Feedback for IDM

gamer4life

I just noticed recently that IDM introduced the Fair Usage Policy to its internet. Can I please know if anyone is encountering any speed reduction after the FUP, and the limit that I should not exceed while downloading at night? It seems they are very serious about it if you read the policy.

wollyka

It is not new, they just updated the policy on June 6
FUP was always implemented after 11 pm

gamer4life

Are you sure? Because it's the first time I find the FUP under the DSL prices, and I'm an IDM subscriber since 2009 and I never noticed any speed reduction although I always download torrents.

wollyka

Yes, all ISP except Ogero have FUP. However, i noticed that IDM's one was a bit less restricted than let's say Cyberia

geekevo

Well Cyberia isn't too bad they give you 10KB for 3 hours then after 2-3 am the speed is normal. And you can leave the FUP group in 3 days. Cyberia allow 2-2.5GB per 3 night as far as I've measured.

Johnaudi

geekevo wroteWell Cyberia isn't too bad they give you 10KB for 3 hours then after 2-3 am the speed is normal. And you can leave the FUP group in 3 days. Cyberia allow 2-2.5GB per 3 night as far as I've measured.

I've downloaded 6GB a few days ago between 11pm-7am and my speed is still normal?

geekevo

Well these number are for the 1mbps 10gb package. And the fup is applied in 3 day cycles so if you download on the first day of the cycle you won't get fuped until 2 days have passed.

ali-ba

I've downloaded about 10GB in the past few days, my friend can see how much he downloaded at night from the Account Management (but I can't), he told me that last month only he downloaded 50GB at night (11PM-7AM), yet nothing happened.

ahmad-toutounji

hey guys i'm with ogero and i want to transfer to idm can you post the speedtests on paris orange server? thanks.
here are mine:

wollyka

@12 AM , ping during the day is lower

ahmad-toutounji

Wow you are subscribed to 4mbps and you get only 3mb?

kfc

I want to ask something . i am with IDM (1 Mbps) and i noticed the following:
- if i download using internet download manager, the download speed is ALWAYS constant at around 100kb/s even in peak times.
- if i download without using internet download manager, the download speed can drop to 40-50 kb/s in peak times.

what is the explanation for that? what does internet download manager do to keep my download speed constant in peak time? i actually never worry about download speed in peak time as i always use internet download manager.

amkahal

kfc wroteI want to ask something . i am with IDM (1 Mbps) and i noticed the following:
- if i download using internet download manager, the download speed is ALWAYS constant at around 100kb/s even in peak times.
- if i download without using internet download manager, the download speed can drop to 40-50 kb/s in peak times.

what is the explanation for that? what does internet download manager do to keep my download speed constant in peak time? i actually never worry about download speed in peak time as i always use internet download manager.

You cannot rely on Internet download manager, it downloads file by making multiple connections to the server so the speed increases a bit and not by 40 or 50 KBps, so i think it's giving you a false number.

the best way to detect your speed is to stop all your internet traffic and do a test on www.testmy.net to bypass caching if exists.

kfc

amkahal wrote
kfc wroteI want to ask something . i am with IDM (1 Mbps) and i noticed the following:
- if i download using internet download manager, the download speed is ALWAYS constant at around 100kb/s even in peak times.
- if i download without using internet download manager, the download speed can drop to 40-50 kb/s in peak times.

what is the explanation for that? what does internet download manager do to keep my download speed constant in peak time? i actually never worry about download speed in peak time as i always use internet download manager.
You cannot rely on Internet download manager, it downloads file by making multiple connections to the server so the speed increases a bit and not by 40 or 50 KBps, so i think it's giving you a false number.

the best way to detect your speed is to stop all your internet traffic and do a test on www.testmy.net to bypass caching if exists.

no buddy with internet download manager , I can download 2.8-3GB every single night (no exception) between 11 pm and 7 am (1 Mbps speed). so yes the difference is big. i love my internet download manager :D

m_zeid

kfc wrote
amkahal wrote
kfc wroteI want to ask something . i am with IDM (1 Mbps) and i noticed the following:
- if i download using internet download manager, the download speed is ALWAYS constant at around 100kb/s even in peak times.
- if i download without using internet download manager, the download speed can drop to 40-50 kb/s in peak times.

what is the explanation for that? what does internet download manager do to keep my download speed constant in peak time? i actually never worry about download speed in peak time as i always use internet download manager.
You cannot rely on Internet download manager, it downloads file by making multiple connections to the server so the speed increases a bit and not by 40 or 50 KBps, so i think it's giving you a false number.

the best way to detect your speed is to stop all your internet traffic and do a test on www.testmy.net to bypass caching if exists.
no buddy with internet download manager , I can download 2.8-3GB every single night (no exception) between 11 pm and 7 am (1 Mbps speed). so yes the difference is big. i love my internet download manager :D

when saying "my internet download manager" can this mean in any way that you own a license? :)

kfc

m_zeid wrote
kfc wrote
amkahal wrote
You cannot rely on Internet download manager, it downloads file by making multiple connections to the server so the speed increases a bit and not by 40 or 50 KBps, so i think it's giving you a false number.

the best way to detect your speed is to stop all your internet traffic and do a test on www.testmy.net to bypass caching if exists.
no buddy with internet download manager , I can download 2.8-3GB every single night (no exception) between 11 pm and 7 am (1 Mbps speed). so yes the difference is big. i love my internet download manager :D
when saying "my internet download manager" can this mean in any way that you own a license? :)

i dont :)

wollyka

Ahmad Toutounji wroteWow you are subscribed to 4mbps and you get only 3mb?

Yes at night for http downloads
However, i can download easily using torrents at constant 400 KB/s (sometimes higher)

kfc

I emailed IDM's technical support twice to ask them if my line can handle a 4 Mbps speed but they didn't bother to reply. What should i do?

wollyka

Call them

gamer4life

Yea call them. I called them last week and they told me that after 1st of july I should apply for the 4mb, and then they'll do a speed test in order to know if my line handles the 4mb or not.