cysto wrote I'm pretty sure it was FUP. I watched as my bandwidth was reduced gradually by factors of 2. At first it became 1 Mbps, then 512 Kbps, and finally 256 Kbps.
Regarding the 6Mbps upgrade, they didn't even bother asking their customers beforehand what packages they want to upgrade to; they kinda just forced them upon us. Don't mistake my fury for being a novice; I've been an IDM customer since February 2009, but the recent upgrades really messed up my connection. Never have I seen such an immature product being released to the public with such lack of preparation.
Dude be a little optimistic. NO ONE is satisfied with what is happening, from ogero users that their unlimited night was canceled to the sodetel users who still didn't get their upgrade, and God knows when they'll get it.
Just be patient and ask for your 6M to be upgraded next month, and then decide what to do next, I mean if you'll be satisfied or not.
eliosassine wroteI live in jounieh had a 2mb 20gb plan got upgraded to unlimited but with speed now between 30 - 80 KB/s (downloading battlefield 4 from origin ) . I hope they fix this soon.
So it seems there's a problem with the unlimited plan from IDM.
Anyone having issues with the normal plans??
gamer4life wrote
eliosassine wroteI live in jounieh had a 2mb 20gb plan got upgraded to unlimited but with speed now between 30 - 80 KB/s (downloading battlefield 4 from origin ) . I hope they fix this soon.
So it seems there's a problem with the unlimited plan from IDM.
Anyone having issues with the normal plans??
normal plan is just fine like before
i had 2mb 10gb now its 2mb 40gb
my download 240-260kps on internet download manager
my ping to google 90ms 93ms
still same like before
so anyone got a SPEED upgrade with IDM?
Good news guys. FUP will NOT be applied from 11pm to 7am on any plan even the unlimited ones. IDM called me just now confirming that. Next week we get to pick our new plans.
NickTheQuick wroteGood news guys. FUP will NOT be applied from 11pm to 7am on any plan even the unlimited ones. IDM called me just now confirming that. Next week we get to pick our new plans.
how come? it is mentioned in red on their site!!!!
The unlimited plans will have FUP only during day time.
NickTheQuick wroteThe unlimited plans will have FUP only during day time.
what about the limited plans? is it possible that they apply FUP during day time? because on their site, they say that "ALL above plans are subject to Fair Use Policy".
Limited plans won't have FUP whatsoever. You will pay for each extra GB you spend. So I assume the statement on their website is inaccurate and they should change it (i will point it out next week when i call them to pick my new plan)
I just did a speed test and got the following horrible results:
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3599190027

On testmy.net , speed was 32 kb/s
I tried to download a file without internet download manager and speed was around 30 kb/s
I tried to download a 49 MB file with internet download manager and speed was around 90 kb/s (download finish in less than 9 minutes)
Last, my account on IDM website showed that when my internet download manager queue was running non- stop 15 mintes ago, i downloaded 252 MB in 32 min (average speed: 131 kb/s)

Any explanation?
kfc wrote
NickTheQuick wroteThe unlimited plans will have FUP only during day time.
what about the limited plans? is it possible that they apply FUP during day time? because on their site, they say that "ALL above plans are subject to Fair Use Policy".
I was just rereading the policy they stated on their website. I noticed if you read the first paragraph you'll know what NickTheQuick means.
The statement says that you can use the internet as often as you want, for as long as you want during the publicized UNLIMITED period. So that means the UNLIMITED period is truly unlimited. Of course it's normal to counter speed loss between 11 P.M and 1 A.M because almost everyone will be downloading at that time, and we are using shared bandwidth.
The FUP as stated applies during given periods, which are like between 3-5 P.M and after 9 P.M. Because when I used to call them at like 9 P.M to complain about a noticeable speed reduction, they would tell me it's normal because it's peak time.
I know this doesn't seem logic given that we pay for the 40GB or whatever we take and we have the right to consume it like we want, but this is what they see as being fair to all users who like wants to open Facebook at 10 P.M but the pictures aren't loading because another person is heavily downloading a file.
So I don't think the statement on the website is inaccurate. It is stated just like they want it.
That's why I think the unlimited plans are easily FUP'd, seeing the FUP applies daytime not between 11 -7.
kfc wroteI just did a speed test and got the following horrible results:
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3599190027

On testmy.net , speed was 32 kb/s
I tried to download a file without internet download manager and speed was around 30 kb/s
I tried to download a 49 MB file without internet download manager and speed was around 90 kb/s (download finish in less than 9 minutes)
Last, my account on IDM website showed that when my internet download manager queue was running non- stop 15 mintes ago, i downloaded 252 MB in 32 min (average speed: 131 kb/s)

Any explanation?
The MBs downloaded at the time you see are not accurate because sometimes a 100mb file downloaded at 1P.M can be added to the 3 P.M files rather than 1. It's normal, always happens with me.
As for the speedtest, my speed is as yours I don't know why, I'll be calling them after a while to see what's the problem.
gamer4life wrote
kfc wrote
NickTheQuick wroteThe unlimited plans will have FUP only during day time.
what about the limited plans? is it possible that they apply FUP during day time? because on their site, they say that "ALL above plans are subject to Fair Use Policy".
I was just rereading the policy they stated on their website. I noticed if you read the first paragraph you'll know what NickTheQuick means.
The statement says that you can use the internet as often as you want, for as long as you want during the publicized UNLIMITED period. So that means the UNLIMITED period is truly unlimited. Of course it's normal to counter speed loss between 11 P.M and 1 A.M because almost everyone will be downloading at that time, and we are using shared bandwidth.
The FUP as stated applies during given periods, which are like between 3-5 P.M and after 9 P.M. Because when I used to call them at like 9 P.M to complain about a noticeable speed reduction, they would tell me it's normal because it's peak time.
I know this doesn't seem logic given that we pay for the 40GB or whatever we take and we have the right to consume it like we want, but this is what they see as being fair to all users who like wants to open Facebook at 10 P.M but the pictures aren't loading because another person is heavily downloading a file.
So I don't think the statement on the website is inaccurate. It is stated just like they want it.
That's why I think the unlimited plans are easily FUP'd, seeing the FUP applies daytime not between 11 -7.
i dont think so because they start their fair use policy by defining UNLIMITED ACCESS / UNLIMITED TRAFFIC!!!
sailor wrote
gamer4life wrote
eliosassine wroteI live in jounieh had a 2mb 20gb plan got upgraded to unlimited but with speed now between 30 - 80 KB/s (downloading battlefield 4 from origin ) . I hope they fix this soon.
So it seems there's a problem with the unlimited plan from IDM.
Anyone having issues with the normal plans??
normal plan is just fine like before
i had 2mb 10gb now its 2mb 40gb
my download 240-260kps on internet download manager
my ping to google 90ms 93ms
still same like before
Can you please tell us your speed now?
kfc wrotei dont think so because they start their fair use policy by defining UNLIMITED ACCESS / UNLIMITED TRAFFIC!!!
And....? Please explain more what you mean.
gamer4life wrote
kfc wrotei dont think so because they start their fair use policy by defining UNLIMITED ACCESS / UNLIMITED TRAFFIC!!!
And....? Please explain more what you mean.
it means that the scope of application of fair use policy is the period of UNLIMITED ACCESS / UNLIMITED TRAFFIC. otherwise why the need to define UNLIMITED ACCESS / UNLIMITED TRAFFIC?
Guys for the best monitoring of your speeds I recommend using a network meter, like networx on windows. http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

All those online speed tests are extremely inaccurate.

You can see your speed fluctuation second by second when downloading from your preferred services, to make sure your connection is stable. It measures in bits/s or bytes/s. And as an added bonus you can keep a tally of your capacity usage
kfc wrote
gamer4life wrote
kfc wrotei dont think so because they start their fair use policy by defining UNLIMITED ACCESS / UNLIMITED TRAFFIC!!!
And....? Please explain more what you mean.
it means that the scope of application of fair use policy is the period of UNLIMITED ACCESS / UNLIMITED TRAFFIC. otherwise why the need to define UNLIMITED ACCESS / UNLIMITED TRAFFIC?
No, it's scope is not necessarily the UNLIMITED night, if you keep reading on how it works, they said they will be monitoring your consumption during periods(focus on the S) If they meant between 11-7 they would've said this just period.
Yesterday I downloaded a 3GB file between 11-3 and watched a lot of videos after then and my speed didn't drop a KB. For the FUP to be applied it would have been applied directly like the guys with the unlimited plans who directly got FUP'd.
Yesterday i downloaded 5 gb during the day at a 256 kb/s speed. When i came back home my speed was dropped to 128kb/s. I started downloading again at 11 pm and the speed was back to normal (256kb/s). I'm on the 2mbps/unlimited plan so FUP seems not to be applied on the free night traffic.
NickTheQuick wroteYesterday i downloaded 5 gb during the day at a 256 kb/s speed. When i came back home my speed was dropped to 128kb/s. I started downloading again at 11 pm and the speed was back to normal (256kb/s). I'm on the 2mbps/unlimited plan so FUP seems not to be applied on the free night traffic.
Yup, that's what I'm trying to say.
FUP is not at night it's during the day.