Upstream Traffic Management Trial 1st of February

helmutcheese · 31-01-2011, 06:56

Posted on Digitalspy (did not find here with keywords in search) !

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We will be trialling upstream traffic management on our cable network on Tuesday 1st of February between 01:00 and 03:00. This is a technical trial during a quiet time on our network to ensure our upstream traffic management system works correctly rather than a trial of any new policy during these times.

Between these times P2P and Newsgroup upstream traffic will be managed in a similar way to our current downstream traffic management. The trial is planned to continue through the 2nd and 3rd of Feb but may be extended depending on the results of these initial tests. "

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...m-p/310789#M25

Nopanic · 31-01-2011, 07:38

awesome ..

Peter_ · 31-01-2011, 07:40

I saw this on Digitalspy yesterday but cannot find any details relating to the trial anywhere else.

BenMcr · 31-01-2011, 07:50

Well if it's been announced in the Community Forum it's genuine

They did a simliar trial on the downstream management before switiching it on as per the policy

helmutcheese · 31-01-2011, 07:53

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Originally Posted by Masque

I saw this on Digitalspy yesterday but cannot find any details relating to the trial anywhere else.

Even in the VM URL I linked to at bottom of post ?

nutellajunkie · 31-01-2011, 08:08

Just great news.. Now P2P and NG being managed.. Wait.. what?

meh!.. Thanks for the heads up anyway, I personally dont use those peer things.

Peter_ · 31-01-2011, 08:29

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Originally Posted by helmutcheese

Even in the VM URL I linked to at bottom of post ?

I have read that post from the Community Forum manager via Digitalspy but I am on about an official Virginmedia webpage giving full details about the trial.

pabscars · 31-01-2011, 08:31

One question, will this effect gaming?

Ok maybe 2, will this effect upstream ping?

BenMcr · 31-01-2011, 08:34

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Originally Posted by Masque

I have read that post from the Community Forum manager via Digitalspy but I am on about an official Virginmedia webpage giving full details about the trial.

When the new policy was launched last year it covered both upstream and downstream management on P2P and Newsgroups.

However the upstream part wasn't switched on at the same time as downstream.

As Mark is an employee of Virgin Media, and the Forum is an official Virgin one, I would think that the post is an official announcement of the trial

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pabscars

One question, will this effect gaming?

Ok maybe 2, will this effect upstream ping?

It shouldn't do as gaming isn't P2P or Newsgroups

But then that's one of the reasons for the out of hours trial - to make sure it's working as designed before it's switched on in the policy hours

helmutcheese · 31-01-2011, 08:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Masque

I have read that post from the Community Forum manager via Digitalspy but I am on about an official Virginmedia webpage giving full details about the trial.

It's a good enough source IMO, not like some peep posted a rumour thread on a site like this or Digitalspy !

pabscars · 31-01-2011, 08:45

Cheers Ben, I can never understand the difference between P2P and gaming, because I thought gaming was P2P, anyway just for the record I'm all for anything that improves performance for the mass's.

As long as it doesn't further degrade my gaming

As a side note, I think upstream traffic management has been in place for a while anyway, and if it brings with it more stability and less jitter then bring it on.

Peter_ · 31-01-2011, 08:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by helmutcheese

It's a good enough source IMO, not like some peep posted a rumour thread on a site like this or Digitalspy !

I would like to see the official information regarding this trial for clarification.

BenMcr · 31-01-2011, 08:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Masque

I would like to see the official information regarding this trial for clarification.

That is the official information!

Sirius · 31-01-2011, 09:08

Thank " insert

of your choice here" for VPN and encryption

Peter_ · 31-01-2011, 09:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenMcr

That is the official information!

It would be good of them to actually inform support of this trial as the is nothing on the systems about it.