Throttled (STM'ed) at random?

cook1984 · 28-10-2008, 00:13

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

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

28-10-2008, 00:26

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Originally Posted by cook1984

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?

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

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?

See my other post
My theory

General Angel · 28-10-2008, 00:58

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

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

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

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.

28-10-2008, 01:16

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Originally Posted by General Angel

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

doubt it, i hope not

Not long to wait and find out

General Angel · 28-10-2008, 01:22

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Originally Posted by Gary L

Not long to wait and find out

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

28-10-2008, 01:25

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Originally Posted by General Angel

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

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

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

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?