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My 35Mbit cable got shaped down to 0.25 Mbit/s yesterday because we went over our download limit. It was like having no connection. I just gave up using it. I
by ClassyJacket 10y ago
My 35Mbit cable got shaped down to 0.25 Mbit/s yesterday because we went over our download limit. It was like having no connection. I just gave up using it.
I hate the all-or-nothing approach to shaping. At least give me 5Mbit or something!
- lucb1e 10y ago5mbps is a perfectly fine connection, they might as well not throttle you at all then. If they want to give you barely-usable internet, about 500kbps might be reasonable. 250kbps is quite slow indeed.
- ClassyJacket 10y agoI wouldn't call 5mbps "perfectly fine", but I could do basic web browsing and email etc. And that's my point. I don't want to be shaped down to a barely-usable connection. Why do they need to shape at all? The only argument is congestion. And if there's congestion, they should shape us down to a reasonable level like 5mbps. No reason it should be all or nothing, 35Mbit or zero.