I'd rather them update the backbone of the systems to beable to handle the new users, i hate getting trafficed, every time i do i send a letter of complaint, stating this wasnt in my contract when signed, i don't get a reply... only time i get replys is when i write them a crappy web form complaint, and i get someone calling me trying to fix the issue, an i keep telling them the issue isnt with me, its you. if they did the right thing and spend the extra day or two it would cost to get proper speeds, i live in ashford, kent.. it isnt a big area.. but when i first got ntl, i got the broad band, an it was rare then damn i wonder how i put up with the 128kbs... but ever since i had it, i'd always tell friends and family to get virgin, as you don lose speeds, maybe its my outside box thats out of date??? we had it since we first got it all? =-/
must be something they can do.. there just being lazy... its once of the tightest companys i know... that wait till the last minute to spend any money....
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Originally Posted by idontpirate
Ok i admin VM oversell in a lot of areas. Back in the days of NTL, there werent the amount of internet users that there are now (I know it sounds stupid but its true, the amount of internet enabled households has probably doubled by now). But do you think they would DENY selling someone their services because its simply oversold? No because they need money.
Im on the 10meg and i get 9.9meg on speedtests (Servers 150+ miles away). I see no problem because my area where i am is almost empty.
Now lets imagine everyones limited to 2.5gb a day. You have 250 users in your area. 100 of them are torrent users and you're all on 10meg connections. Adverage download speeds would be 1mb/s. Making it around 100mb/s. Suddenly, everyones internet slows down in the area who isnt torrenting.
Traffic management = Overusers are throttled, line is stable again.
No management= Constant busy line making it almost unusable.
Would you rather have Management, or no management.
It would cost millions, if not billions to upgrade the whole infastructure of the UK the enable everyone to have unmetered cable connections.
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