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|Kippa| 07-10-2008 23:44

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
In real terms if Allot was being used for shaping gaming traffic would it make the ping from the user to the gaming server higher, but the game still playable? Or the ping so high that gaming becomes impossible to play?

To be honest if 99% of games are playable just with slightly higher pings then I am not too botherd. If however the pings are so high that gaming becomes impossible then I would have serious issues with it.

Cobbydaler 07-10-2008 23:58

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
Can we please cease the personal abuse.

Debate the facts, DO NOT attack the poster.

Any continuation will result in warnings with possible infraction points.

Thank you...

watzizname 08-10-2008 02:31

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by darthlinux (Post 34649574)
I mean I dont really think Virgin will deploy this unless its just in the really bad areas

One might have expected the same of stm, however this is the underhanded penny pinchers at VM we're dealing with, if its implemented, it'll be nationwide :(

SimonB79 08-10-2008 11:23

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
If this application throttling effects my Xbox Live experience then I'm going elsewhere... its as simple as that (and I'm sure others will almost certainly follow)

I already have a BT-Line so that's not a problem :)

xspeedyx 08-10-2008 13:06

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by SimonB79 (Post 34649952)
If this application throttling effects my Xbox Live experience then I'm going elsewhere... its as simple as that (and I'm sure others will almost certainly follow)

I already have a BT-Line so that's not a problem :)

Same here I use my BB regulary for xbox live and if I cant play because VM need to save money then bye bye

Sirius 08-10-2008 13:24

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
So do we take the fact that VM have not disputed this, That this time they are infact doing this

xspeedyx 08-10-2008 13:57

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
They have it installed Sirius as they have admitted, so the post from trax showing its active is just showing its on the network and in no way appilication managing anyone, if there was a trial we would find out about it, I have seen any slow down on my torrents or newsgroups, until I start to see this been affected I aint gonna worry too much

AppleSauce 08-10-2008 18:44

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
Noticing some weird things as of late, If I'm on a game my pings seem to slowly rise from 15/20 to 45/50. After I leave the game I still have 45/50 pings to certain things, then suddenly after I've been off the game for 5 minutes my ping and download speeds suddenly return to normal.

Been going on for the past week, Only seems to be happening 5pm-9pm.

If I don't go on games everything remains the same.

xspeedyx 08-10-2008 19:06

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
mmm strange I doubt its shaping causing this as gaming you have to connect to a server/host and it all depends where you are connected and how much load is but on the server/host, so once you leave a game your pings will be back to normal

cook1984 08-10-2008 19:40

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
If only they invested as much energy and money in network upgrades and sorting out their current tiers, instead of throttling, "management" (more throttling) and the utterly pointless 50 meg tier that will only be used by people with chipped modems things might improve.

I have my Be install date now. If I get over 10 meg, it will be bye bye VM.

Ignitionnet 08-10-2008 20:57

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
Those Allot units have been there for years, they were ordered and installed years ago. None of them have ever shaped traffic actively nor will they, some of them aren't even activated.

The 10Gbit Allot SG Omega is presently confined exclusively to the Cable and Wireless LLU interconnects. No evidence of a wide spread trial or rollout on the cable network.

Yes they are there, ntl had all this kit and had to find something to do with it, so something to keep the number crunchers interested and help the application management companies to produce their statistics was the way to run I guess.

I repeat none of those units are actively shaping, some aren't even switched on.

xspeedyx 08-10-2008 21:02

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
Which I have pointed out a few posts above I have seen no trials heard no about no trials from higher up contacts so really dont see this been rolled out, maybe VM do have some kind of sense

Sirius 08-10-2008 21:11

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Broadbandings (Post 34650377)
Those Allot units have been there for years, they were ordered and installed years ago. None of them have ever shaped traffic actively nor will they, some of them aren't even activated.

The 10Gbit Allot SG Omega is presently confined exclusively to the Cable and Wireless LLU interconnects. No evidence of a wide spread trial or rollout on the cable network.

Yes they are there, ntl had all this kit and had to find something to do with it, so something to keep the number crunchers interested and help the application management companies to produce their statistics was the way to run I guess.

I repeat none of those units are actively shaping, some aren't even switched on.

Thats good to hear :tu:

xspeedyx 08-10-2008 21:17

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
come sirius if this was been trialled then we would of known about it

Sirius 08-10-2008 21:23

Re: Application Throttling/Management
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by darthlinux (Post 34650409)
come sirius if this was been trialled then we would of known about it

Would we ????

Remember STM that was trialed in small select areas first so as not to give the game away


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