 amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
America Reviews:
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| 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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 ThrowDemsOutIf you can't convince 'em, confuse 'emPremium
join:2002-03-03
Mullica Hill, NJ
kudos:4
1 edit |  BT throttling total bandwidth & not specific apps
"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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 |  powerhogStinkin' up the jointPremium
join:2000-12-14
Owasso, OK | 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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|  IgnitePremium,VIP
join:2004-03-18
UK | said by ThrowDemsOut: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. No it says specifically on the BT website that they shape streaming media to 896kbps. | |
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 tacomaBleeding Dodger BluePremium
join:2001-05-18
Rancho Cucamonga, CA | You only get full throttle for 4 hours? 5 to 12AM * | |
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|  ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Grafton, WV | Re: You only get full throttle for 4 hours? 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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| | tacomaBleeding Dodger BluePremium
join:2001-05-18
Rancho Cucamonga, CA | Re: You only get full throttle for 4 hours? Thanks for stating what I said so eloquently. | |
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hroo772Darkness Fears MePremium
join:2002-04-05
Mclean, VA | 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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|  mrkevinKnowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.Premium
join:2007-08-07
Aurora, ME | Re: Primetime 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
Toronto, ON
kudos:1 | 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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| powerhogStinkin' up the jointPremium
join:2000-12-14
Owasso, OK | Re: Bits and bytes little 'b' = bits (kbps)
big 'B' = bytes (KBps) | |
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| | Reviews:
·SureWest Internet
·AT&T Yahoo
 ·Comcast
| Re: Bits and bytes 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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@dsl.telepac.pt | Re: Bits and bytes 128kbps = 128kb/sec
128kbps != 128kB/sec | |
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 HpowerRoflmao
join:2000-06-08
Glendale, CA | . Man that sucks. Looks like they really need to upgrade their network.
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| | WTF? Why is the internet going backwards? | |
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|  major marcoRes Firma Mitescere NescitPremium
join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA | Re: WTF? said by DataRiker:Why is the internet going backwards? ::CORPORATE GREED:: | |
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| | ha Sounds like something Time Warner would do. | |
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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
kudos:1 | Re: Hmm... 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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| |  a333A hot cup of integrals please
join:2007-06-12
Rego Park, NY | Re: Hmm... shhhhh...... don't give them ideas. | |
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| | | | | Re: Hmm... I can't believe Americans know of the horror of Bell Canada. Imagine Verizon before Fios, and Fairpoint/frontier right now. | |
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 DrModemPremium
join:2006-10-19
USA
kudos:1 | If you can't support that speed all the time... Don't offer it. | |
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| | Network Neutrality BT or any other ISP should not offer speeds up to 8 Mbps if in reality most of the time the DSL line only supports 1 Mbps, or in my case sometimes only 0.2 Mbps. Why doesn't the feeble regulator do something useful for once? | |
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