is there anywhere we can check our bandwidth usage.. my download is horrible.. 10-20kbps only.. better with old streamyx and i dont think i've download more than 60 gig this month.

btw no problem with surfing and gaming.

same case with u....download is damn teruk, although no prob with email, surfing etc.

haha so i need 2 pay rm60 more just 4 biz 5 with only 1mb upgrade from my current line just 2 skip the cap not worth 4 me throwing money away like that haha

does streaming video like youtube vimeo or mtv will deduct the download volume?

I think you should ask does youtube vimeo or mtv connected to internet anot.

If no then no data volume .
If yes then got data volume.

any comment???
VIP 5, speed like shit

This post has been edited by ngyinchew: Apr 16 2011, 01:26 PM

this can help you guys measure bandwidth usage.

http://codebox.org.uk/pages/bitmeterOs

Guys I just got Unifi today and I have some questions, hope you can help:

Ok so at the start I switched on a laptop just after installation on ground floor (my house has 2.5 stories). It was very slow, but it worked.

At the same time I switched on a laptop on the top floor (so approximately the same distance away from the router as the previous laptop, because the router is on the middle floor). It was also very slow.

Now the people told me it is like this, it takes some time to stabilise. Soon after, the laptop on the ground floor was working fine, not 100% stable, but downloading fast, surfing ok. It sort of disconnected (not sure why) for a while but came back on.

On the other hand, the laptop on the top floor had an erratic connection. It would be very, very slow at surfing, and for downloads it would get fast initial speeds, then die (0 KBps) after a few sec/mins. After a while, though, it managed to stabilise and get good speeds (seeing 3MB and hitting 4, 5, 6MB).

However, right now, it is super slow at browsing (not tried downloading again). Reception bar fluctuates between 2 and 3 and 4 (mostly 2, sometimes 3). How slow? Took me more than a few refreshes and a lot of hassle and delay to load this lowyat forum text webpage! Most pages timeout.

My questions are:

1. Is this normal for a new Unifi user (i.e. will this go away shortly/eventually)?

2. Why is one laptop working great while the other is suffering terribly right now despite being usable earlier in the evening, though both are equally far from the router (moreover, the laptop I am having problems with is newer)?

which location are you?

i get no more than 2mbps too on my download but my upload can reach around 13mbps on a VIP20 in Bdr Bkt Puchong 2.

this is fraking insane.

Get the wifi out of question first.. Test in the same room or direct using lan cable. What type of downloading? torrent? Try use speedtest.net. Torrent got many factor. Just use direct download from big company like microsoft or adobe. BTW this is not a car, it will not running better after the running in.

Not torrent, normal HTTP downloads. I suppose this means it's the same as web-browsing, except downloads can sometimes utilise multiple threads.

Yet to try both laptops in the same place, or the better-working one in the not-so-good one's location. I will have to.

Sucks that it won't improve - I didn't really think it would, seeing as the internet (after a short while) was great downstarirs (already getting 3-6MBps down or up anyway).

The only problem is the connection is often bad upstairs. Never had problems with this laptop's wifi (using different broadband service until now, working good with wifi), and never had problems from my location (upstairs).

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Added on April 17, 2011, 1:20 amOh yeah and I don't like Speedtest.net because to me it isn't realistic. Not only does it give falsely high speeds (unrealistic unachievable speeds that are sometimes more than double/triple/quadruple the average download speeds, and greater than maximum observed download speed), it gives vastly different values each time. It can give x, 2x, 3x, 0.5x etc.

Thanks.

This post has been edited by LightningFist: Apr 17 2011, 01:20 AM

if we downgrade from unify to streamyx 4mb got any penalty?

unify user is bond with 2 years contract...if they cut the unify within the time will penalty if i not wrong rm 200 or 500....don know if downgrade to streamyx

its RM200 if i'm not mistaken

now they alraedy started to capped?

Nope confirmed with Unifi ... Next Year dont know When

Unlimited till 31 Dec 2011. Unlike TMnut, MAXIS is at least telling you when their subscribers will start feeling the bane of the DOWNLOAD QUOTA.

So seeing that TMnut and MAXIS are in partnership and server the same areas etc, I am guessing AKA predicting that the cap/quota will start early next year(2012)

You download freaks should use as much as you can while you still can.

Maxis fibre use TM fibre too, not own one like Time fibre.

I think the Maxis statement already stating a dateline where the volume cap will be implemented 'officially' by TM, or earlier since TM already secure large fibre customer base.

Exactly.. thats why I wont be getting that unifi nonsense. I'll wait till Astro hits my area. Only weird thing is, arent maxis and astro under the same management?

Well, if you're using Unifi and you're having very slow downloads but websites and emails work fine, the reason is simple. They are throttling your line, either that or the download server location is at a slow internet connection area and you're browsing high bandwidth servers.

I'll wait until the cap comes into place and if they cap the speed less than 250Kbps for 5mb line, i'll switch to BIZ5. Not using the IPTV anyway