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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MarkJFine
Professor
4 years ago
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
Distinguished Professor IV
4 years ago
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
  Tutor
  4 years ago
  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
    Professor
    4 years ago
    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.
ecoalex2
Tutor
4 years ago
Help, I keep getting bot requests to mark this post as answered. How do I stop the bot emails? 3 so far today help!
- ecoalex2
  Tutor
  4 years ago
  I tried 2 browsers, I cannot make it stop. I mark accept as solution, and denied error- Authentication failed for the action you are trying to do. This failure could be due to your browser not supporting JavaScript, JavaScript not being enabled, or trying to use the action URL directly in the browser address bar instead of clicking the link on the page. Help! Help!
  - ecoalex2
    Tutor
    4 years ago
    Help! Help! I put the url of the error message in paste and go and just got another error message. help! :) :)