The web ui is win. Because Im effectively running it on a server I just turn the webui on and browse to it.. and you can control most things from there.
I was using orbit as my download manager, just switched to jdownloader and it has a setting to use the https automatically without having to change the link manually.
Virgin tweet
virginmedia Folks - we are aware some customers unable to access Rapidshare/MegaUpload - we have NOT blocked these and are urgently investigating.
4mins ago
Virgin tweet
virginmedia UPDATE: we have implemented a workaround so customers can access RapidShare/MegaUpload again. We did NOT block these sites, despite reports.
16 minutes ago via TweetDeck
The only reason there's no STM is because there are still very few people on the 50Mbps package. The 50Mpbs modems run on their own little highway, so you can image that highway is pretty empty with barely anyone on it. The second it becomes heavy & congested they will put it on.
Some technical staff at virgin have said the same thing aswel.
Virgin tweet
virginmedia Folks - we are aware some customers unable to access Rapidshare/MegaUpload - we have NOT blocked these and are urgently investigating.
4mins ago
I find it very hard to believe that the blocking of Rapidhsare AND Megaupload could be due to a mistake. I think they were treading the water to see what the reaction would be.
Virgin Media has not blocked traffic to Rapidshare or Megaupload and have made some changes to routing to get access again, please try as it works here
that's extremely short sighted of you. Can you not see a problem with your isp deciding which sites you can view?
How about other high bandwidth sites? What about the iPlayer? Would it be ok if virgin just decide to block access to it to save bandwidth? Who gets to decide what perfectly legal sites it's ok for them to block?
I would appreciate an answer.
Hark the lady doth protest to much - why can't people be honest just for once? This isn't about a point of principle, this is about people throwing their toys out of the pram because they've been stopped doing something they shouldn't be doing in the first place i.e. not paying for intellectual property and they just don't like it.
How refreshing it would be for someone to hold their hand up and just say "fair cop gov".
Exactly, we are not china, we have a right to choose what sites we view and what we download. If they are going to do this what stops them blocking other sites because they feel like it?
No you do not have an automatic right to simply download and view anything you want. For a society to function there has to be rules and laws without which we would have anarchy and I doubt you would like that very much.
Hark the lady doth protest to much - why can't people be honest just for once? This isn't about a point of principle, this is about people throwing their toys out of the pram because they've been stopped doing something they shouldn't be doing in the first place i.e. not paying for intellectual property and they just don't like it.
How refreshing it would be for someone to hold their hand up and just say "fair cop gov".
i'm not even a virgin media customer.
I just have a sense of right and wrong. And can see that it's wrong for an isp to decide what perfectly legal websites it's contracted customers can access.
I'm not sure exactly what you're accusing me of, or for what i should consider a fair cop. But personally i use rapidshare on my site for the large downloads because their bandwidth is cheaper than my webhost. So my website, which is a source of income to me doesn't work properly for vm customers. I think that is wrong.
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How do you do that?
I just managed to get something, but didn't someone say they are capping it during set hours?
virginmedia Folks - we are aware some customers unable to access Rapidshare/MegaUpload - we have NOT blocked these and are urgently investigating.
4mins ago
VM don't block torrent traffic
no but they throttle them.
the point i'm making is that 50mbps is only useful for downloading large files in a shorter time. rather than small files in no time.
there is no point having it if they are going to get in the way of anything that involves moving large amounts of data.
No they don't. The only restriction is the STM which is protocol neutral. They don't spefically target torrent traffic
There is no STM on the 50mbps service.
i thought they 'shaped' all torrents? no?
oh and fumble... a viola is a large violin
virginmedia UPDATE: we have implemented a workaround so customers can access RapidShare/MegaUpload again. We did NOT block these sites, despite reports.
16 minutes ago via TweetDeck
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The only reason there's no STM is because there are still very few people on the 50Mbps package. The 50Mpbs modems run on their own little highway, so you can image that highway is pretty empty with barely anyone on it. The second it becomes heavy & congested they will put it on.
Some technical staff at virgin have said the same thing aswel.
I find it very hard to believe that the blocking of Rapidhsare AND Megaupload could be due to a mistake. I think they were treading the water to see what the reaction would be.
Hark the lady doth protest to much - why can't people be honest just for once? This isn't about a point of principle, this is about people throwing their toys out of the pram because they've been stopped doing something they shouldn't be doing in the first place i.e. not paying for intellectual property and they just don't like it.
How refreshing it would be for someone to hold their hand up and just say "fair cop gov".
No you do not have an automatic right to simply download and view anything you want. For a society to function there has to be rules and laws without which we would have anarchy and I doubt you would like that very much.
i'm not even a virgin media customer.
I just have a sense of right and wrong. And can see that it's wrong for an isp to decide what perfectly legal websites it's contracted customers can access.
I'm not sure exactly what you're accusing me of, or for what i should consider a fair cop. But personally i use rapidshare on my site for the large downloads because their bandwidth is cheaper than my webhost. So my website, which is a source of income to me doesn't work properly for vm customers. I think that is wrong.
I await your apology. And i'm serious.