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=weesteev;34750684]Mike Im sure you have done your research into this... but you start your thread with "Im taking Virgin to court becuase they changed my contract terms"
(which they didnt)
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I shall refrain revisiting that - suffice to mention perhaps you should reconsider the context of what I wrote.
What you say next is far more interesting.
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And then you state you have valid alternatives to a long standing bandwidth problem for Virgin (a problem shared by many cable co's the world over).
The options to improve bandwidth are thus...
- Apply SDV to the network to increase local capacity by taking broadcast TV channels to the edge routers for when they are required.
- Shut off Analogue
- Swicth to MPEG4 (potentially IPTV) and DVB-C2
- Complete the rollout of DOCSIS 3 and gain certification for upstream channel bonding from their CMTS providers Motorolla and Cisco.
- Improve their security system to prevent unidentified modems connecting to the network without Virgin's say so.
- Prioritise traffic to demanded services and target illegal P2P downloads.
- Finally cut off extreme downloaders and uploaders who are saturating their nodes.
If you look at examples in US of cable co's who have implemeted some of the above (Comcast and SDV for example), it doesnt fully resolve issues as you increase capacity the demand increases to match as you add more customers and they have more speed to play with (and download services become easier to access).
Your point about having "commercially sensitive" information will not be somethign new to Virgin, the networks and access team have worked for years on tight budgets and many system changes to provide the best service possible at all times, if there was a better way to do it then they would do it. 99% of the time money is the issue, your arguments about protecting the company with upcoming expansion of comapnies like BT's Fibre network are flawed as intial rollout will be to new build areas... and Openreach will sell access to companies like Virgin Media to help them recoup costs (and if the Governement get involved with funding its likely they will be forced to deliver LLU access on Fibre).
I totally appreciate what you are trying to do, crikey there are people in the company that are no doubt coming up with the same ideas as yourself and Virgin will no doubt contact you and thank you for your input but thats probably as far as it will go. You are not alone in your struggle, and STM is a very touchy issue, but the way you have approached this by coming on a public forum and threatning court action of changes to your contract (which is actually T&C's anyway) you negates any further argument you have about "great ideas".
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Your response as regards rollout and Openreach are well taken.
To start my answer, several years ago (perhaps 2003) Telewest Systems were down three days as a the result of the (I think) Red Flag virus. It was me who called them, as a courtesy, and told them how to overcome it (the put £30 on my account for the favour). You see, like Paddington Bear, they had their heads so heavily into the technical honey pot they couldn't see the approach to solution required. It is the same in the present case. VM are stuck looking too heavily into the technical option.
By analogy, your marketing department will know the concepts of marketing like brand, distribution and so on. These are things that national tourists organisations (NTOs) look at when trying to promote why their sun/sea/sand is better than a neighbours sites/interests/scenery. VM, and others, are looking in the wrong place with the wrong marketing mix and adaptation of technology to that mix. I appreciate all the technical wizardry you (VM and group) have looked at, but there is a much easier, cheaper and efficient approach.
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At the end of the day, all you will achieve out of Court action if it go's in your favour will be the option to disconnect if you ar ein a contract as it would nolonger be valid if decided by a judge, do you expect them to turn off STM on your node? I just completely fail to understand the reasoning to your argument.
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There are orders of specific implement sought, yes. These type of orders amount to requiring the contract to be obtempered as the court directs. I want the connection on, with the originally agreed terms in place.