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The capping will not be rollbacked or removed, only "relaxed".

They will continue to watch the performance of the network in the coming week and make further tweaks.

Obviously lah. If use more pay more. Use less pay less. That's the whole point of a utility model. Do i have to spell everything out for you?
No, actually, i give TM a chance to get a better grip on their distribution of resources, and i am also want consumers to get what they pay for.

TM's whole capping exercise is crap and prone to error. This is their current model of bandwidth distribution and it sucks. 4MB paying customers getting 0.5MB speeds. That's total BS. But TM has no choice simply because bandwidth distribution demands that limits are placed at location or user (A) so that location or user (B) can get some juice because location or user © is downloading porn/ubuntu files/movies/gaming 24/7.

If users are made to pay for what they use, then you will see what © will very quickly either control his online activities or if he is too far gone as a content junky, then subscribe to one of the unlimited plans and pay for it. Either way, this increases bandwidth availability for (A) and (B) -- © either uses less, or his extra payment will be used to upgrade the bandwidth further.

This is the simple utility model and has worked for decades with electricity and water.

TNB buys more power or builds new power plants when people use more power. How can they afford to buy more power? Because the users of power are paying more and more for the more that they use. The ones who use less, of course will pay less.

You said, "Its hardly the same as the bandwidth which we already have, its there." <-- come on, how do you think bandwidth appears? from thin air? magic?

Bandwidth is not free, and its not cheap. Increasing bandwidth capacity is not just a matter of building more exchanges or pulling additional undersea cables, but its also building and/or buying the infrastructure and bandwidth credits from suppliers in USA/UK/EU/Korea/Taiwan/Japan/etc.

If you want to learn more, i suggest you read this: http://www.isoc.org/inet99/proceedings/1e/1e_2.htm

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Added on December 8, 2010, 4:32 pm

That report is incorrect.

A case of a technician who wants to tai chi a customer away to someone else so that he doesn't have to deal with the complaint.

Yup, that's the first time a TM employee has done something like that. THE VERY FIRST TIME. lol.

Thursday 09 Nov 2010 - Upgrade from SOHO 1Mbps TO Office in a Box 4Mbps

Friday 10 Nov 2010 - Installer come with Office in a box package, update my streamyx account to 4Mbps, BUT need to wait 24hrs for activation

24hours later....
Saturday 11 Nov 2010 - doing speedtest (speedtest.net/streamyx speedtest/download large file..bla..bla..) result = speed still same as 1Mbps account

Sunday not in mood, sleeping...

Monday 13 Nov 2010 - Update with installer about my problem, after lunch installer come doing some test, result = speed still "stuck" at 1Mbps / installer test using his office 4Mbps account, result = SPEED OK full 4Mbps

so... my phone line/port..bla..bla = no problem, the problem is my account

Tuesday 14 Nov 2010 (TODAY!!!)
installer still help me trobuleshoot, but nothing change, then I remember about this topic..

I think TM still "HARD CAP" my account, so after upgrade t0 4Mbps, TM didn't change any setting to my account, so my speed stuck at 1Mbps package!

doing local OR international speedtest, the result = 1Mbps package

so, I call that installer guy, explain about "CAP" issue, so he will check with TM...

SH**&*(&**( TM business package also been "HARD" CAPPED!