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Old 05-07-2007, 11:37   #1450
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Re: Traffic Shaping Affecting All Tiers

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Originally Posted by slowcoach View Post
If the STM cut off at midnight you would be able to download 3GB just prior to midnight without it affecting you.
I agree, but that doesn't help the UBRs cope with the traffic during peak times. I could still download at max speed before midnite and then be on STM when no one is using the connection. It's a half baked policy. Realistically, peak is between 6-10pm. They added 2hrs each way just to be safe and then an extra 4hrs penalty because, let's be realistic, anyone that watches Joost, BBC online etc will always go over their limit at some point at night and probably be limited til 2-4am.

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Originally Posted by brundles View Post
TBH, my feeling with the thresholds is that they know there are a lot of 4meg users who are happy with 4 meg but use a higher amount of total bandwidth (I'm one of them!).
That is exactly the reason I upped my 4meg to 20. Tho they only got an extra £4 out of me so the way I see it, it's £4 for the extra upload bandwidth, which is not really a bad deal.
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