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Chrysalis · 30-10-2013, 21:38

yes with BT its no issue at all to use own modem same with sky.

The difference with sky tho is its a bit of a pain to use your own router due to their authentication mechanism. On other FTTC isp's its easy to use own router.

I have acknowledged many times that in a area with no visible congestion VM is probably a good service (which I seen in the small time periods my area was ok after upgrades), I am the sort of person who is somewhat fussy about jitter (due to using ssh commandline a lot) and I also notice peering issues as a lot of my internet use it to servers outside of the uk.

So to me VM wasnt good enough, but everyone has their own requirements of their connection and different areas perform differently.

30-10-2013, 21:38	#332
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: STM always enforced? yes with BT its no issue at all to use own modem same with sky. The difference with sky tho is its a bit of a pain to use your own router due to their authentication mechanism. On other FTTC isp's its easy to use own router. I have acknowledged many times that in a area with no visible congestion VM is probably a good service (which I seen in the small time periods my area was ok after upgrades), I am the sort of person who is somewhat fussy about jitter (due to using ssh commandline a lot) and I also notice peering issues as a lot of my internet use it to servers outside of the uk. So to me VM wasnt good enough, but everyone has their own requirements of their connection and different areas perform differently.