Now 10mb Which DU Meter Settings?

DJ_Price · 11-07-2008, 06:22

I've now been upgraded to 10mb & I also have been using DU Meter recently because of the TM. Does anyone have decent settings to put into DUM that will work well with the TM settings? I currently have DUM to startup at 4pm & close & 9pm, with the current setup: (Short period) Alert me when more than 620mb is sent/received in the last 5 hours. (Long period) Alert me when incoming/outgoing traffic exceeds 40GB during the current month. I'd like to have it setup better so I don't cause problems & end up getting restricted for 5 hours.

Graham M · 11-07-2008, 07:28

Why should you limit yourself though when you pay the same as everybody else?

Angry@VMedia · 11-07-2008, 07:56

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Originally Posted by Graham M

Why should you limit yourself though when you pay the same as everybody else?

eth01 · 11-07-2008, 08:37

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Originally Posted by DJ_Price

I've now been upgraded to 10mb & I also have been using DU Meter recently because of the TM. Does anyone have decent settings to put into DUM that will work well with the TM settings? I currently have DUM to startup at 4pm & close & 9pm, with the current setup: (Short period) Alert me when more than 620mb is sent/received in the last 5 hours. (Long period) Alert me when incoming/outgoing traffic exceeds 40GB during the current month. I'd like to have it setup better so I don't cause problems & end up getting restricted for 5 hours.

Remove that pile of c*** now.

P.S -- I'll be ya friend if ya do?

broadbandbug · 11-07-2008, 10:27

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Originally Posted by DJ_Price

I've now been upgraded to 10mb & I also have been using DU Meter recently because of the TM. Does anyone have decent settings to put into DUM that will work well with the TM settings? I currently have DUM to startup at 4pm & close & 9pm, with the current setup: (Short period) Alert me when more than 620mb is sent/received in the last 5 hours. (Long period) Alert me when incoming/outgoing traffic exceeds 40GB during the current month. I'd like to have it setup better so I don't cause problems & end up getting restricted for 5 hours.

Just use the internet as you want.. If you get managed then so be it.. If everyone did this then the % captured would rise and VM would have to increase the volume thresholds to bring it back into the 5% target that they publish.

Martyn · 11-07-2008, 11:12

its crap system they got... my net went slow from 3-6 last night, and again from 9am this morning, and its still crap... i have no idea what they are doing, and im not even in to download anything... i try download 1 game this month, and im unable to because it starts at full speeds, then goes at slower speeds, some how causes the download to be currupt. sucks.

DJ_Price · 11-07-2008, 15:27

Thanks for everyone replying & kinda missing the reason i made this post, but I'd rather be able to have the full 10mb when needed, than be TM'd & then only have 2mb or whatever i'd be dropped down to. I'm a speed demon, some people like to go fast in there cars, I like to go fast on the internet. I've never had my internet speed reduced in all the 10 years of being on the internet, just always gone for higher speed packages.

duffman · 11-07-2008, 19:59

I can see your point but at the end of the day if you get capped then 2.5meg is good enough for internet browsing (as long as you are not still downloading).

DJ_Price · 11-07-2008, 22:14

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Originally Posted by duffman

I can see your point but at the end of the day if you get capped then 2.5meg is good enough for internet browsing (as long as you are not still downloading).

But going from 10mb down to 2.5mb would be like going from a ferrari to s renault clio or 2mb connection to 56k. I guess no one actually uses du meter here then. I guess I will just have to work out some decent enough settings for myself. Also sure if I was restricted to 2.5mb all the time, then it would be pointless me paying full price to use 10mb. Damn TM!!

11-07-2008, 22:30

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Originally Posted by DJ_Price

But going from 10mb down to 2.5mb would be like going from a ferrari to s renault clio or 2mb connection to 56k. I guess no one actually uses du meter here then. I guess I will just have to work out some decent enough settings for myself. Also sure if I was restricted to 2.5mb all the time, then it would be pointless me paying full price to use 10mb. Damn TM!!

I would not touch the DU Meter with that well known dirty ended stick

DJ_Price · 11-07-2008, 22:54

Well du meter doesn't look like it would be needed anyway, because since the upgrade was received yesterday evening my modem has been rebooting all the time. Was happening before & have made a few posts on here about the problems & also phoned up VM & made posts on the newsgroups, but no one seems to take it seriously & says there is nothing wrong & no reboots are logged, even though I have made a video recording & added it to two of my posts on the forum here. Ambit 120 Home modem!

Martyn · 12-07-2008, 20:09

i just been upgraded to 20mb, got better speeds on 10mb lol

Ed2020 · 12-07-2008, 20:53

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Originally Posted by whydoIneedatech

I would not touch the DU Meter with that well known dirty ended stick

I'm curious - why?

Ed.

13-07-2008, 10:33

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Originally Posted by Ed2020

I'm curious - why?

Ed.

Because I do not feel the need to Pay for a program that will tell me when I am reaching my Download limit, I am not paranoid enough to feel that its required to prevent me being Traffic Managed by Virgin.

If I download then I download without wondering will it suddenly slow.

Ed2020 · 13-07-2008, 12:40

Okay, seems like good logic to me!

Ed.