TM agent just called me up to upgrade my office line. I said no (need the high upload speed more than download, and symmetrical), then I asked if they are going to offer 100mbps next year, the agent said: "still in planning, but we don't know when will launch that plan yet."

Funny thing is that the agent need to put my call on hold to check about the 100mbps plan.

Heh.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Nov 2 2015, 07:10 PM

I know that bro. But I was cheekily asking BIZ Advance 100mbps plan with a higher upload speed. The agent also silent for a few seconds before telling me that she has to check first.

... Or they might throttle existing VIP users till the point they have no choice but to "upgrade".

On Biz plan, all fine and smooth here. I know it's stupid to pay extra, but I think RM90 extra to avoid all the unnecessary bs throttling every night is IMO worth it considering there is no better choice.

Yes they did it less with the VIP plans previously, but with the increased bandwidth now they have to put the FUP in place. It's definitely a little too drastic judging from all the complaints indeed.

Fine for me here. What DNS/VPN do you use?

Hmmm.. I'm on SmartyDNS though.

The HD icon becoms solid after about 10-15 seconds of buffering or so. Pretty much the same for Netflix and Hulu+ as well.

They don't "select by random" lol. They have a list, a very long list to go through.

The TM tele agents has zero reason not to call those who hasn't upgraded. Their pay is largely commission based on top of their bare minimum wage. Got money don't want to take? What kinda telemarketer is that dumb?

Cannot wait then go TMpoint straight and do on the spot. Simple.

Of course it's fine. They check for you during non-FUP time, so obviously no speed drop.

I said it earlier, with the higher bandwidth they do indeed need to put FUP into place more often than not already. The influx of people jumping from 5mbps to 30mbps is simply too big for TM to handle, despite all their claims that they have the capacity to handle the higher volume of bandwidth.

Actually the default DNS isn't bad. In some instances, it is much faster than Google dns.

A prime example would be Sony PSN if you use it. Download speeds are maxed out with the default DNS rather than Google. Where as Google will usually only be capped to half speed, seldom maxed out. This due to how Sony locate their servers, the routing for it is best with the default DNS.

There are other services like this too, so don't be so put off by TM all the time.

Haven't really used OpenDNS for a very long time. Good to hear that though.

Now a days I have different DNS setup for all my devices.
My PCs usually on a paid DNS (SmartyDNS to be exact), my consoles are using TM's default DNS (again, this is because PS3/PS4/Vita download/uploads fastest with it), my mobile devices usually Google DNS.


6.2MB/s excluding overhead, more or less.

The old, first-gen Alcatel BTUs were actually the most reliable, oddly. I got the letter too, but I don't know if I'm willing to change. Reliability > uncertainty.

Unless they're offering like 100mbps symmetrical download/upload + new BTU (just because lol) or something... that'd be a different story.

Funny.

I have always gotten max torrent download speed from my streamyx 1mbps, back in the old days. ~120kb/s.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Nov 18 2015, 05:04 PM

The point is quite moot now a days, in terms of symmetrical vs asymmetrical.

When I was in the US, AT&T gave me 100mbps down, 5mbps up. That's 5%. Torrent speeds are usually around the 11.5MB/s mark, which is pretty much near the max.

Symmetrical plans make sense for content creators and for people who use the cloud a lot. Not that I don't think higher upload = better, but the sad reality is that majority of people download. Not just in Malaysia, but around the globe.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Nov 18 2015, 06:23 PM

Technician or rather, city link coming to my place in a few to replace the BTU in regards to the "improving our programme" thing. Honestly, I don't feel good about this lol.

I will straight way say no if the new BTU doesn't work with my router.


lol... turns out, they just came to replace power adapter.

Here is how it looks:




Good news IMO. Don't fix something that isn't broken.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Nov 26 2015, 12:26 PM

Sorry guys, here are the reuploaded pics:




Yeah, just adapter only they say upgrade. I ask why want to change? They say scared lightning strike will destroy the BTU. I'm like wtf? Change adapter will fix that then? If a lightning is going to strike, nothing is going to stop it lol.

Wasted my morning.

Nope.

Wow TM just exploded or something as of 1:45AM. LYN dead even through maxis 4g.

Same here in Cheras. Confirm unifi down. My office near by also no connection.

Called a CS, they said there is a planned service disruption for Cheras areas because they are "upgrading their services".

Yeah, upgrading. BS no. 1 as always.

What you encountered was buffer bloat. It's the downside of asynchronous connnection.

If you max out either download or upload, the other throughput will be affected. Think of your connection as utilizing one steel pipe with 2 smaller rubber pipes inside. If one of the rubber pipe bloats, the other will be bottlenecked.

How to remedy this? Well, technically you can't.
But you can mitigate the issue by using QoS, set a custom parameter on your router so that your upload does not hit maximum speed when you are using any of your downlink bandwidth. So for your case, if you turn on YT and start to stream a vid, your router should automatically place a cap on your upload speed.