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Traffic Management Trial

Over the coming months, we’ll be conducting a trial on the way we manage our network in certain parts of the country. During these months, we’ll be making a few changes to our Traffic Management policy, to help us figure out how to improve the quality of service we provide to our customers.

Our Traffic Management policy makes sure our service is fair for everybody, by occasionally moderating speeds for the top 5% of customers who are downloading and/or uploading an unusually large amount of data.

The aim of this trial is to enhance the way we do this, limit the number of people who have their speeds moderated and ultimately improve the service we deliver to all our customers.

So, what’s changing?

Our current trial policy is active in the following areas:

  • Wigan
  • Blackpool
  • Acton
  • Aldershot
  • Preston

However, since it’s a trial, it can change at any time. All that means is that it’s a good idea to check this page regularly if you want to see the latest version.

Please note that Size: XXL customers are not affected.

Trial Policy

Here’s the detail:

Last Updated:
2nd November 2009

Trial Policy

Size S M M
(After 10Mb upgrade)
L XL XXL
Downstream max speed 2Mb 2Mb 10Mb 10Mb 20Mb 50Mb
Upstream max speed 256k 256k 512k 512k 768k 1.5Mb
Daily Management
Downstream
When does it apply? 7am - 10pm 3pm - 10pm 3pm - 10pm 3pm - 10pm 3pm - 10pm N/A
Threshold 200MB 700MB 1050MB 2100MB 4900MB N/A
% Throttled 75% 50% 75% 75% 75% N/A
Maximum Throttling Duration 15h 8h 8h 8h 8h N/A
Release All Time 11pm 11pm 11pm 11pm 11pm 11pm
Upstream
When does it apply? 7am - 10pm 3pm - 8pm 3pm - 8pm 3pm - 8pm 3pm - 8pm N/A
Threshold 100MB 200MB 400MB 800MB 1400MB N/A
% Throttled 50% 50% 75% 75% 75% N/A
Maximum Throttling Duration 15h 8h 8h 8h 8h N/A
Release All Time 11pm 11pm 11pm 11pm 11pm 11pm

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