From what Paul said, they are. Web (and I assume HTTP downloads) will be throttled if more bandwidth is required by streaming video which must be a sizeable chunk nowadays.

In reply to a post by PaulComs:

What traffic is being managed?
From Wednesday 26th march to Monday 31st March, the priorities for traffic on the network will be:
Priority 1) Voice & Gaming (e.g. Skype & Xbox)
Priority 2) Video (e.g. BBC iPlayer)
Priority 3) Web (e.g thinkbroadband)
Priority 4)P2P & NNTP.

I PM'd him about that and got this:

No we won't be slowing web traffic but will be boosting voice and gaming.
P2P and NNTP will have controls enforces during peak times.

How they "boost it i dont know". Maybe its like plusnet where if you run streaming and browsing at same time, your stream will take priority. I doubt they're short of bandwidth now seeing as nntp is running at 25kbps during peak times

Also streaming doesnt need that much bandwidth. Iplayer needs 1.5mbps, 3.2mbps for HD. Very little really

Edited by bobble_bob (Thu 27-Mar-14 16:33:01)

In reply to a post by bobble_bob:

They arent throttling basic web functions, only nntp and p2p at peak times

If you recheck my post you will see that I have written 'all BUT the basic web functions'.

To be honest, I would have reckoned that I was the sort of customer that COMs would have welcolmed.
I don't download much data which is, I believe, the basis that BT charge ISPs on, so paying a premium price as I do, there must be profit for them.
I only ask that the data is supplied at the speed that my line will support.

Just ran a glasnost check on my connection, and it seems they are not throttling this afternoon.

Can you run one after 6 (when the throttle starts) and see if p2p/nntp is the only thing they do throttle?

I dont have java

They may not be throttling web browsing, but if they are boosting voip etc then they must be limiting bandwidth to it. Things have definately slowed down on browsing especially of an evening.

Ah sorry misread it.

I ran a few download test files aswell as speed tests around 8 and 10 last night and was my full speed of around 7mbps

They were throttling me yesterday and also uploads for the first time, according to Glasnost.

Is that web or p2p/nntp?

Edited by bobble_bob (Thu 27-Mar-14 18:12:11)