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ecoalex2's avatar
3 years ago

Bonus Time Speeds

It is 5:30 Am , the bonus time , I am under FAP after 8, I am under the impression, the bonus time allows me unthrottled speeds. My testmytest speeds are under 8mps. What am I missing here? I have all browser tabs closed , only testmytest open for tests . https://testmy.net/quickstats/ecoalex Thanks
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  • 8 Mbps is not 25 Mbps, but it's definitely not a throttled speed.

    25 mbps is not guaranteed and depends greatly upon a lot of factors, too numerous to list here.

  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV

    ecoalex2 

     

    Judging by the variance graphs from your tests, in that they aren't showing erratic changes, my guess would be system congestion.  Unfortunately, as time goes on and streaming becomes more prevalent, it's likely that the incidence of people downloading media during the Bonus Zone period has picked up considerably. 

     

    That's just a guess though, as there are a lot of variables.  

     

      

    • ecoalex2's avatar
      ecoalex2
      Tutor
      It appears the problem then is capacity. Either Hughes will have to increase capacity ; another bird, or Musk will solve the capacity problem . Any other possible solutions?
      • MarkJFine's avatar
        MarkJFine
        Professor

        Look, capacity is never not going to be a problem on satellite by the very nature of the beast - you have severely limited bandwidth to start with.

         

        Demand for external servers will always be a problem, complicating the issue too. Give you an example: Over the past  day or so, Apple, Microsoft (Windows and Office), and Fedora all had major os/kernel updates. Ever try to update something from Apple or Microsoft on the first day of the release? You can't ever get it done, because you're competing with the entire globe on top of trying to compete with those also on your satellite beam, groundstation, the groundstation's provider, and so on. This is how internet works... everywhere.

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      ecoalex2
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        ecoalex2
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