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Re: Deliberate Limited Bandwidth 4pm to 12am ET
said by sovtman  :said by CarlsDad : It is not a matter of time, just a simple matter overall usage. One second there may be little traffic, but 2 seconds later more people are getting their email. Set my clock by itFebruary 19th, 04:03PM - 78/65 kbps
February 19th, 03:59PM - 624/65 kbps
February 16th, 04:02PM - 77/38 kbps
February 16th, 03:57PM - 728/88 kbps
February 15th, 04:01PM - 66/32 kbps
February 15th, 03:59PM - 605/38 kbps It is interesting that my upload speeds stayed the same today. As I said in my post above, my understanding is that flow control is applied to each transponder at times when usage patterns on that transponder show usage greater than available bandwidth capacity. Some time a go, someone from Hughes' engineering actually showed me the print outs from several transponders showing typical usage on those transponders each day. (My guess is that he would be losing his job for doing so if he were identified.) The print outs showed, for each transponder, at what times bandwidth demand was likely to be heavy and at what times it isn't. Based on those usage patterns, I'd be confident, Hughes has its flow control set to be enabled. I'd guess that the times vary from one transponder to another, but that, as your experience shows, for a given transponder, they happen at the same times in a regular pattern. Also, as I said above, the idea of flow control is to insure that, when there isn't enough available bandwidth to meet demand, that everyone will be able to get a share of that available bandwidth at lower speeds. Without the flow control, some would be getting faster speeds, but others would be unable to get on line. | |
sovtman
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Marlboro, VT
| said by selling hughes :
I'd guess that the times vary from one transponder to another, but that, as your experience shows, for a given transponder, they happen at the same times in a regular pattern. Your information makes sense. Anticipating congestion, they restrict bandwidth.
BUT, as a long time HN user, I have to say that this is a new experience for me. For years, I have been use to having slower speeds in the evening, sometimes going down to 200-300 for a few hours. I even started using a d/l manager to collect things on the non-peak hours to be a good sat-citizen. But when I saw sub-100 speeds, I thought, FAP? or something's wrong!
Now, I am, in essence, pretty close to FAPed 8 hours a day. | |
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