amungus
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| That's about useless
Might as well go for a cheaper plan if that's what they're doing.
Between 5pm & midnight - in other words, when most people get home and actually use their internet connection...
Wow, that's a pretty mean thing to do to those customers. And it's DSL too, surely the network can handle better speeds than 1Mbps for most folks. Sad. |
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TKJunkMail
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1 edit |  BT throttling total bandwidth & not specific apps
BT:
"But in a statement BT said it was not capping speeds down to 700kbps on iPlayer.
The firm said: "Where we manage bandwidth, we do so in order to optimise the experience for all customers, whatever they want to do online." While it won't make users feel any better, BT denies they are throttling YouTube or the BBC's iPlayer, but are slowing down bandwidth speeds across the board during prime hours due to limited infrastructure.
Sounds like the BBC is trying to bring in a net neutrality boogeyman to put pressure on BT, even though that appears to be a bogus charge.
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tacoma
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Riverside, CA | You only get full throttle for 4 hours?
5 to 12AM * |
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ropeguru
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Bridgeport, WV
clubs: | It is supposed to be 5PM to 12AM. So that means it is throttled for 7 hours in the evenings and full BW the rest of the day.
The article title incorrectly states 12PM instead of 12AM. |
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tacoma
Bleeding Dodger Blue
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Riverside, CA | Thanks for stating what I said so eloquently. |
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hroo772
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Mclean, VA
clubs: | Primetime
Think about coming home from work, your stressed, all you really wanna do is relax. Getting home to piss poor internet, really isn't gonna set your mood right. |
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mrkevin
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Aurora, ME
clubs: | or:
Download all day and enjoy when you get home.
or:
get a night job, then when you get home you can relax using your full connection |
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emoci
join:2007-05-29
York, ON
| Bits and bytes
As someone who has to suffer through DSL I couldn't help but notice:
896 kbytes/sec x 8 bits/byte = 7.168Mbits/sec
7.2 Mbits seems close to the advertised 8MBits anyways ...I don't dispute they may be throttling...but any chance the title is a misunderstanding of bits and bytes.... |
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powerhog
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| reply to TKJunkMail
Re: BT throttling total bandwidth & not specific apps
quote:
BT has said its speed limit is explained on its website, on a page describing its Total Broadband Fair Usage policy.
The clause in question says: "We do limit the speed of all video streaming to 896Kbps on our Option 1 product, during peak times only."
You must have missed this quote where they state that they ARE capping iPlayer and all other video streams.
No, they are not capping at 700kbps... they are capping at 896kbbps. |
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powerhog
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Owasso, OK | reply to emoci
Re: Bits and bytes
little 'b' = bits (kbps)
big 'B' = bytes (KBps) |
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jadebangle
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| its kbits when talking in broadband term of course rarely does anyone talk in kbytes on the internet
50mb=bits in most cases... unless you're referrring to harddrive speed
8mbit per sec
or 896kbit or kbps
like mp3 128kbps
anyone who think 128kbps is 128kb/sec is very confused or just trying to mislead others |
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Hpower
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Glendale, CA | .
Man that sucks. Looks like they really need to upgrade their network.
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DataRiker
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Metairie, LA
clubs: | WTF?
Why is the internet going backwards? |
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major marco
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| said by DataRiker  :Why is the internet going backwards? ::CORPORATE GREED:: |
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MacAlert
join:2005-03-16
Flushing, NY | ha
Sounds like something Time Warner would do. |
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ohreally
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| Hmm...
Quite why BT is worried about capacity, I don't know. They own the network, why can't they provide enough capacity?
At least those affected by BT's traffic shaping can move to another ISP who uses BT's DSL network (hundreds of ISPs do this). There is no traffic shaping imposed on them by BT, and service is generally good (if you choose a decent ISP). |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| said by ohreally :
At least those affected by BT's traffic shaping can move to another ISP who uses BT's DSL network (hundreds of ISPs do this). There is no traffic shaping imposed on them by BT, and service is generally good (if you choose a decent ISP).
Wait until BT hears about Bell Canada. |
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a333
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join:2007-06-12
Rego Park, NY | shhhhh...... don't give them ideas. |
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DrModem
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USA | If you can't support that speed all the time...
Don't offer it. |
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rs
@telepac.pt | reply to jadebangle
Re: Bits and bytes
128kbps = 128kb/sec
128kbps != 128kB/sec |
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