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Dawn Falcon · 29-04-2007, 22:03

No, Hex, that's my point. As I said, the math for the 2% of users hammering the service being the cause simply dosn't add up. This is purely about wanting to have a higher headline speed for the broadband service to attract customers, and not have to invest in infrastructure for it. Traffic shaping is cheaper than lighting cable. And Joe Blogs WILL notice the 200ms latency hit. It's like using a 56k modem again anytime traffic shaping goes on. (click-pause-webpage loads), as it does after he watches internet TV for 5 minutes before it all stops working properly (because he's just got capped).

Moreover, those 2% shouldn't be allowed to punish everyone even IF that was the cause. Toss em off the service allready. It's not rocket science.

29-04-2007, 22:03	#22
Dawn Falcon Inactive Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 60	Re: Traffic Shaping Affecting All Tiers No, Hex, that's my point. As I said, the math for the 2% of users hammering the service being the cause simply dosn't add up. This is purely about wanting to have a higher headline speed for the broadband service to attract customers, and not have to invest in infrastructure for it. Traffic shaping is cheaper than lighting cable. And Joe Blogs WILL notice the 200ms latency hit. It's like using a 56k modem again anytime traffic shaping goes on. (click-pause-webpage loads), as it does after he watches internet TV for 5 minutes before it all stops working properly (because he's just got capped). Moreover, those 2% shouldn't be allowed to punish everyone even IF that was the cause. Toss em off the service allready. It's not rocket science.