If I'm not wrong, Comcast (the largest ISP in USA) was sued back in a few years ago because they totally blocked P2P activities from their subscribed users.

Comcast was later ruled "illegal" & ordered by US Federal court to remove such blockage.


I don't use any P2P software, nor do I play online gaming. I just stating some of my opinion as a normal user here:

If TM Streamyx ever dare to attempt to block certain online applications, then they are in for similar situation like Comcast. But they are not, they are just throttling down the bandwidth usage at the moment.

Which now leads us to another issue:

When ISP throttling down your bandwidth (FUP in which Streamyx stated), it must at least reach a reasonable minimum bandwidth requirement.

This is because certain developed countries already required their ISP to provide & ensure minimum bandwidth requirement (even during peak hours), depending on which package u are subscribed, you are entitled to be able to use the service under minimum bandwidth requirement set by government, even during peak hours.

For Streamyx 4mb, 2mb & 1mb users to consistantly getting <50kbps download rate from international servers is downright ridiculous.

I'm pretty sure those 30-50kbps download rates DO NOT meet any minimum bandwidth requirement (IF there's any requirement being applied by Government over ISP, we won't be suffering now)

Of course I'm not going to sue Streamyx, on what grounds?? for bandwidth management? (I'm just pointing out the situations in other countries)

U don't have to remind me of how corrupt the situation is in Malaysia, that's why I always vote for the opposition & I will continue to vote for them in the coming election.

I didn't choose or vote for the current government, u are referring to other users in this case.

This post has been edited by ERTHK: Dec 2 2010, 05:20 AM

The current Bandwidth "throttling" tactic has to be one of the most "indegenious" idea coming out from TM Streamyx.

It's both naive & stupid at the same time, because they selectively throttle your bandwidth - meaning that u might be okay streaming videos from youtube, but you are in deep trouble trying to download anything from hotfile

You will not notice any difference until u want to get files off international servers, that's when u realize that your line has just been capped from downloading without any prior-notice from 10am in the morning until 2am the next morning.

I'm not going to wake up at 2am just to download a file, Streamyx should ensure guaranteed minimum bandwidth rate for me & not controlling how am I going to do with my provided bandwidth (Mind u though, this will cost TM Streamy a lot of money to upgrade their current system & I don't see that happening in the near future)

I have been experiencing similar situation as well, on last Friday, my IP has been reset at least 10-15 times during "peak hour" & I'm not using any P2p or download accelerator.

Intially the download will start at "capped" speed around 50-60kbps, but then it will gradually drops after 10-20 mins, until it dropped to 0kbps & my download will failed. Unfortunately, that particular international server do not support resume, so I have to restart download from the beginning.

What a waste of bandwidth....