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cook1984 · 07-12-2010, 22:56

qasdfdsaq: It looks like they are trying to be a bit too clever with their limiting rules. Encrypted traffic on port 80 is most likely not HTTP but some other protocol that uses port 80 because it is normally un-retarded.

Although business packages share the same lines as residential the throttling used to be different. No business would be happy if they hit their limits during business hours and could no longer function. I used to work in IT support and experienced that happen once, and it was not pretty. IIRC VM only used to throttle business customers in the late evenings which while not quite as stupid isn't that helpful either if you need to do updates and backups around that time.

Peter: Thanks for checking it out, I look forward to seeing your results.

I am experimenting with a script for my router that automatically manages traffic during STM periods (i.e. most of the time). It counts the amount of data* that is sent and when it sees that even maxed out STM would not kick in towards the end of the period it ramps up any outstanding downloads to the maximum. On a good day it can get with 3Mb of the limit just before 9PM.

VM need to offer an interference free connection as an option. I'd pay (a bit) more for it. Even 50 meg is limited.

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cook1984 Inactive Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 556	Re: Traffic Management Policy qasdfdsaq: It looks like they are trying to be a bit too clever with their limiting rules. Encrypted traffic on port 80 is most likely not HTTP but some other protocol that uses port 80 because it is normally un-retarded. Although business packages share the same lines as residential the throttling used to be different. No business would be happy if they hit their limits during business hours and could no longer function. I used to work in IT support and experienced that happen once, and it was not pretty. IIRC VM only used to throttle business customers in the late evenings which while not quite as stupid isn't that helpful either if you need to do updates and backups around that time. Peter: Thanks for checking it out, I look forward to seeing your results. I am experimenting with a script for my router that automatically manages traffic during STM periods (i.e. most of the time). It counts the amount of data* that is sent and when it sees that even maxed out STM would not kick in towards the end of the period it ramps up any outstanding downloads to the maximum. On a good day it can get with 3Mb of the limit just before 9PM. VM need to offer an interference free connection as an option. I'd pay (a bit) more for it. Even 50 meg is limited.