Two questions regarding VM

General Angel · 15-10-2008, 20:32

Hello Cable forumers!
My parents have decided to to get Cable for everything (VIP Package XL everything) and i have two questions.

1. DO VM supply you with a modem or do you have to buy one, because currently we are with BT and we only have an ADSL modem and router which was obviously noy wor.

2. Will we trigger the STM
Mum: Browsing the internet, occasional movie/episode streaming
Sister: Browsing the internet, youtube and MSN
Brother: Youtube, Movies (sometimes) and MSN
Me: Gaming during peak times (Xbox LIVE)

I was wondering if the streaming would eat up data fairly quickly resulting in poor performance.

15-10-2008, 20:33

well the vip package you will sometimes hit the cap(depending on how many youtube and video streaming happens during the hours) but still have 5 meg to play with so in theory you should be ok

Yes you do get a modem

SnoopZ · 15-10-2008, 20:35

1. Yes they supply the Modem

2. To trigger the STM on Broadband XL i believe you need to download more than 4gig between 4pm and 9pm (unsure on the hours). If it does get triggered then your speeds will be reduced to 5mbit for a few hours.

moaningmags · 15-10-2008, 20:36

Hi General,
Welcome to the forum.

1. Yes, they supply you with a modem.

2. Triggers for XL 20Mb broadband are:-

Downstream load 6000MB between 10am-3pm
Downstream load 3000MB between 4pm-9pm
Upstream load 1400MB between 3pm-8pm

Hit these limits within those times and your 20Mb will be reduced to 5Mb

HTH

jay_oasis · 15-10-2008, 20:37

Before you go with them, see if anyone in your road has 20Mb and ask them what speeds they get.

General Angel · 15-10-2008, 20:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by David F

well the vip package you will sometimes hit the cap(depending on how many youtube and video streaming happens during the hours) but still have 5 meg to play with so in theory you should be ok

Yes you do get a modem

Thanks for the speedy reply, i understand that i will be capped to 5 meg download and 192 upload but is 192 upload even playable via xbox LIVE without degredation in game performance (eg no noticeable lag but other players clearly have an advantage)

15-10-2008, 20:41

I would say you should be ok however if any of your family use p2p or bit torrent the upload these will use will cripple your connection. Upload and download can be limited within the clients settings

General Angel · 15-10-2008, 20:43

I feel like a child in a sweet shop, sorry for the bombarding questions but does anyone know if your latency/ping is higher when you are being STMd or does it remain consistent

15-10-2008, 20:45

now that is a golden question. Pings and latency can be effected by so many things. It depends how busy your area is for cable and if there is contention issues. Then of course there are things out side of vms control and then of course distance to server you are connecting to

moaningmags · 15-10-2008, 20:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by General Angel

I feel like a child in a sweet shop, sorry for the bombarding questions but does anyone know if your latency/ping is higher when you are being STMd or does it remain consistent

Some will say yes you do, other's will say no difference and yet others will tell you it improves their latency.