Shaped or unshaped, that is the question?

[Lord Anubis]

Are the internet offerings shaped or unshaped, that is the question?

 

[rpm]

Unshaped

 

[sox63]

Are the internet offerings shaped or unshaped, that is the question?

I called the call centre and the dude said unshaped all day long

EDIT: rpm beat me to it.

 

[Lord Anubis]

Thx, that makes any unlimted offering quite sweet!

 

[Gunther]

Even if it was shaped I wouldn't care. The price is good and it's away from Telkom. I just need it for work so shaped or unshaped means nothing to me.

 

[Devill]

What are you guys talking about?

just heard "away from telescum"

so im interested

 

[Glordit]

thats greeeeeeat!
±18Kb/s speed & unshaped is a DREAM come true for me! from 8Kb/s ubber shaped!

 

[Loki2008]

Shaping vs. Policing...

Generally these 2 concepts are taken as synonyms for one another but are total different concepts...


Traffic Shaping
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This is the prioritisation of one or other type of traffic ie. http gets priority over SMTP etc. etc. Traffic volume can also used as a policing criteria ie. bouncer in a nightclub; it cuts off traffic when a threshold is reached.

Traffic Policing
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This is the blocking of traffic that is considered dangerous or harmful.

In Neotel's case there is probably no traffic shaping; but there definitely is traffic policing as some ports are blocked.

PS: This is the same for all the South African telco's...