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Chrysalis · 25-04-2010, 01:29

it only gets eaten up when not enough is added. (drip feeding)

it also may help if they balance users a bit better, I see another port on my UBR has less congestion at 8pm on a saturday then mine does at 4am.

that is undefendable in my opinion just blatant excessive overselling. If you sell a unlimited product as an isp you have to be prepared to deal with some users using it as such.

making congestion free 24/7 you very well know is not what I am asking. Having it uncongested outside of peak hours is a reasonable expectation.

Also I would expect there to be similiar levels of quality across the entire customer base, as it stands you can have 2 customers paying the same wad of cash, one gets 0.5mbit and the other gets 20mbit. Something not right there.

VM are simply ringfencing problem areas off with what you describe.

I will repeat what I said before isp's like BE and easynet who have their own heavy users dont have customers with 50+ ms jitter downloading at dialup speeds due to congestion, they properly provision capacity, even if it means they make a operational loss. Cant fault them for that.

125kbit per customer allocated? on their guidelines? too low in 2010.

25-04-2010, 01:29	#194
Chrysalis Inactive Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: VM to begin expanding its cable network it only gets eaten up when not enough is added. (drip feeding) it also may help if they balance users a bit better, I see another port on my UBR has less congestion at 8pm on a saturday then mine does at 4am. that is undefendable in my opinion just blatant excessive overselling. If you sell a unlimited product as an isp you have to be prepared to deal with some users using it as such. making congestion free 24/7 you very well know is not what I am asking. Having it uncongested outside of peak hours is a reasonable expectation. Also I would expect there to be similiar levels of quality across the entire customer base, as it stands you can have 2 customers paying the same wad of cash, one gets 0.5mbit and the other gets 20mbit. Something not right there. VM are simply ringfencing problem areas off with what you describe. I will repeat what I said before isp's like BE and easynet who have their own heavy users dont have customers with 50+ ms jitter downloading at dialup speeds due to congestion, they properly provision capacity, even if it means they make a operational loss. Cant fault them for that. 125kbit per customer allocated? on their guidelines? too low in 2010.