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cook1984 · 27-04-2009, 23:32

VM will never agree to monthly caps. They have STM because their network can't cope with the load in the evening. Monthly caps would just mean everything is crap for the first three weeks of the month and then almost passable for the final week.

It would be worse for customer's too. You can get STM'ed even if you don't go over the limits, due to things like incorrect configs, incorrect clocks and cloned modems. I have been hit with STM after 9pm on a number of occasions, as well as being hit with it the moment I turn my PC on when I get home from work having downloaded zero bytes.

It would also cause problems for people trying to use services like iPlayer or subscription downloads. Say you hit the limit half way through the month, that means you will miss programs on iPlayer because your connection has been throttled to pathetic speeds and they only stay on for a week. At least at the moment you can just wait for the next day and hope whoever cloned your modem isn't on too.

27-04-2009, 23:32	#51
cook1984 Inactive Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 556	Re: When The 50M Rollout Is Done - New Tier Thoughts VM will never agree to monthly caps. They have STM because their network can't cope with the load in the evening. Monthly caps would just mean everything is crap for the first three weeks of the month and then almost passable for the final week. It would be worse for customer's too. You can get STM'ed even if you don't go over the limits, due to things like incorrect configs, incorrect clocks and cloned modems. I have been hit with STM after 9pm on a number of occasions, as well as being hit with it the moment I turn my PC on when I get home from work having downloaded zero bytes. It would also cause problems for people trying to use services like iPlayer or subscription downloads. Say you hit the limit half way through the month, that means you will miss programs on iPlayer because your connection has been throttled to pathetic speeds and they only stay on for a week. At least at the moment you can just wait for the next day and hope whoever cloned your modem isn't on too.