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Was very good yesterday since I got the new details. Gaming on both eso and swtor was really good. Thx guys, much improved :)
 
For me when the network was, not sure how to say it, semi broke, streaming was superior on the dodgy sites. The only gripe I have now is that the dodgy sites don't stream so nice any more. But otherwise speed on everything else is good.
 
DJ, will you assassinate us in our sleep if our usage pattern change quite a bit? I didn't download much when there was connection issues and my monthly usage was about 120GB. Also I've recently purchased a Microserver and it will be shame if I didn't put this thing to test :D. Also I have already done about 10% of my data allowance between 12 and 7 :O.
 
Sephiroth96 said:
DJ, will you assassinate us in our sleep if our usage pattern change quite a bit? I didn't download much when there was connection issues and my monthly usage was about 120GB. Also I've recently purchased a Microserver and it will be shame if I didn't put this thing to test :D. Also I have already done about 10% of my data allowance between 12 and 7 :O.
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Oi dont go download the internetz, they have asked nicely not to do so while on the uncapped unshaped accounts
 
Sephiroth96 said:
DJ, will you assassinate us in our sleep if our usage pattern change quite a bit? I didn't download much when there was connection issues and my monthly usage was about 120GB. Also I've recently purchased a Microserver and it will be shame if I didn't put this thing to test :D. Also I have already done about 10% of my data allowance between 12 and 7 :O.
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Please don't go buckwild... lets be responsible..

Its nice to be able to get full line speed on anything when its NEEDED.. but there is no need to abuse it.

I have over 170gigs of stuff sitting in my queue... I could easily let it go buckwild at full line speed and pull it all down, but there is no need or reason so I did my sums to see what my average usage is over the last 12 months, and i've limited my queue speed so that i don't breach that number for this month.
 
Electric said:
Not this argument again.
You have been asked to not download the internet, why choose to do the opposite?
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I don't download anything during the day. Only if I desperately need something. But 12am-6am and weekends I should download whatever I want to?

Edit: Also watch netflix during day, but like 2 episodes max.
 
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I have one question though. Why is there so much Jitter on the CW network compared to the other networks? When i'm looking at my PingPlotter graphs the Jitter a lot more on the CW network compared to other ISPs?
 
Sephiroth96 said:
I don't download anything during the day. Only if I desperately need something. But 12am-6am and weekends I should download whatever I want to?

Edit: Also watch netflix during day, but like 2 episodes max.
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That's a different story though.
That's fairly normal usage imo.
The issue is 24/7 downloads but you don't seem to be doing this anyway.
 
Electric said:
That's a different story though.
That's fairly normal usage imo.
The issue is 24/7 downloads but you don't seem to be doing this anyway.
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My problem though is with this usage I'm probably going to do more than the normal allowed data. With a 10mb line I could easily do 15GB (and that is not even full speed) in 6 hours (12-6). And if I do that daily it is like 450GB a month. Already 50% over the allowance.

Then there is the occasional netflix episodes weekdays and more on weekends (my brother does 12 episodes easily on a Saturday/Sunday).

I just don't want to feel guilty for doing 15GB each night or maybe only occasional nights.
 
It pays to check your mail... was getting ready to calmly contact support last night to query my connection, but fortunately checked my mail first, to see my new credentials sitting there :)

Thanks CW, whatever you had done beforehand had fixed my gaming issues and the new account seems to have improved latency over and above that.

One question though, I felt kinda special knowing I was account number 15. Whether that was for 10mbps accounts or just in general I'm not sure, but with these new accounts I'm far off that.... will my 'sacrifice' be forgotten?? :o :D
 
Crystal Web said:
International throughput: the upgrades on the backbone coincided with a general issue on the international side of things. It was not Cybersmart's fault, but ultimately as the ISP we must accept responsibility to you guys.
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Ok that's good to hear. Thank you for being open with us about it :)

Initial testing yesterday looked good. LoL games went off without a hitch. D3 latency was a little higher (212 to 250ms) with an odd spike before I logged off (700ms). But I am glad I tested last night, secured a 4th piece of my Jade Harvester's set :twisted: Thank you CW based god :)

This jitter thing may be related to that.

I will also ask the other guy at home not to download the entire internet. It's a bit hard though, when he hasn't had it this good in years. Any recommendation on what speed to limit on the torrent client?
 
PhreeMe said:
It pays to check your mail... was getting ready to calmly contact support last night to query my connection, but fortunately checked my mail first, to see my new credentials sitting there :)

Thanks CW, whatever you had done beforehand had fixed my gaming issues and the new account seems to have improved latency over and above that.

One question though, I felt kinda special knowing I was account number 15. Whether that was for 10mbps accounts or just in general I'm not sure, but with these new accounts I'm far off that.... will my 'sacrifice' be forgotten?? :o :D
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I saw transformers in my head for some odd reason.
 
Sephiroth96 said:
So I shouldn't use my uncapped internet on the uncapped way?
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They simply asked that you use the internet you would do every day, dont suddenly decide to double your monthly data usage because they put you on uncapped unshaped network. it's all for trending purposes

My PC is standing at home and has been setup and configured only to download NNTP/P2P content from 00:00 - 07:00 and normal steam updates are allowed anytime from 00:00-19:00 and its just doing its own thing. It will stay that way, im not going to remove these just because I'm on unshaped :)
 
PhreeMe said:
It pays to check your mail... was getting ready to calmly contact support last night to query my connection, but fortunately checked my mail first, to see my new credentials sitting there :)

Thanks CW, whatever you had done beforehand had fixed my gaming issues and the new account seems to have improved latency over and above that.

One question though, I felt kinda special knowing I was account number 15. Whether that was for 10mbps accounts or just in general I'm not sure, but with these new accounts I'm far off that.... will my 'sacrifice' be forgotten?? :o :D
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I think the user details of all us "CW poineers" are so deeply branded into the CW staff's brains, they will have nightmares about us for years to come. :p
 
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