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join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | Throttled to 7.5Mbps? Doesn't sound much like the end of the world. | |
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join:2002-04-10
| Re: Throttled to 7.5Mbps? Long as they are clear, upfront, and don't deceive people. It's fine. You are always too hasty to rush to judgment. Now, if they clearly make people aware of this cap, then it's by all fine. They are not charging overage, but simply throttling. If however they tell people it's 50mbit, but fail to clearly disclose the cap. then I say there will be an issue. One can imagine why they don't want the media present, though. There's no real fanfare needed for such a limited system. Yay? | |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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1 edit | Re: Throttled to 7.5Mbps? said by jc100  :One can imagine why they don't want the media present, though. There's no real fanfare needed for such a limited system. Yay? You must have read that wrong. They are asking for media coverage, not discouraging it.
»Virgin 50Mbps December 15
UK ISP Virgin Media is asking journalists to attend a media event intended to herald the launch of their new 50Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 tier on December 15. »www.techradar.com/news/networkin···--490060
Virgin Media looks set to launch its 50Mb broadband on December 15 after inviting journalists to a mystery event. Now, journalists have been told to 'hold the date' on December 15 – where the company will almost certainly show off the fastest broadband in the UK. --
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join:2002-04-10
| Re: Throttled to 7.5Mbps? Yep. I did read wrong. Personally, this system isn't worthy of fan fare. What a crock as I'm sure it'll be advertised at 50mbit, and the "capped speed" hidden into a million words of fine print. The rest of my post is accurate. However, I did misread on the media part. Not major mistake but retracted to say the least on my part. | |
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join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| Re: Throttled to 7.5Mbps? said by jc100 :Yep. I did read wrong. Personally, this system isn't worthy of fan fare. What a crock as I'm sure it'll be advertised at 50mbit, and the "capped speed" hidden into a million words of fine print. The rest of my post is accurate. However, I did misread on the media part. Not major mistake but retracted to say the least on my part. Set a timer in your P2P client, and at night floor the connection away. Much better than 10GB a month on TWC. | |
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fireflier
Coffee. . .Need Coffee
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join:2001-05-25
Limbo | Even throttled, it's still faster than my connection normally is. | |
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neufuse
join:2006-12-06
Indiana, PA | sleak and sexy? pff... who cares about what a modem looks, most people don't have them out in the open to start with... and if you put it out just to look at, then odd... most of the ones ive seen are on the flood, behind a desk, in wireing closets... | |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000 | Re: sleak and sexy? All I care is that it is square and not rounded. I am sick and tired of network gear that has too look like a damn space ship. Do they not realize that you just might want to stack your gear instead of wasting space spreading it across a desk? | |
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join:2001-12-31
Wilkes Barre, PA | Re: sleak and sexy? Maybe they don't want you to stack stuff on top of it due to heat issues? | |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000 | Re: sleak and sexy? If that were the case the tops would be vented. | |
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normat
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join:2000-08-02
Boynton Beach, FL
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| said by battleop :All I care is that it is square and not rounded. I am sick and tired of network gear that has too look like a damn space ship. Do they not realize that you just might want to stack your gear instead of wasting space spreading it across a desk? Yup, and add super bright, distracting LED lights that blink enough to induce an epileptic seizure. Linksys for a bit was making their products stackable but have since stopped. | |
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| | patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| said by battleop :All I care is that it is square and not rounded. I am sick and tired of network gear that has too look like a damn space ship. Do they not realize that you just might want to stack your gear instead of wasting space spreading it across a desk? Buy commercial grade 1U/2U/4U networking equipment then. Remember to get a home equity loan to pay for it. | |
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DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX | 1.5 up 50 down and 1.5 up wtf
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join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL | Re: 1.5 up The same guy who thing is ok to only have 1 HD channel on there system. | |
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swhitney2003
I can't drive 55.
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join:2003-06-13
NH
clubs: | Re: 1.5 up What kind of overhead is there just to sustain 50mbps down? Must be approaching the limits of the needed upstream to achieve those speeds. | |
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rcdailey
Dragoonfly
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join:2005-03-29
Rialto, CA
| said by DarkLogix :50 down and 1.5 up wtf who came up with that idea It makes sense if the practical download speed is 7.5 Mb/sec due to throttling. | |
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CoolGuyJoe
@rr.com | Seriously.. they should at least give you 5Mbps up.. | |
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| a little more generous.. please-- I said please I think they should tweak that idea a little bit...
Make the cap throttle to 10mbit and 50gb data, then make it gradually slow down as you ease towards 50gb (in the early 40gb range..), then it resets after 9pm. It would affect much fewer customers and they won't get annoyed with you then. However, US carriers-- listen up.. don't try that crap here, especially if Verizon has FTTP service.. becuase they don't throttle. | |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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| Re: a little more generous.. please-- I said please said by tmc8080 : However, US carriers-- listen up.. don't try that crap here, especially if Verizon has FTTP service.. becuase they don't throttle. There is a posting that Verizon has a 500GB soft cap:
»www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/09/···e-wimax/
At least for now, Verizon FiOS doesn’t do that - but with talking to tech support, they noted 500GB “soft cap” that would raise some eyebrows.
From what the guy told me, if I use over 500GB/mo and they get reports of slowdowns in my area they will send me a letter to cut back. If I don;t cut back within the next month, they reserve the right to take “action.” Whatever that means.
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MacTire
join:2007-06-22
Morristown, TN | Re: a little more generous.. please-- I said please It means because the way the contract was drawn up they cannot drop your bandwidth. Instead they will drop your contract and not charge you the normal end service fee. Both Verizon and AT&T are doing this. | |
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bender
Bite my shiny metal ass
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join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL
clubs: | Re: me # 1 since when does midamerican offer internet? or is this at the office? | |
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| TheKnossos
join:2003-05-14
Fort Worth, TX
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| What does that have to do with anything? A lot of people get speeds like that.
Back on topic. I can understand prime time throttling more than flat monthly caps. In a lot of neighborhoods, Cable and DSL (especially cable) have proven that their infrastructure isn't able to handle everyone online in the evening hours.
Flat monthly caps and paying overages = money grab
Nightly caps during prime time with reasonable throttling = poor infrastructure but reasonable compromise | |
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join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO
| Re: me # 1 I agree that throttling during prime time is a much better solution than a monthly cap, as long as they are open about it. A monthly cap does not really address the congestion issue as an individual can stay within the cap and do all his downloading during prime time, causing massive congestion. On the other hand, a person can download double the cap during off hours without causing any congestion. | |
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| joebarnhart
Paxio evangelist
join:2005-12-15
Santa Clara, CA
| Be careful when you play "ha ha mine is bigger" around here. Someone always has a better connection than you do.
(And yes, for the record, someone out there has even better bandwidth than this -- just look at the archives for zip codes beginning with "9".) | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| Re: me # 1 said by joebarnhart :Be careful when you play "ha ha mine is bigger" around here. Someone always has a better connection than you do. (And yes, for the record, someone out there has even better bandwidth than this -- just look at the archives for zip codes beginning with "9".) A pocket of what? 50 homes in a subdivision.
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Done_Posting
Shoot to kill
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join:2003-08-22
Toledo, OH
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| Wow! What an incredibly unexciting news announcement. Sorry, this just doesn't do anything for me.
Buried for lack of... oh, wait, wrong site... 
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italiansmoke
join:2005-07-21
Monroe, MI
| Not a big deal Not really a big deal, they just try to shock and impress with the kinda sweet modem(which will be what they gush & adamantly talk about at the media event), and the DOCSIS 3.0 and 50Mbps speeds.
But ultimately, you will be capped for a good 30-40% of your service. And your upload will be laughable.
But outside of all of those humurous & consistent issues, you can download at 50Mbps after 9pm to 4pm(most of which will be probably spent sleeping).
Read the fine print, they'll find more ways than one to screw you or minimize your consumer rights. | |
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Stojko
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join:2007-10-20
St John'S, NL | confusion? Does that month you can only use 10GB between those times for the entire month or is it 10GB per day between those times? And does the throttling continue outside those times if you exceed the limit during 4-7 or whatever? | |
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| A Couple Things I recently moved to the UK from the US, and I have Virgin Media. I can speak to a couple things mentioned in the comments.
First, the caps between peak hours go away after the period is over. I was downloading some linux ISOs during peak hours and I went from 1 MB/sec to like 200kb/sec or so once I passed the threshold. After 9, my speeds went back up to normal.
Second, the quote in the article about the price being 52 GBP equal to 100 USD is crap. The exchange rate hasn't been 2:1 in months. The price is more like 75 USD now. | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | 1.5mb up you don't need D3 to do that! | |
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Virgin 50Mbps December 15
