Thread: Virgin Cable Broadband - what I've got going so far
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Old 19-10-2008, 11:53   #7
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Re: Virgin Cable Broadband - what I've got going so far
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Originally Posted by whydoIneedatech View Post
The modem will not work unless you call Quickstart on 0800 953 9500 remember to take a note of the HFC MAC address on the base of the modem so they can add it to your account.

They do publicise their Traffic Management check the links below.

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http://www.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-management.php

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...t/traffic.html

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Thank you, you've been very helpful. I'll do that shortly.

As for the traffic management, as far as I'm concerned, I'm not going to start *another* debate about false advertising, as such, but the fact they even have to use such a policy implies there's something majorly wrong with their services!

I don't have much of a problem with FUP, I'm a reasonably heavy downloader, and do the bulk of my downloading via the university's ultra-fast broadband; I think rarely would I download a lot via VM, it'd be mostly online gaming (I'm a keen sim racer, got a 1000 km race at Bathurst coming up next weekend) and general browsing, the odd (no more than 5-10 a day) YouTube video. The only issue I can see is that it's 6 of us sharing the same connection, which is why I plumped for 10 Mbit. If I'm not getting that, and I'll know by the end of the week, I'm going to be asking questions.

Speaking of university broadband, you want a fast connection that's 24-7 reliable, has no throttling other than it slowing down due to what people are connected to it, and no STM or FUP? How's 4 Megabytes per second (32 Mbit roughly, and I've had more) from Microsoft's server (an example of an ultra-fast server on the internet) downstream, and 4 Megabytes up (again, 32 Mbit) via BitTorrent, *at the same time*, float your boat? The only restriction is you're connected via 100 Mbit LAN IIRC. I have at one point downloaded about 2 GB via BitTorrent (Linux ISO for my course) in 30 minutes. If only they could offer the service to students halls of residence..... that would make us all very very happy!
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