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cook1984

28-10-2008 00:13

Throttled (STM'ed) at random?

I just turned on my PC for the first time since around 7pm, only to find I am throttled down to 7.5meg by STM. Thing is, at 7pm, everything was fine, and I hadn't been doing downloads anyway.

Given that my wifi access point was also turned off and there are no other active PCs on my LAN, how can this be explained?

Kiryu

28-10-2008 00:14

Re: Throttled (STM'ed) at random?

you couldnt get past 5MB on STM for VM 20MB =) I get STM'd all the time ONLY IF i was downloading/uploading like no tomorrow lol

homealone

28-10-2008 00:26

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Originally Posted by cook1984 (Post 34662944)

7.5 Mb/s is not STM, you need to look for another reason for your anomaly :)

as Kiryu said the STM speed for 20Mb/s is 5Mb/s...

Gary L

28-10-2008 00:51

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Originally Posted by cook1984 (Post 34662944)

See my other post
My theory

General Angel

28-10-2008 00:58

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Been with VM for 5 days now, havent been STM'D at all and i get 16-19 meg on and off peak.
I love it

Gary L

28-10-2008 01:05

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Originally Posted by General Angel (Post 34662969)

Been with VM for 5 days now, havent been STM'D at all and i get 16-19 meg on and off peak.
I love it

Things might change after 28 days :)

General Angel

28-10-2008 01:10

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Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 34662977)

Things might change after 28 days :)

doubt it, i hope not

Mick Fisher

28-10-2008 01:14

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Originally Posted by General Angel (Post 34662969)

Been with VM for 5 days now, havent been STM'D at all and i get 16-19 meg on and off peak.
I love it

Early days yet, give 'em time, they will upset you soon. :D

whydoIneedatech

28-10-2008 01:16

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Originally Posted by General Angel (Post 34662980)

doubt it, i hope not

I download when i feel like it and have not been STMed for months, don't know if its luck or what, not every gets STMed.

Gary L

28-10-2008 01:17

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Originally Posted by General Angel (Post 34662980)

doubt it, i hope not

Not long to wait and find out :D

General Angel

28-10-2008 01:22

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Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 34662986)

Not long to wait and find out :D

meh my neighbours have had VM for months and have not noticed any speed decreases, i might just be lucky

whydoIneedatech

28-10-2008 01:25

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Originally Posted by General Angel (Post 34662989)

meh my neighbours have had VM for months and have not noticed any speed decreases, i might just be lucky

They say only the top 5% get traffic managed so out of 3000000+ customers less than 200000 approx at any one time get STMed still a lot but only 5% of the total customer base.

General Angel

28-10-2008 01:29

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Originally Posted by whydoIneedatech (Post 34662990)

They say only the top 5% get traffic managed so out of 3000000+ customers less than 200000 approx at any one time get STMed still a lot but only 5% of the total customer base.

As a family we use about 2500MB between 4-9pm so we are safe within the margin

Gary L

28-10-2008 01:35

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Originally Posted by General Angel (Post 34662989)

meh my neighbours have had VM for months and have not noticed any speed decreases, i might just be lucky

I thought you had a neighbour who was only getting 2Mb on the 20Mb?

General Angel

28-10-2008 01:45

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Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 34662997)

I thought you had a neighbour who was only getting 2Mb on the 20Mb?

He was on the 10 meg package, hes been getting 8-9 since then, might have been STM'D
But you are saying its likely
that i will be slowed down even if i dont hit the usage limit?

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