Check your new
streamyx bill (given that you are subscribe to this
retarded service) most noticeable start from December 2006, Tmnet streamyx subscription monthly bill now includes your monthly bandwidth usage in the column at right hand side. Well start speculates what is this all about. According to them that's what customer request; to know their monthly download and upload bandwidth usage.
Tmnet is too generous and kind to start provide this new information but stranded when ask to allow freedom (lift the p2p connection throttling) of p2p bandwidth usage. Customers has questioned the unusual p2p connection problem cause by obvious restriction from ISP side for umpteen times but only getting useless response and vague answer or total denial, sometime they even put customer's hardware configuration accounted. Do admit your company did throttling p2p connection for all your streamyx subscription; your ignorant is sheer vain effort to cover up and abuse your customer rights.
The rumors has it, Tmnet may plan to implement bandwidth usage limit for offering several plans that distinct different type of broadband user, be it low usage, multimedia centered or power user that need heavy bandwidth. It might be good news they throw a 'solution' finally. Some might overjoyed, some will ditch its grave before it born. From my point it view it does have pros and cons.
You might be a lightweight broadband user that you want to browse websites, send email and instant messaging. p2p connection is not your concern. You obviously will glad to get a cheaper plan that has bandwidth limitation to certain amount. Good news to you provided that the plan itself is cheaper than your current bill. If not they just rip off the "Unlimited bandwidth usage" once they use to sweet talk you for subscription. And because of it our nation broadband will never be cheap as promoted by the Minister because you never get the best out of Internet when you have limited bandwidth and also this depends to the price structure of the service.
Other pros of this move that benefits ISP are too common sense that I don't bother to list out (too many of them). The truth is Tmnet has a problem to handle all its streamyx subscription.
In 2006, Internet becomes more coherent to users due to web application usage upraised for example invention of so many useful applications from web2.0 blooming. People rush to
YouTube, pumping Internet content writing blogs, switch their ear to
podcast and video cast. p2p sharing protocol like
bittorrent is nothing new to Internet user. All these will be further flourish in year 2007. So as an ISP you should see this coming, more and more Internet users change to broadband service in order to meet the bandwidth requirement for all these that's the reason they subscribe broadband.
From my understanding when user subscribes to streamyx broadband service we want to use it for whatever service that Internet can offers in legal sense. p2p is one of the service that urge so many users to use broadband service. Back to the truth problem lies in streamyx, it continuous accepting more and more subscriber with insufficient bandwidth on hand due to the lack of vision on new generation Internet content or maybe they already see this coming but do nothing. In the end complains rose and Tmnet start to blame user for using too much bandwidth. Your clever planner did not do a good job in foreseen this scenario is your own failure and please do not plant it to customers' head (blaming). Give an example you sell cloth and your design suck big time no one buy it and everyone who brought it hate it, can you blame your customer having bad taste? In that you can find the answer for your problem, Fashion and Trend do change; same do Internet and online service. Save your dinosaur time to start blaming your customer.
Seriously they still have time to change but be preparing to accustom to new generation of online services and Internet users. Curb your antique monopoly 'broadband' plan. Sometime I wonder what is broadband and why it is not what I learn form textbook… must be confused by some joker.
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