Traffic Shaping Affecting All Tiers - Page 98

mcmanic · 06-07-2007, 18:17

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Originally Posted by alferret

NTL have not gone anywhere, infrastructure is the same as before, staff are the same, cableing is the same, the only things to have changed is the name, and the implimentation of STM.

lol, i do know, but i want my 10meg back, proper connection not this substandard upto 20meg but infact worse than 10meg rubbish at higher prices than before

eto · 07-07-2007, 00:47

im a fairly newly upgraded to 4mb, im already seeing throttling to 2mb
now .. after 6 weeks at most of 4mb
in london
i just called em [at great expense] the geezer told me it shows when he logged into my modem
i was blueyonder 56k user, then 1mb
looks like im moving, eh

christopherw · 07-07-2007, 01:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by eto

im a fairly newly upgraded to 4mb, im already seeing throttling to 2mb
now .. after 6 weeks at most of 4mb
in london
i just called em [at great expense] the geezer told me it shows when he logged into my modem
i was blueyonder 56k user, then 1mb
looks like im moving, eh

if the fault is on their end, vm should (will, if you ask them!) refund the cost of the call - itll appear as a refund on your next bill.

maybe if you stay as a 56k user on their system, you wont get traffic shaped...

eto · 07-07-2007, 02:16

huh, no way am i going back to 56k
also, no way am i paying for 4mb i aint actually getting
im a linux dev, i need a fast connect, when i want it
4mb was fine .. i usually actually got great speeds
bugger this for a game of soldiers
if i cant build all the isos i want on this service
they lose my revenue stream

2||Para · 07-07-2007, 10:03

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Originally Posted by Gavin

Does anyone know what clocks VM run on for traffic shaping?

Its 12:35am and i'm still very clearly being shaped.

They are always very quick to turn it on come 4pm, but not so quick to turn it off.

Or is it a case that if you download your allowance just prior to 12am that you are penalised for another 4 hours outside their so-called peak hours and only can return to full speed at 4am?

I was led to believe that you needed to download 3GB of material before you were shaped,yet i get traffic shaped as soon as the PC is switched on. In the words of Mrs Taylor

"Whata ******* liberty"

eto · 07-07-2007, 15:52

so .. how are VM at supplying the MAC quicksmart, if it comes to that

Rackerz · 07-07-2007, 16:01

We are also traffic shaped regardless of the amount of material downloaded during the day. I'd like to know how they thought traffic shaping would be a good thing.

epitaphic · 07-07-2007, 16:13

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Originally Posted by Rackerz

We are also traffic shaped regardless of the amount of material downloaded during the day.

How do you have proof of this? Is it just "any slow speed == STM" or are you for example paying for 4mbit and consistently getting 2mbit during the day?

Rackerz · 07-07-2007, 16:21

Paying for 20mbit and getting a consistent 5, when I used to have 10 I'd get 10.

epitaphic · 07-07-2007, 16:34

Sounds to me like that's a valid complaint you should take up with them and get credited back for the call, along with a personal apology from the people responsible for setting the STM rules on the routers in your area.

smashie · 08-07-2007, 12:08

absolutely dogs mess speeds here in sunny great yarmouth today, 2hr outage last night also, i must say things seem to be going from bad to worse now, i'm currently on 4mb but am lucky to see 2mb at most from premium newsservers today.. bah! could it be that we are being shaped due to congestion regardless of time or amount of content downloaded??

eto · 08-07-2007, 13:12

my understanding is that excessive traffic between 4pm and midnight will attract shaping .. and here it seemed not to be lifted till 4am
ish
and the 'excessive' .. ?
innit 350mb or over, in that time period
this aint ON, sorry

smashie · 10-07-2007, 18:17

so does anyone know the truth of the matter here then, i got home tonight and decided to a grab a 200mb tv ep off of the groups and blammo i'm already consigned to 2mb even without having downloaded a bean of data today, gotta say i'm getting a bit frustrated but i don't know what to do next..

10-07-2007, 18:29

I've noticed limit for 20mbit has been raised to 4gb in my area.

SnoopZ · 10-07-2007, 18:38

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Originally Posted by TraxData

I've noticed limit for 20mbit has been raised to 4gb in my area.

And my area too. (cambridge CB4)