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cook1984 · 21-05-2011, 10:41

It is interesting to see how badly STM is failing.

At 9-10PM when everyone's P2P apps kick back in (either via their built-in scheduler or people manually starting them) latency goes through the roof. I have been seeing that for years. Late evening gaming is a waste of time.

During the early evening 6-9PM despite the STM it is clear that Virgin have capacity issues. How about instead of rolling out ever faster speeds they fix their network first?

All STM has managed to do is spread the problem over a longer period (5PM-1AM). I have always said it was an idiotic plan for the above reasons, and also because by the time it kicks in the "damage", or rather the over-utilisation, has already occurred.

21-05-2011, 10:41	#463
cook1984 Inactive Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 556	Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS) It is interesting to see how badly STM is failing. At 9-10PM when everyone's P2P apps kick back in (either via their built-in scheduler or people manually starting them) latency goes through the roof. I have been seeing that for years. Late evening gaming is a waste of time. During the early evening 6-9PM despite the STM it is clear that Virgin have capacity issues. How about instead of rolling out ever faster speeds they fix their network first? All STM has managed to do is spread the problem over a longer period (5PM-1AM). I have always said it was an idiotic plan for the above reasons, and also because by the time it kicks in the "damage", or rather the over-utilisation, has already occurred.