Problems with Intl traffic again?

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rainynight65

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Again this morning I am getting 504s on most international sites. No current network notices from SAIX though. Anyone having the same problems?

Klerksdorp, Telkom line, TelkomInternet powered by ADSL, not capped yet
 
As I said, not capped yet. Usage indicator is way below the limit, and with the hard cap I wouldn't even be able to come here.
 
I don't think it works that way... I understand it as follows:

Let's say that there are 10 users on 3Gb caps. The TOTAL allotment of bandwidth to all of them is 30Gb. Every user is entitled to their 3Gb and you can exceed your cap as long as the total use by all 10 users is less than 30Gb.

So, let's say that user A reaches his cap first while 8 users (B) have only used 1Gb and 1 user (C) has used 500Mb . The total usage is then 11.5Gb, leaving 18.5Gb available in the pool.

Repeat. User A then does another 3Gb while all the B's do another 1Gb and C another 500Mb. Total used is now 23Gb, which still leaves 7Gb in the pool.

Repeat once more. User A does another 3Gb. The B's do another 1Gb. C does another 500Mb. The total use is 34.5Gb. User A is then capped at 9Gb, the B's are capped at 3Gb and user C still has another 1.5Gb to go before he gets capped.

Make sense? Yeah, not really. It means the alleged 'abusers' of bandwidth will just have to get in early while there's still bandwidth in the pool. I honestly don't see how this will change anything.

Juice
 
Hmm. Some quick calculations.

If the average user uses 1.4Gb of a 3Gb cap, and only 5% of users are considered 'abusers' then it means that for every hundred users there will be a surplus of 167Gb available to the 5% which translates into... 33.4Gb each. Hey!! Look everyone! 30Gb accounts!!

Duh...

In the immortal words of Shakespeare, this appears to be Much Ado About Nothing...

Juice
 
Juice, it may not seem overly logical, but as far as I know that's the way it works now, more or less.
 
Just looks like Tekom spin on something that ultimately makes no difference to anyone. You have to admire their press division for conjuring news out of thin air though.

Juice
 
As I said in a different thread, they are basically introducing a hard cap on local traffic while making it sound like they are acting for the benefit of their customers.
 
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