28-05-2008, 16:35
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#76
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Inactive
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Poole, Dorset
Age: 52
Services: Ex-NTL: Phone M, TV XL (V+), Broadband L. Windows 7 Professional on laptop.
Posts: 114
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Re: New trial Wigan Area
Do you get notified by VM if you somehow stray into what they define as the criteria for being STM'd (what does that stand for anyway?)?
I use my laptop to access webmail (inc. attachments), browse websites, post on forums such as this one, watch the occasional short video on YouTube or similar (used iPlayer once!), download updates and patches, and do a bit of online shopping.
I use my PS3 to download updates and the occasional demo or movie trailer.
I don't torrent/fileshare/download movies etc, I don't game online.
I do this evenings and weekends, when I am not at work or in bed asleep.
I am on 4meg connection (soon to be 10meg in Poole)
I wouldn't consider myself a heavy user at all.
But am I ?
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29-05-2008, 01:09
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#77
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Inactive
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 165
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Re: New trial Wigan Area
No you wont be notified, the first thing you'll notice is your connection speed drops a lot, if at any time you hit the stm you'll be classed as a heavy user and your connection will get managed. Sucks eh?
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29-05-2008, 11:23
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#78
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Inactive
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Poole, Dorset
Age: 52
Services: Ex-NTL: Phone M, TV XL (V+), Broadband L. Windows 7 Professional on laptop.
Posts: 114
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Re: New trial Wigan Area
Yeah, really sucks.
From my description of what I use tinterweb for, would you say I might have been stm'd? I'm having a lot of speed issues lately...
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29-05-2008, 20:12
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#79
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Inactive
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Brighton
Posts: 450
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Re: New trial Wigan Area
if my xbox360 or PS3 overheats and fails due to it being left on so long to be able to download any paid for film or demo's due to STM can i sue VM for not providing a decent level of service. These applainces require a BB connection and now its not worth using them if you cannot use it as intended.
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29-05-2008, 20:35
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#80
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Re: New trial Wigan Area
Quote:
Originally Posted by mcmanic
if my xbox360 or PS3 overheats and fails due to it being left on so long to be able to download any paid for film or demo's due to STM can i sue VM for not providing a decent level of service. These applainces require a BB connection and now its not worth using them if you cannot use it as intended.
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Virgin Media aren't responsible if your equipment isn't up to the job - sue Sony Or Microsoft  
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29-05-2008, 22:28
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#81
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Inactive
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 165
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Re: New trial Wigan Area
Depends what games you're playing mate, if the game patch is bigger than the allowance for your connection at the given time then you will get traffic managed, last patch I downloaded was for company of heroes, a tad under 2 gig if I remember right, thank god I was on BE when did it
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