Throttled (STM'ed) at random?

Originally Posted by General Angel

He was on the 10 meg package, hes been getting 8-9 since then, might have been STM'D
But you are saying its likely
that i will be slowed down even if i dont hit the usage limit?

I said above that not everyone gets STMed and I work for them.

We get no special treatment and if we trigger we get traffic managed as well.

[General Angel]

Originally Posted by whydoIneedatech

I said above that not everyone gets STMed and I work for them.

We get no special treatment and if we trigger we get traffic managed as well.

I just got the impression that even if i didnt ever hit the limit my speeds would slowly deteriorate

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by General Angel

He was on the 10 meg package, hes been getting 8-9 since then, might have been STM'D
But you are saying its likely
that i will be slowed down even if i dont hit the usage limit?

I'm not saying it will, just that it might. there's quite a few people who are now getting slower speeds than they normally got before.

[General Angel]

Originally Posted by Gary L

I'm not saying it will, just that it might. there's quite a few people who are now getting slower speeds than they normally got before.

I guess so, better keep my fingers crossed

[cook1984]

Originally Posted by Kiryu

you couldnt get past 5MB on STM for VM 20MB =) I get STM'd all the time ONLY IF i was downloading/uploading like no tomorrow lol

Yeah, sorry, I meant 5mb, was getting confused with the 50meg thread

[Stabhappy]

Don't worry, I've been on VM for nearly 2 months now and I'm still getting absolute maximum bandwidth (2400kb/s solid from newsgroups) at any time of day.

[alferret]

STM is STM there are no in between bits anyone who says otherwise is scaremongering. Rules have been set and those rules are abided by. Why do some people automatically assume that because their speed is slower that stated as soon as their PC has been switched on that this is the result of some random STM'ing.
There are other factors to weigh in when poor speeds come in to play. VM do not own the internet, it is made up of many enteties and they [VM] as such have no control over it. The only infrastructure VM can guarantee their stated speeds over is their internal network (and yes even that can get a little slow at times due to demand) ANYTHING outside the network is not the responability of VM.

[piggy]

Originally Posted by cook1984

Yeah, sorry, I meant 5mb, was getting confused with the 50meg thread

i have the same problem i very often read on the internet then forget my download speed

[ntl.wotcha]

Any way to tell if you've been STM'd ?

Originally Posted by ntl.wotcha

Any way to tell if you've been STM'd ?

Your connection will slow significantly details below.

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http://www.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-management.php

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...t/traffic.html

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[pabscars]

after all the palarva i went through last night, i found out it was my UBR had been over subscribed and was running over capacity 40% of the time, this drastically reduced my through put at peak times.
So whats the point in having traffic management, just oversubscribe all networks, it has the same effect ha ha.

[Sigma]

My connection has just been shaped at 9:45PM. I started a download a few minutes earlier that was flying along at about 1,200Kbps, then it suddenly dropped to around 290. A speed test confirms that my connection has been shaped. I'm on the 10 meg tier and this is the first time my connection has been affected after 9PM.

[moroboshi]

Tonight I'm getting 2mbits from my 20mbit line. I shouldn't have been throttled as I'm a good boy (read: beaten into submission) and only download during the night.

Frankly the quality of Virgin's broadband is beyond a farce. Even the US with it's ancient and backwards network is getting fios now.

[Sigma]

Verizon FiOS at 50Mbps down, 20Mbps up starts at $139.95 a month if you also have a Verizon phone, so it may be nice but it's not exactly cheap. The 10mbps package is £10 a month more than I pay for 10Mbps with VM too, although the uploads are much faster and I don't think they traffic shape.

[Fatec]

Originally Posted by Sigma

Verizon FiOS at 50Mbps down, 20Mbps up starts at $139.95 a month if you also have a Verizon phone, so it may be nice but it's not exactly cheap. The 10mbps package is £10 a month more than I pay for 10Mbps with VM too, although the uploads are much faster and I don't think they traffic shape.

Or if you want to do a fair comparison, roughly £60 which is £8 more for what VM will charge for 50/1.5 with traffic management.

Still seem expensive?