[Insider] TM to deal with heavy Down-loaders on UniFi

In a series of internal meetings that was held during the past few months, Telekom Malaysia has decided to deal with heavy users on its high speed broadband network-UniFi.

Below are some of the highest download used by certain customers in the TM network:

  • VIP 10 – 3TB a month
  • VIP 20 – 6TB a month
  • Streamyx 4Mbps – 1.2TB a month

TM plans to implement a certain policy in its UniFi network that will only affect current heavy users. Some of the traffic management TM is looking at is called Contention Ratio(CR) and Volume Based(VB).

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There are about 50,000 UniFi customers and only about 500 users are hogging the network while TM hasn’t implemented their Fair Usage Policy yet (Note: VIP20 package has a 120GB monthly data cap).

With the new policy which is expected to be implemented in May 2011, TM will have speed limit over a period of 1-2 hours for users who are heavily downloading in the network. Hopefully TM will inform or warn these heavy users(via email or phone) before restricting their speeds.

Malaysian Wireless is glad that TM is implementing these policies so that every customers will be getting the speed they are paying for.

P.s: Also do participate in the LowYat Forum here about the UniFi traffic management policies.

  • http://izzatz.com/ Izzat Zainol

    3 tb a month? wth man. what on earth they download.. pron??

    that gonna cost u three 1 tb hard drive each month (if they kept the data)

    i think they are runnin a home based server/hosting? :p

  • http://sorebuttcheeks.blogspot.com/ steroids

    3 tb is impressive doubt it’s porn prob a guy burning pirate dvds for sale.

  • http://twitter.com/_hafiz Mohd Hafiz Yusof

    TM is right to ensure good QoS to all

  • http://twitter.com/zulazhan Zul Azhan Suhaimi

    Definitely download for piracy sale

    • http://onedot12.blogspot.com/ Ramzul Ramli

      ape guna internet laju2. hahahaha

  • http://twitter.com/zulazhan Zul Azhan Suhaimi

    Definitely for piracy sale

  • http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/ ahsiang

    it is the problem of the telco to provide full bandwidth to all customers, not by implementing cap to heavy users. If you don’t have the bandwidth, please don’t even sell your service. :)

  • Retarded kid

    weird.. i’m not that kind of downloader, but very skeptic about how’s the “fair usage” stuff being conducted. i’m still using 1mb streamyx , oops should say “up to 1mbps ‘s streamyx ”

    Just as, i’ve pay rm 100 for buying an unlimited movie passes (anytime, any place) [it's claimed unlimited by the cinema company]

    Then everyone going to pay rm 100 and get that stuff, after a month,because of the insufficient slot and places to afford the massive flow, they implemented the fair usage thing and say because some ppl get the movie pass and watch the movie every round.

    “It is not fair for other user who is paying for the same amount” lol
    Meanwhile the unlimited ticket will be changed to ?up to unlimited movie pass?

    I mean like, don’t prepare to sell so many account just to keep boosting the market positioning among the public.

    Seen through lowyat forum b4, TNB didn’t lower ur current or restrict your electric usage although u are a heavy user.

    Parking lot insufficiency, assuming everyone is driving a car, of course the company will restrict the others to enter the premises once the parking is full. Then the other people have to find another parking zone or other area to park their vehicles. (eg, streamyx full —> other telco like maxis, p1 , whatever). Per entry rate is applied, can u imagine the management announcing through the place and advise the people who’ve park for more than 5 hours perhaps to leave the place or personally deal with the heavy park-er ?

    Maybe i didn’t understand on how data rate transferring or equivalent work of and being affected by the heavy downloading interruption. (or something more than that)
    My philosophy is just like I paid this amount and i should have enjoyed the full benefits of the service.

    Excuse me if i am wrong .

  • Rasidee

    Based on my calculation, you can maxed that 120GB limit with full speed only after 13 hours of download. So you will be a heavy user after downloading something for 13 hours straight. Watching youtube in HD for 13 hours can also maxed that limit.

    • Rasidee

      opps, wrong calculation on Youtube. You need to watch youtube HD for 4 straight days to max that limit, hmm, which is still possible for me :D