speed in evenings :(

[64D]

hey im sined up for the 4mb cable, but this eveing it went down from 4mb on speed tests to 2mb is this normal for busy times on the network, im new to cable internet btw i just got it today. thanks

[Axegrinder]

You maybe a victim of the traffic management.

4meg users get slowed to 2meg if over 750mb has been downloaded.

[Nedkelly]

You got to love that traffic managent I just love going to slow speed jobs where all the levels are ok with the modem but they insist on sending us out .I have not got my magic wand yet to fix these sorry

[64D]

is there any thing that i can do about it?? if i ask them if this is what they are doing will they admit it ??

[Nedkelly]

you can try i get sent on loads of these jobs .The customer has a new modem the levels are fine upstream and downstream .Ok when cheked with a rf meter .Theres not a lot a tech can do if all of the above is fine .They need to look at the ubr figures to see what status it is at .But they will want to send a tech

[CIS]

Do 20meg lines get "traffic management" if they go over an amount?

[Nedkelly]

Yes all the teirs are traffic managed

[CIS]

ok thanks, so what does 20meg get cut too?

Let me guess.....6 meg!?

and when does it go back to normal (the speed I mean)

[scorp24]

2mb connection

[slowcoach]

Who needs STM

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:57:33 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 1072 ms = 955.2 KB/sec, approx 7871 Kbps, 7.69 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 1777 ms = 576.3 KB/sec, approx 4749 Kbps, 4.64 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 1619 ms = 632.5 KB/sec, approx 5212 Kbps, 5.09 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 3924 ms = 521.9 KB/sec, approx 4300 Kbps, 4.2 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 5533 Kbps, 5.41 Mbps

With NO downloading done today, this is crap for £37 pm.

[fatassmichael]

Originally Posted by CIS

ok thanks, so what does 20meg get cut too?

Let me guess.....6 meg!?

Close, actually 5 meg, after going over 3 gig.

[Nedkelly]

That is poor

[CIS]

Originally Posted by fatassmichael

Close, actually 5 meg, after going over 3 gig.

and when is it reset, so you can get the full speed again.

I just posted on the forum about my super speeds all day and BANG! i am down to 5-6 meg lol ( like 5 mins after the post )

So is it a day by day thing?

and what is the FUP (I never did read the small print on that)

[foreverwar]

Originally Posted by CIS

...snip...and what is the FUP (I never did read the small print on that)

Try - RTFM
Traffic Management
Broadband Size: XL
During peak times, the top 5% on the Size: XL package download at least 3GB of traffic each.
Any users hitting this amount during peak times (4pm till midnight) will have their broadband speed temporarily traffic managed – their download speed will be set to 5Mb, with their upload speed set to 256Kb. This will last for 4 hours from when the traffic management policy is applied.
Even if a Broadband Size: XL user has their speed temporarily traffic managed, they can still download over 4,000 music files per day.

[CIS]

I agree with the FUP, but this was my first day on 20meg, so I just went a big mad today.

I love the way the website says "Even if a Broadband Size: XL user has their speed temporarily traffic managed, they can still download over 4,000 music files per day" lol they equate everything to downloading music tracks, who the hell downloads 4,000 music tracks per day!

I would still love to download 1 music track at 20meg, than 4,000 tracks at 5meg.