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

TorrentFlux - A BT remote control client

TorrentFlux is a FREE PHP based Torrent client that runs on a server. By using this BT client, user can manage their BT from anywhere through a convenient web interface created by TorrentFlux. It act as a remote control to download the torrent from a server.



We know that in Malaysia, we are throttled. But we can use the server from other country to do the dirty job for us. Therefore, host a server from other country and install TorrentFlux on it so we can use the server to BT. After that, all downloads end up on the server in a directory we specify. Once download is complete, we just connect via ftp to the server, and download the file via ftp. Since the server we obtain will definitely have limited space, therefore make sure to remove the file from the server once it is completed.



Advantages:

1) Very fast downloading speed from the torrent to the server. It is less than 20 minutes to download two 350mb files.

2) Off course fast download from server to user PC via FTP since TMnet does not throttle FTP.



Disadvantages:

1) May be expensive. Usually around US$6 per month for hosting. I suppose there might be some cheaper hosts some where, just surf the net for the best price. Choose the location for the hosting site well which depends on where the torrent that you most downloaded. If you always download asean torrent, then you might consider host a Hong Kong Server or even Taiwan. From my experience, the connection speed to Hong Kong is better then China therefore I would prefer HK.

2) Have to manage the bandwidth used. Since the bandwidth is limited, be sure to calculate everything before downloading or else the bandwidth is used up and no more BT can be done until the next month.



In conclusion, everything on Earth is not free. If we are willing to pay, we can get what we want.

If need more bandwidth, therefore have to pay more. This is the Golden Rule, no work no money.



Internet References

TorrentFlux - PHP Torrent Client, [Doc, Online], 15 June 2007

URL: http://www.torrentflux.com/

Know our ENEMY!!

Getting some information from some site, I have found out that how TMnet actually implement their evil plan in order to block BT and also P2P on the net. In order to lower the priority of BitTorrent, TMnet have bought a special hardware from Cisco. The hardware is known as Cisco SCE 1000 Series Service Control Engine!!!



This is the tiny hardware that breaks the dream of BT users(Please remember it):


Cisco Service Control Engine with Cisco Service Control Application

This hardware is used to control the route with determining the types of data travelling over this hardware. TMnet sets the application of BT/P2P to low priority therefore resulting in poor speed for BT and P2P for Streamyx user in the whole Malaysia. This kind of hardware is install first in KL and now the whole Malaysia. If not mistaken, this hardware have 7 layer to reconstruct the flow of data. This hardware will re-categorized all types of data which passes through this hardware even though the data is already encrypted. Therefore, there are no ways for BT/P2P to break through this security level.


In conclusion, I know that TMnet buy this hardware is to make sure that all the Streamyx user would not run out of bandwidth since it promotes that Streamyx is unlimited access. But I think that TMnet should use the money to buy more bandwidth for us instead of just wasting money on these hardware to limit our bandwidth. If and only if, all Streamyx user cooperate and try to limit themselve on the bandwidth I sure that TMnet someday will remove the throttling and buy more bandwidth to us. Off course I know that something like this would not happen because most people are selfish user and try to consume up the bandwidth to the maximum~

[Translated by YTorrent Blog Administrator]




Internet References
Untuk Pengguna Streamyx - JWG Network Community, [Doc, Online], 14 June 2007
URL: http://forum.jiwang.org/index.php?showtopic=12764&st=140