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KingDaveRa · 13-02-2009, 14:27

Virgin make a big noise about how you can download x number of MP3s or x number of videos and other fun things, which you most definitely can, but they don't actually want you doing it!

At the moment, it really doesn't affect me, but there's four of us using this connection for an all manner of things, and I think we could run into those sort of caps pretty quickly.

The subtext of the STM is 'here's a super fast pipe... just use it sparingly'.

I suppose for most folk, that's probably fine - hey, it's fine for me, as I'm very bursty in terms of traffic. It just flies in the face of using the internet for distribution of more and more things. I buy a lot of software online, and those downloads can be large, not to mention work things I sometimes do, and can end up downloading big files.

Just a shame VM keep on about their fibre optic intertubes, and these super speeds. Shame you can't hammer the crap out of them!

13-02-2009, 14:27	#89
KingDaveRa Inactive Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Aylesbury, Bucks Age: 43 Services: Broadband Gamer, Phone M, Tivo V6. Posts: 269	Re: New STM could be coming your way Virgin make a big noise about how you can download x number of MP3s or x number of videos and other fun things, which you most definitely can, but they don't actually want you doing it! At the moment, it really doesn't affect me, but there's four of us using this connection for an all manner of things, and I think we could run into those sort of caps pretty quickly. The subtext of the STM is 'here's a super fast pipe... just use it sparingly'. I suppose for most folk, that's probably fine - hey, it's fine for me, as I'm very bursty in terms of traffic. It just flies in the face of using the internet for distribution of more and more things. I buy a lot of software online, and those downloads can be large, not to mention work things I sometimes do, and can end up downloading big files. Just a shame VM keep on about their fibre optic intertubes, and these super speeds. Shame you can't hammer the crap out of them!