[Ignitionnet]

I was just wondering, once VM have the 50M rollout done and upstream capacity upgraded, it would be nice (imho) to see a few changes to the service tiers, I would welcome some feedback on these ideas:

Option 1:

XXL: 50/1.5Mbit -> 50/5Mbit, remains STM free and cap free but subject to AUP/FUP - if usage affecting area VM reserve the right to discuss usage.
XL: 20/0.768Mbit -> 25/2.5Mbit, STM removed, replaced with 250GB/month cap after which service reduced to 5Mbit/0.5Mbit.
L: 10/0.512Mbit -> 10/1Mbit, STM removed, replaced with 150GB/month cap after which service reduced to 2.5/0.256Mbit
M: 10/0.512Mbit -> 10/1Mbit, STM removed, replaced with 100GB/month cap after which service reduced to 2.5/0.256Mbit
S: 2Mbit/0.256Mbit speed remains, STM removed, replaced with 10GB/month cap after which service reduced to 512k/128k.

Virgin will supply, for all tiers, view my usage pages, and Virgin are to inform via a walled garden, browser popup and/or email when customers reach 50%, 80% and 100% of monthly limit where appropriate.

Option 2:

All speed increases as above.
XXL: STM introduced Peak time limit 7.5GB downstream between 4 and 9PM and 4GB upstream. Daytime downstream limit 15GB, no upstream limit.
XL: STM changes: Peak time limit 3GB -> 3.5GB downstream. 1.4GB -> 2GB upstream. Daytime 6GB -> 7GB.
L: STM changes: Peak upstream limit 1.2GB -> 1.5GB.
M: STM changes: Peak upstream limit 750MB -> 1GB.
S: Remains as previous.

All throttle percentages remain as previous with XXL being 75%.

Option 3:

STM removed.

Speeds increased as per Option 1.

Shaping introduced on following protocols:

**Note** Traffic to be deprioritised - if the network is nearing congestion those protocols will be deprioritised in the following steps: 25% throttle, 50% throttle, 75% throttle in 5 minute intervals.

When congestion alleviated for 15 minutes system will then reverse process at 5 minute intervals, IE if that CMTS went to 50% throttle after 10 minutes of congestion after 15 minutes of all being ok it will drop to 25% throttle then if still no congestion will remove shaping entirely after a further 5 minutes.

Upstream and downstream both work independently.

SSL, NNTP, P2P, Streaming: All traffic policed as required to reduce congestion.
HTTP: From known download sites, Rapidshare, etc, policed.
FTP: From non-VM FTP policed.
Unknown traffic: Policed (to suck up the encrypted P2P, etc).

All gaming traffic will not be policed.

Option 4:

Speed increases as above.
All broadband prices to increase 10-25%
All STM removed, no fair use policy.
Acceptable performance ranges for all services clearly stated and as follows:

XXL: 30 - 50Mbit downstream, 3 - 5Mbit upstream.
XL: 15 - 25Mbit downstream, 1.5 - 2.5Mbit upstream.
M and L: 6 - 10Mbit downstream, 0.6 - 1Mbit upstream.
S: 1.5 - 2Mbit downstream, 200 - 256kbit upstream.

Choose your poison!