been having this problem for the last few days. at first i thought it was my router playing havoc after i updated the firmware, but after reading the thread here am convinced that my bandwidth has been capped as well.

downloading from fileserve/hotfile etc used to be around 150kbps or so (i have a 1mbps line) but as you can see below, it looks like it has been capped.



really TMNET, what kind of f***ery are you playing here?!

here's my report number: 0626/11/10

may not make much different, if any, but it only takes a few minutes. doesn't hurt trying right?

i didn't and there's an option to say that you've tried internet forum to learn more of the problem, but i went ahead and said i did report to TM anyway.

for good measure i also included the URL to this very thread to prove my point that it's a nationwide problem so they can't say it's the upgrading work bollock all over again.

kerol, same like me.



IP range is 60.52.XXX.XX. tried with 124 and 118 range also the same. stupid la TMNet!

finally got uncapped for tonight.

this is not an attack on you but i think your explanation creates more confusion than to clarify. i think all of us here are pretty clear about the limitations of TM's network and how unpredictable it is, having suffered through enough sh_it with the service over the years. but it's obvious here that bandwidth for some inexplicable reasons is being capped. i'm still on the same IP range as my previous post an hour ago, and look at my speedtest now. speed is suddenly restored to (almost) full capacity. if this is not evidence of capping then i don't know what is.

i get that TM is trying to maintain their QOS, but this is a blatant ripoff of the consumers, who expect the speed to at least approach the advertised speed. if my usual speed is 150kbps and now it's 100kbps i can get behind the QOS explanation, but below 50kbps?! might as well subscribe to the cheaper package innit?

since you have connection with some TM people, please please please tell them about this and ask them to explain. because the only logical explanation that we non-TM folks have is that our bandwidth is being capped.

how exactly do i tell them to check for this? because the speed is ok after 2am or so and then progressive worsens throughout the day. this speed monitoring has become like a job in itself!

i got tired with the speedtest and all that. just now even loading the speedtest site takes time.

give up already. maybe if i rajin to scold TMNet people tomorrow will call 100.

i think TM Net should also get real with how we use the internet these days. consider normal surfing scenario. we facebook la, we go watch youtube la, we surf various sites, and some people also go for ehem ehem site. all these are bandwidth heavy, which is what broadband supposed to cater to.

it used to be a normal webpage was less than 100kb, now with the interactive ads and all a normal page can reach 1MB or more. i think even the so called casual surfer would rack up a total bandwidth of a few GBs a month. and to think that TM still thinks casual users would be those people who underutilise their bandwidth. you think people will understand ke if a photo album in facebook loading so slow?

that said, i agree that heavy downloaders need to have their traffic shaped. not capped, but shaped depending on network condition. because if TMnet can do it for torrent, why not for sites like fileserve/hotfile/etc?

aiya, you guys arguing about whether to limit data transfer or to increase bandwidth, when in fact both can be done.

what TM should have done: increase network capacity, and then limit data transfer. we all know it's about time the network capacity be increased what with unifi and all that shit. following the logic that they want to make as much money as possible, then they can cap the data trasnfer at 200GB and upwards, depending on data package. this is what some ISPs in the US are already doing.

win-win for all no? (except us consumers of course)

if there's any candidate that makes technology improvement as part of his/her platform, i would definitely vote for him/her.

now to find such candidate.

any improvement on your side? my download speed at the moment still hovers at 50Kb or so at the moment. it was in the 60-ish before so i expect the speed gonna get worse by night time.

more than 140 pages later the situation is still not improved. yo people, time to stop paying your streamyx bill and start having tunggakan! haha!

awww, you make butt sex sounds so bad, haha!

but seriously, for those of us where Unifi is not an option this sucks. Also, to make Unifi viable to a lot of us downloaders is to offer a higher data limit, like 300GB or so. with current limit for Unifi i download my tv series pon already exceeded.

btw, this Friday or Saturday thing, is it confirmed?

obviously knowing TM Unifi is not the end to our problems la. but that's the direction they're heading innit? forcing people to "upgrade" using this dirty method. then same ole problem again.

our collective butt is being screwed and will continue to be screwed as long as TM is not being held accountable for this sort of shenanigans. so people, complain complain complain, and if you got journo friends get them to write about this. get influential malaysian tech bloggers to also blog about this. if you're a business owner facing cap go raise your voice. aiya same ole thing, each time want to solve any problem must raise some major stink and have to unleash major diva attitude then only got fixed.

dude, are you saying that all of us here have virus in our PC? and that we're experiencing imaginary cap? not cool boy, not cool at all.