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Originally Posted by solcuerda
I find on the 10mbit package that you get more by hitting the cap if you are downloading, you can get 1.2GB an hour (6GB for 5 hours) while throttled compared to 1.2GB for 5 hours if trying to avoid STM. Upload is different...700MB for 5 hours (to avoid STM) or 60MB an hour when throttled (300MB for 5 hours)
If I'm uploading a lot, I ease off. If I'm downloading a lot, I don't care about STM as I'll still get 6GB for those 5 throttled hours as opposed to 1.2GB if I try to avoid STM.
I use DUMeter and I break the hourly limits as thus if I wish to avoid STM.
Daytime - 480MB per hour max.
Evening upload - 140MB per hour max.
Evening download - 240MB per hour.
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Thank you
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Originally Posted by Magilla
I find that you end up over a barrel. When inside STM times speeds are good and I could download what I want when I want if STM weren't in place.
I tend to wait until STM has finished at 9pm, by which time everyone else has jumped on and speeds are down to near dialup.
So either way I find you can't win. I'm considering going down to the 2Mb package, using the savings to pay for leaving a machine on 24/7 and just ignoring STM times. Might be better in the end.
Free Download Manager has 3 profiles (Light, Medium & Heavy) which limits the number of simultaneous connections, but that's all, nothing like as good as you want  |
Yeah same here. I went from 2mbit to 20mbit and I've done nothing but regret it ever since. I am going to go back to 2mbit as soon as I can, but I want to hear if they offer me any kind of deal on the 50mbit connection first.
I doubt they will though, so I'll switch to 2mbit then. Then I just need to put it up for the remainder of my contract and I can move away from this shower of *******s.
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Originally Posted by cook1984
I am currently trying out Be with a view to ditching VM, being in a similar situation to you. I already dropped to 10meg on VM because 20meg is pointless thanks to STM and the very limited upload speeds.
You would certainly be better off changing to ADSL. Even if you live a long way from the exchange and only get say 10 meg down and 1 meg up, that's still faster than VM, costs the same as VM's 2 meg package and is truly unlimited with no STM or caps on Be. Better ping times than VM too.
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Be is fantastic. My friend has it. I very nearly went with them, but I only went with Virgin because they offered me a decent deal that included TV etc, and because of the 50mbit thing. Now that I hear the 50mbit connection will be on a new tier and they LIED to me about me being upgraded, it makes me very angry and makes me wish I just went with Be.
I actually called Be and they were great on the phone, and he told me that I was x miles (1.4 I think) away from the exchange, and that on their 24mbit connection, I would get a good solid 17, which I believe. So I would only be a few Mbit short from my crappy Virgin connection (which is no big deal at all), and yet it would be like that 24/7.... 17 mbit 24/7 is so so so much better than 20mbit for about 2 seconds a day... When I then factor in that their upload is MUCH faster, then it makes me kick myself