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kwikbreaks · 28-06-2012, 09:17

My observation on 10Mbps in my neck of the woods is that there is no STM at all up until 3:00pm - or at least I've never hit it despite occasional high usage - and that is when the evening STM period starts.

I should get the SH for my self install 60Mbps upgrade today. Given the daytime STM on that is 10GB I wouldn't normally hit it but I will have a try at it sometime soon. I suspect I will see closer to the published STM on that but then again maybe not.

From various posts on here which may or may not be correct the STM is a function of the CTMS, there are a limited set of rules that can be applied, some CMTS models don't have the capacity to hold the full rule set so what you get is not quite what it should be. Probably no STM on 10Mbps until 3:00 when the evening limit kicks in is a good compromise for VM as downloading all day at 10Mbps shouldn't cause a problem unless quite a few do it - that same can't be said for the higher tiers.

28-06-2012, 09:17	#70
kwikbreaks cf.mega poster Join Date: May 2010 Services: Plusnet FTTC, FoxSat HDR for TV, Vonage VOIP. Posts: 2,082	Re: Do you like the new STM My observation on 10Mbps in my neck of the woods is that there is no STM at all up until 3:00pm - or at least I've never hit it despite occasional high usage - and that is when the evening STM period starts. I should get the SH for my self install 60Mbps upgrade today. Given the daytime STM on that is 10GB I wouldn't normally hit it but I will have a try at it sometime soon. I suspect I will see closer to the published STM on that but then again maybe not. From various posts on here which may or may not be correct the STM is a function of the CTMS, there are a limited set of rules that can be applied, some CMTS models don't have the capacity to hold the full rule set so what you get is not quite what it should be. Probably no STM on 10Mbps until 3:00 when the evening limit kicks in is a good compromise for VM as downloading all day at 10Mbps shouldn't cause a problem unless quite a few do it - that same can't be said for the higher tiers.