Indeed, out of all the DSL ISPs, VM come out on top by a country mile. STM or not, no-one can provide even a quarter of what VM can provide in my area. So STM isn't an issue even if I wish to trigger it as most DSL providers can only pump 2, 2.5Mb to my humble home.
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It has by-and-large always been this way for me. Only real issue has been the Motorola BSR issue which *touch wood* seems to be behaving itself of late.