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cook1984 · 06-12-2010, 20:36

I am trying to decide if it is worth upgrading to 50 meg. I'm fed up of the traffic shaping on 10 meg. I don't need more speed, I just want the speed I paid for.

Looking at the page on throttling (here) it seems like 50 meg doesn't get it, except that they then say that it does get throttled here. They also say they throttle P2P and newsgroups.

On the latter page what do "peek times" and "high" upload usage actually constitute? How badly do they retard P2P and newsgroups? What about ordinary HTTP downloads? What about file sharing services like MegaUpload or RapidShare?

Is it worth upgrading even though they still throttle you? It is hard to configure your router and software when the speed can change whenever VM feel like it. I would move to another ISP but I can only get ~2Mb from ADSL so I am basically forced to stay with VM.

06-12-2010, 20:36	#1
cook1984 Inactive Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 556	What exactly is the throttling policy on 50 meg? I am trying to decide if it is worth upgrading to 50 meg. I'm fed up of the traffic shaping on 10 meg. I don't need more speed, I just want the speed I paid for. Looking at the page on throttling (here) it seems like 50 meg doesn't get it, except that they then say that it does get throttled here. They also say they throttle P2P and newsgroups. On the latter page what do "peek times" and "high" upload usage actually constitute? How badly do they retard P2P and newsgroups? What about ordinary HTTP downloads? What about file sharing services like MegaUpload or RapidShare? Is it worth upgrading even though they still throttle you? It is hard to configure your router and software when the speed can change whenever VM feel like it. I would move to another ISP but I can only get ~2Mb from ADSL so I am basically forced to stay with VM.