well shortly you will only be able to do that overnight thanks to the new draconian limits being imposed because the network is bandwidth strapped. Hopefully you will remember to turn off your torrents before you leave for work in the morning.  |
I'll happily say you have lost me on this one? That's the first i have heard of it have you got an proof with a link?
If it was indeed true i'm sure there would be an uproar on other sites regarding VM too. As i said not the net bandwith is not all that strapped and they will soon be upgrading it to 50meg for more than the likes of BT, Sky and co can manage!
You say prices are high for VM bb? That's because they offer stability my friend and like i said there is no exchange issues. Sky can't go round charging for bb that they can not offer guaranteed stability on now can they? Imagine all those customers paying full price for 16meg bb and then only getting 1 meg because of exchange locations!
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Originally Posted by Mick Fisher
VOD is just like the red button services on Virgin - Extremely iffy.
Yep I reckon it was a good choice on VM's part to pick an old mpeg2 PVR out of SA's bargain bin.
No more HD channels for you in the foreseeable future cause the service is bandwidth strapped.
I fully agree Anytime is a joke. Everybody knows it is. I think I might have mentioned that earlier. If not then in some other thread.
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VOD is very much in it's infancy so people are going to have problems but it is hardly all the time.I think i have lost vod twice but in 2 years but a simple reset sorted that one out. No it's not like red button it's far from it that makes me wonder if you have actually used VM vod! It is nothing like red button services, which red button services is it like? When Iplayer launches that will be a soft launch through red button but the rest of the platform is nothing like red button.
You say they chose the poorer PVRs of the two? Well what does that say for Sky+ then? VM chose the worst pvr yet it still beats Sky+ hands down! I don't see Sky+ offering SD upscale, 3 tuners, and HD compatible! Then there is all the VOD library included! I am very happy with my VOD services from VM as are plenty of others who are happy to receive 4,000 hrs of VOD (since the Sky basics removal) and it's constantly increasing, 1,000 music videos included in my package(since the Sky basics removal)HD series of lost, ghost whisperer, mega structures, sopranos etc(since the Sky basics removal) Setanta sports for no extra fee(since the Sky basics removal) Setanta sports news(since the Sky basics removal). I was simply pointing out to another poster that we have seen lots of things since the removal of Sky basics which he suggested we have not.
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Originally Posted by Mick Fisher
See.. there you go again. Promoting V1 against Sky1 with such a manic fervour. Of the two of us you are the only one who cares. Never once have I promoted the Sky1 channel. The only thing I would promote is the Sky TV Platform. I think V1 and Sky1 are both equally crap and pretty much never watch either of them. The difference is only that Sky1 shows A-rated quality crap in 16.9 while V1 shows mostly B-rated crap in 4.3.
Oh dear! I mentioned that V1 is a 4.3 channel again didn't I, tsk, tsk.  |
Well that's your opinion. You stated above that V1 is inferior to the likes of Sky one as it still brodcasts in 4:3 instead of widescreen. It is also your opinion that Sky show real quality programmes although you just said in exactly the same paragraph that you thought they were both rubbish, which one is it? Make your mind
So where is this rubbish that you say V1 broadcast and where is the quality that Sky one broadcast? V1 has been here how long? 6 months and already they have shown 3 of the biggest shows to come out of America last year and this year! 2 of which have been renewed and it's looking likely SCC will be renewed too. Then there is all that many, many home grown commissions! I would say V1 is one of the better channels on freeview because it actually shows first run content of new massive shows most of which are normally grabbed for the likes of paytv channels which means freeviewers miss out and have to wait. Where is Sky ones A-rated content again? Oh right Gladiators! A remake of an old ITV show that has well and truly had it's day!
Journey man, wasn't a big hit at all and got canned after 13 eps.
Lost oh that was nicked off Channel 4 so hardly one of Skys own successes. What else is there? Oh yes prison break one of channels 5 so, so successes and since it launched it's new season on Sky one vieweing figures have dropped dramatically. The simpsons, i admit i love the simpsons but they have passed their sell by date and the movie was an all out effort to save the franchise. The past several seasons have been much poorer than that of it's previous seasons and it just seems to have lost it's spark and direction although i admit i still watch it. The only real decent thing to come out of Sky one recently has been Ross Kemp in Afghanistan (that was amazing) and the colour of magic although that didn't go down all that well with the viewers, i liked it.