Is Access Traffic Shaping now 24/7

[BillyUK]

As Title

BT Speed test shows

Download speed achieved during the test was - 5259 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :8128 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 7150 Kbps

Usenet is running at Circa 750 Kbps

So JUST above acceptable range but I thought it was supposed to be 8pm to 11pm ish

Http Download in circa 5000 Kbps as per BT test
This seems to be 24/7 not just when network is busy as the 5000+ Kbps download would suggest the network is NOT congested.

As I write this Usenet is now running at < 500 Kbps

Anyone else getting similar or is it just me ?

BillyUK

O2 Access

[Saturday]

It's Christmas - all the kids are home and lots of people have started their Christmas break so aren't working. The weather is terrible.

I'd have thought that would put a massive strain on the whole web not just O2's available Access bandwidth.

[BillyUK]

But normal downloads are achieving 5000+ Kbps

If usenet is throttled because the network is congested I can understand.
But it APPEARS to now be throttled 24/7 even when the network is quiet

Maybe it's just me?

[dazzler]

Not just you Billy, check O2's official forums loads of people in the same boat.

Dunno why not many peeps on here are complaining its a big problem, i've managed to get my Mac code so should be free come 30/12/09

[Undecided adrian]

I would have thought that if usenet is overloaded at their end, and given that it is Xmas it wil be used worldwide 24/7

Don't forget Xbox live 2 years ago was crippled for 2 weeks over Xmas until people went back to work.

I wuld say until the 4th Jan there will be no off peak times.