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Originally Posted by TraxData
The fact STM does not affect you, as you say, means you have nothing more to add to the debate either  .
It's not your business what other people do with their connections, you cant complain because VM has sold it as unlimited and people are actually using it.
Again, the whole point of a high speed connection is so you can download files faster, not start the download, have a 20mbit speed burst for 20 mins then down to 5mbit taking twice as long to get the file downloaded.
All because your happy to sit here and be ripped off it does not mean others are.
You seem to think anyone who downloads is an abuser? what about households with more than 1 pc? people who have kids? i can easily use that STM limit up within an hour with iplayer/youtube/game/updates/patches.
You think its fair to class them as abusers because they sometimes have to download large files?
You do realise STM is NOT in place to stop heavy downloaders, right?
It's there so they can keep on signing more people up while not having to give the customers what they are actually paying for.
I think you need to remember normal people have lifes, jobs and other things to do...and are only online for a few hours today, if they want to download something in those few hours at the speed they are paying for ,they should be allowed.
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While I don't deny some of those points, the fact is most are surmountable with strategy, if you want to 'dumb down' use of the internet, then fair do - your 'normal people' may have some issues - but I don't think you really expect 'most' people are as dumb as you think & you are just trying to pursue an agenda.
Not a problem, in itself, but don't underestimate the casual user - there is no reason why they cannot be educated to get the most from their connection - and queuing downloads outside of STM time slots is part of that, imo
/ queues download, sets pc to shut down when complete, goes to bed ...