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http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=13066
pacific question

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Latenight Express who exceed 10GB during free download hours during 
any prior one month period may experience reduced speeds

eg if i was on the 1500/256 connection and leeched over 10 gigs

How much would the speed be capped ?

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Here goes :)

As of this moment, there are no speed caps in place (as some people 
would be fully aware) and we have no current capacity issues on the 
network.

When the speed capping does come into place, it won't be for a 
"set speed". Data that flows to/from you IP address will simply be 
given a lower priority, than (for example) a customer who has not 
yet reached their 10 Gig.

This protects those customers who have not reached the soft limit 
from suffering any adverse performance or latency. Its possible 
that customers who go over the 10G won't notice the difference. 
We feel that 10G is a fair and reasonable yardstick for off-peak 
use. We don't aim to punish a user for going over it, we simply wish 
to ensure that as many users as possible can enjoy a full internet 
connection, which is what they have paid for.

I hope that's been of some help, its probably the most accurate 
response I can give before the speed caps come into place

Hope that helps.

James
- Pacific Internet

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Another point worth mentioning is that the "shaping" would only 
occur on some pipes within our network, not your entire connection. 
Users who were over the 10gbs would be in a pool of other users 
in that class and they are handled as a group.

It is merely to stop them having an adverse affect on all of our 
other customers and would only be put in to place on pipes that 
are reaching capacity at peak times (if at all).

So for example, even if you were shaped, you could still download 
(I would imagine) off the mirror servers or any major internal 
peers at full speed.

I do not believe that the exact implementation has been set in 
stone as such, as there has been no need so far for this to occur 
in any form. More updates if/as it happens.`

Fenn
Pacific Internet

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