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Dstrong91's avatar
Dstrong91
Tuning in
9 months ago

How can this be advertised as “gaming broadband”?

after having VM for about 4 months, I can easily say it’s the worst provider for gaming. I’ve repeatedly queried through agents about the multiple issues I’m having but they follow the usual script o...
RT123's avatar
RT123
Up to speed
9 months ago

Gaming on VM???? Is that a thing - I didn’t realise it was possible! 

Sounds about right - VM is better for speed than latency imho! 

unisoft's avatar
unisoft
Knows their stuff
9 months ago

They even used to have a GAMING tier in the subscription packages, VIVID GAMER 200, and not just say its good for gaming in the other packages like now. No, it didn't have different QOS or routing to any other tier, and was still subject to (mainly) DOCSIS latency.

  • RT123's avatar
    RT123
    Up to speed
    9 months ago

    Yeah I remember that there was the Vivid 200 Gamer - believe the only difference was a slightly higher upload speed (only really useful to streamers)