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Milambar · 06-11-2011, 14:44

What is the price difference between the 10 and the 30 these days?

Even considering the pathetically small price difference, for what you have described, 10 wouldn't be enough anyway.

One thing to be aware of, if you are seriously considering 10mbit, is that it is managed to hell and back. You even sneeze at it and you get your speed cut to 1/4 of what it is normally. Yes, the 30mbit also has managment on it, but the trigger levels are much higher.

** Management: If you download or upload more than a set amount of data, you get your speed reduced for a period of 5 hours as a punishment. While VM don't define it as a punishment, it is in effect, a punishment.

** Trigger level: The amount you are allowed to download and upload before triggering the managment system (known as STM - Subscriber Traffic Managment). This level is governed by what package you are on. 10mbit having the lowest trigger level of all their current packages.

06-11-2011, 14:44	#6
Milambar Inactive Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 954	Re: thinking of joining Virgin What is the price difference between the 10 and the 30 these days? Even considering the pathetically small price difference, for what you have described, 10 wouldn't be enough anyway. One thing to be aware of, if you are seriously considering 10mbit, is that it is managed to hell and back. You even sneeze at it and you get your speed cut to 1/4 of what it is normally. Yes, the 30mbit also has managment on it, but the trigger levels are much higher. Management: If you download or upload more than a set amount of data, you get your speed reduced for a period of 5 hours as a punishment. While VM don't define it as a punishment, it is in effect, a punishment. Trigger level: The amount you are allowed to download and upload before triggering the managment system (known as STM - Subscriber Traffic Managment). This level is governed by what package you are on. 10mbit having the lowest trigger level of all their current packages.