Comments on: The big picture on broadband QOS http://lirneasia.net/2008/03/the-big-picture-on-broadband-qos/ LIRNEasia Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:30:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Lahiruwan http://lirneasia.net/2008/03/the-big-picture-on-broadband-qos/#comment-9571 Lahiruwan Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:46:42 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2008/03/the-big-picture-on-broadband-qos/#comment-9571 I have seen advertisements for Dialog WiMAX contain a reference to a Fair Use Policy. In that they state that the speeds of 'high users' will be restricted. The quotas they mention are ridiculously low. For example they define a high user as someone who downloads or uploads more a 4GB per 30 days. This is for the 1Mbps package. If this policy is implemented anyone using their connections for anything multimedia will exceed the limit and end up with a connection only slightly faster than dial-up but costing upwards of 3000/- a month. I know its not ethical. Rather than investing in more hardware and bandwidth they choose to show us the sun and give us a lightbulb! They promise an unlimited package but in practice its useless for anything but reading CNN and getting cricket updates. One doesn't have to use P2P to exceed this limit!! Is this practice legal? Does anyone know if the TRC is aware of this? I have seen advertisements for Dialog WiMAX contain a reference to a Fair Use Policy. In that they state that the speeds of ‘high users’ will be restricted. The quotas they mention are ridiculously low. For example they define a high user as someone who downloads or uploads more a 4GB per 30 days. This is for the 1Mbps package. If this policy is implemented anyone using their connections for anything multimedia will exceed the limit and end up with a connection only slightly faster than dial-up but costing upwards of 3000/- a month.

I know its not ethical. Rather than investing in more hardware and bandwidth they choose to show us the sun and give us a lightbulb! They promise an unlimited package but in practice its useless for anything but reading CNN and getting cricket updates. One doesn’t have to use P2P to exceed this limit!!

Is this practice legal? Does anyone know if the TRC is aware of this?

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