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Bandwidth Caps out; Is Throttling next?

After the recent public hearing by the NTC, they’ve announced that provisions for bandwidth caps have been removed from memo. But that’s just the NTC and it’s still a draft so ISPs can still continue with their bandwidth capping provisions as stated in their service contracts and AUP.

If bandwidth capping will eventually be prohibited by NTC, service providers will most likely resort to other methods and the next best thing would be “bandwidth throttling”.

Bandwidth throttling is a technique employed in communications networks to manage network traffic and minimize congestion.

Internet service provider can use bandwidth throttling to reduce the impact of specific services or applications, such as the BitTorrent protocol, and could also potentially use it to provide preferential bandwidth access to higher priority users at peak times. {via Wikipedia}

Incidentally, I’ve been used to bandwidth throttling numerous times in the past while in other countries (especially in Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan). My connection speeds in those countries are usually very fast (up to 100Mbps) but when I’m downloading files via bittorent, the speeds significantly slows down.

Last time I remember, I can stream a 1080p YouTube HD without any problems but my torrent speed drops to just 10Kbps or less after a few minutes (happened in 3 different hotels while I was in Japan).


Copy of Innove’s Service Contract

Unlike bandwidth capping, bandwidth throttling still gives customers that “unlimited bandwidth” provision but makes hogging the network a little harder to do. It can also be selective — direct downloads, streaming and the likes would enjoy full speeds but torrents might suffer reduced speeds (Globe’s Service Contracts specifies only 20% of subscribed speed will be allocated to P2P applications).

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

91 Responses

  1. Avatar for ronelm2000 ronelm2000 says:

    P2P Throttling > Data Caps all day anyday

  2. Avatar for JustGowiththeflow JustGowiththeflow says:

    Just go with the flow lang or better mag aral kayo mabuti, magpayaman at magtayo kayo ng telco. At gawin nyo yung trip nyo. Kung di nyo kaya magtayo ng telco sa lifetime nyo try nyo ipamana yan reklamo nyo at malay nyo matupad ng anak nyo. Kung di pa rin kaya ng anak nyo baka pwede just go with the flow na lang. Di naman kc atin yan telco lol.

  3. Avatar for Tipz Tipz says:

    Okay n rn cguro ang bandwidth trottling bsta tamang throttling ang iimplement. Ayos lng kung ithrottle nila ang p2p downloads, pero ung s ibang aspect like streaming, browsing, games at FTP DL dpat normal speeds prin.

    Atleast wla k ng cap and mggmit mo prin ng maaus ang connection mo. Hndi nga lng s torrenting.

    Pero kung gusto nilang ithrottle lhat eh sobrang abuso nmn n nun.

  4. Avatar for BM BM says:

    How do I know that my min bandwidth is at 80% monthly? For broadband plan.

    I’m confused on the tattoo dashboard it says 1.5mbps but in chrome speed of the dl is just at 140kbps…

  5. Avatar for kristian kristian says:

    Guys i hate globe already… iv been watching you-tube for 5 hours only… ad i cant connect to the internet because of this…

    GLOBE Advisory: Ur data subscription for today has reached 800mb. Ur remaining browsing hours will resume tomorrow subject to promo validity. U may opt to forfeit ur remaining subscription to browse for P5/15. To unsubscribe text POWERSURF OFF or SUPERSURF OFF to 8888. This promo is guided by Globe Fair Use Policy.
    Time: 27/02/2011 02:17:09

  6. Avatar for Jon Jon says:

    @Nats

    Easy lang. React much? Do you work for a telco at ganyan ka maka-react? Do not show your ignorance here, dumbass. Pumunta na lang abroad dahil mabagal internet dito? Foolish.

    Hindi ako “puro reklamo” as you claim. The point here is, I pay my bills (on time), I deserve to get the service I pay for. Ganun kasimple lang yun. Kaya nga may pinipirmahan tayong kontrata e. That contract is supposed to protect both parties. But in reality, sino lang ang pinoprotektahan nun? Tama — ang mga telco lang.

  7. Avatar for Nats Nats says:

    @Jon
    Consumer rights? Di ko naman sinasabing bawal magreklamo.e kung puro reklamo lng ang alam mong gawin.magpagawa ka ng sariling telecom business at dun mo malalaman ang operation.masiado kang iyakin kumag..kamote ka..8===D eto sayo..

    • Avatar for Brickz Brickz says:

      As expected, lagi naman yan ang typical reply ng Pinoy sa mga reklamador. Hindi naman masama ang pagrereklamo kung nasa tama naman ang dahilan. Bakit, meron ba siyang enough capital para magpatayo ng sariling telco? Magbebenefit ba siya at magcocompete pa siya sa malalaking telco?

      Kung ako lang di ako magrereklamo kung meron lang matinong telco na may good service. Dun ako lilipat. Eh kaya lang lahat naman palpak. Meron namang good enough yung service di naman available sa area ko. Isipin mo nga muna reply mo bago ka magpost.

  8. Avatar for cybercon cybercon says:

    On every network there is a limitations. QoS, Traffic Shaper, etc… On a very widespread issue about bandwidth(net speed), capping, throtlling are always there. Now dealt as a big issue because of internet service of per kilobyte rate or usage. We now pay per KB specially for wireless connectivity. Why? Because we pay and use a modern technology..oh c’mmon! thats bullshit! They want to make money on a much simpler and effective way from subscribers.

    For I know, throttling is determined from what network ports(or protocol) you are utilizing. It is set to slow down the speed on a desired bandwidth level on P2P whilst HTTP port(80) gains priority on full bandwidth (e.g. 2Mbps)where less traffic bandwidth consumption are being utilized even more subscribers are on simultaneous use. It simply every ISP’s trying to maximize and cater all subscribers from their pipe.

    Capping – if hit your maximum threshold, then thats it… your full connection will dropped on a desired speed (specifically lower). This rule is case to case basis among ISP’s Plan Package or base of what you have subscribed, either you hit the maximum DL capacity allowed per month or per day.

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