TMnet Blame Streamyx Broadband Users on P2P/BT Usage

TMnet is very unhappy with Streamyx Broadband Users who exploit and utilize most of their bandwidth. It has once come out on the news at TheStar.

"CYBERJAYA: Peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic is choking up local broadband lines with 20% of users utilising 80% of the total bandwidth, according to Internet service provider (ISP) TM Net Sdn Bhd.
Dr Fadhullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek, general manager of TM Net’s corporate and strategy services, said that as the number of local broadband subscribers increases, more users are expected to use P2P applications such as Kazaa and BitTorrent to transfer files online. "

"“We are not against our customers using P2P. However, it is an unfair situation which needs to be addressed, as we cannot upgrade our infrastructure (merely) for the benefit of the minority,” he said."

Article taken from: http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2006/3/1/technology/13540730&sec=technology

Actually, someone also agree that TMnet done the right job in order to maintain the services at the best condition for us. It may seem so unfair if someone else is sucking up all the bandwidth therefore affecting others connection to slowdown. If people only use the broadband to surf and find out that accessing the site is as fast as dialup speed, TMnet will then be blame for not providing them good connection speed.

In conclusion, I feel that TM Net regrets in its decision to offer unlimited broadband packages. I’m afraid TM Net will stop offering unlimited packages soon, and force all users to switch to time-based broadband packages. It may be fair for some user, but not for heavy downloaders. It is fortunate that now TMnet did not implement this measure instead they buy hardware from international country to throttle the P2P/BT traffic.

Internet Resources:

The Star Online TechCentral - Malaysia Technology, [Doc, Online], 16 June 2007

URL: http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2006/3/1/technology/13540730&sec=technology