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Chrysalis · 27-03-2011, 18:58

I hope VM win on this. As this campaign is correct in my opinion.

I am going to give 2 scenarios.

Scenario 1 - current situation for me, up to 24mbit adsl connection that runs at 5mbit and upto 30mbit cable connection that runs at 30mbit. On paper the cable connection is only 25% faster, in practice its 600% faster.
Scenario 2- my old situation same adsl connection, VM congested 20mbit service with varying speeds. So cable speeds varied between maybe 1mbit and up to 20mbit. Typically speeds were still above 5mbit tho and I could usually get 15mbit or more in morning. On paper the adsl connection faster, in practice the cable connection was still usually faster but at extreme peak would be slower.

In the real extreme situation when I was on my legacy cable docsis port, VM ran unfit for purpose and in that situation I would consider that also a broadband con. But looking at it overall that kind of extreme performance drop only affects a tiny % of VM customers, so whilst unacceptable its nowhere near the severity of what the adsl isp's are doing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12617994
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12618350

According to the BBC on up to 16/24mbit services.

69% less than 8mbit.
28% 8-16mbit.
3% above 16mbit.

This is what VM have had to compete against, isp's that deliberatly missell their product to compete. Meaning VM's 10mbit service is still superior to what 69% of people get on 16/24mbit adsl2+.

Dont know what others thoughts are, but this campaign is one of some good things VM are doing. Although its come way too late as BT is starting FTTC rollout now which doesnt suffer from the same issues to the same extenct.

---------- Post added at 17:58 ---------- Previous post was at 17:31 ----------

sorry didnt see this thread, thanks for moving my post.

27-03-2011, 18:58	#19
Chrysalis Inactive Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	sky/BT have ran to ofcom/ASA to stop VM broadband con campaign I hope VM win on this. As this campaign is correct in my opinion. I am going to give 2 scenarios. Scenario 1 - current situation for me, up to 24mbit adsl connection that runs at 5mbit and upto 30mbit cable connection that runs at 30mbit. On paper the cable connection is only 25% faster, in practice its 600% faster. Scenario 2- my old situation same adsl connection, VM congested 20mbit service with varying speeds. So cable speeds varied between maybe 1mbit and up to 20mbit. Typically speeds were still above 5mbit tho and I could usually get 15mbit or more in morning. On paper the adsl connection faster, in practice the cable connection was still usually faster but at extreme peak would be slower. In the real extreme situation when I was on my legacy cable docsis port, VM ran unfit for purpose and in that situation I would consider that also a broadband con. But looking at it overall that kind of extreme performance drop only affects a tiny % of VM customers, so whilst unacceptable its nowhere near the severity of what the adsl isp's are doing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12617994 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12618350 According to the BBC on up to 16/24mbit services. 69% less than 8mbit. 28% 8-16mbit. 3% above 16mbit. This is what VM have had to compete against, isp's that deliberatly missell their product to compete. Meaning VM's 10mbit service is still superior to what 69% of people get on 16/24mbit adsl2+. Dont know what others thoughts are, but this campaign is one of some good things VM are doing. Although its come way too late as BT is starting FTTC rollout now which doesnt suffer from the same issues to the same extenct. ---------- Post added at 17:58 ---------- Previous post was at 17:31 ---------- sorry didnt see this thread, thanks for moving my post.