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Originally Posted by BenMcr
So they are basically saying apart from a few issues with the 20Mb cable service (which is probably why Virgin want to offload that onto the DOCSIS 3 network), Virgin can match O2/Be for performance?
This isn't a Virgin are better than O2/Be comment as I think Be are a fantasic ISP (which is why I am with them), but I think it does show that Virgin are not as bad as people make out 
Obviously Virgin.net is a different matter, which I am seriously hoping the LLU stuff that is coming soon with help fix
I am disappointed in PlusNet's traffic shaping though. How the mighty have fallen lol |
I'm sure peeps know Virgin aren't that bad, though you do wonder how Be/O2 can match Virgin for performance without a whizzy fibre optic network
As far as Plusnet go they have shaped for years and been pretty open about it. Check their website for more info:
http://www.plus.net/support/broadban...tisation.shtml
You can even see the breakdown of traffic going through their network:
http://www.plus.net/support/displayI...work-usage.gif
And they talk quite candidly about how / why and what they are doing in the future:
http://www.plus.net/support/broadban.../roadmap.shtml
It's not that different from STM, apart that it's far more focussed and potentially intelligent than blunt rules on a CMTS. It does however cost in terms of equipment needed and development time, while STM is a couple of lines of config on the CMTS and costs nothing.