Ops, I was wrong! Fact: TMnet continues being sux...TMNET BLOCKS P2P !

Oh dear, it seems that I've heard wrong..... things are not gonna be good anymore with tmnet streamyx. You know, tmnet is being a wuss and they are getting really incompetent. On 1st March 2006, Star Tech published an article talking about P2P eating up the broadband bandwidth ... here is the story >> http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2006/3/1/technology/13540730&sec=technology


But I guess this post might be deleted after a while...so let me paste some important facts from the news.
Facts from the news:
1. CYBERJAYA: Peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic is choking up local broadband lines with 20% of users utilising 80% of the total bandwidth, according to Internet service provider (ISP) TM Net Sdn Bhd.

2. TM Net will introduce a number of time-based packages to cater for low-bandwidth users by the third quarter

3. Fadhullah said other countries with high broadband penetration also faced similar problems because “broadband users have a tendency to abuse bandwidth.”

4. “We are not against our customers using P2P. However, it is an unfair situation which needs to be addressed, as we cannot upgrade our infrastructure (merely) for the benefit of the minority,” he said.


My point of view:

1. Hey, we buy the line and package, we are entitled to use it on any possible way, except for hacking, DDOS or online frauds. But that statistic is nonsense. Just imagine, you have many customers using this service but the international link isnt upgraded...of course the percentage will increase...dont you think so? That is what exactly TMnet is trying to do. Blame on consumers... I mean... if you dont have enough bandwidth...why bother advertising more? Yikes...I forgot they only want to earn money, so this message is indirectly telling consumers, use it or get lost. !!!

2. Thats just a cheapskate way to announce to the public "We are introducing new packages so that we can earn more money from you and we dont need to upgrade bandwidths that frequent anymore, cheers :D"

3. Ohhhh...Ohhhhh.... broadband users abuse the bandwidth? Thats nonsense because you are abusing Malaysian citizens who are using your services. That would sound better. I've never heard before that such company would actually blame on their customers for abusing the broadband bandwidths because they just want to earn more money, thus creating reasons that seems valid. Like I've said, we have paid for the line and of course you would expect users to use them as much as possible. Its just like paying for gym. Once you have paid, you are entitled to go there anytime and fully use all the facilites without any restriction. I think TMnet is being ridiculous. They expect us to subscribe to their line and just restrict ourselves to browsing and check email or play yahoo online games ??? Thats like going to the gym, using the threadmill and cycle machine while the rest is restricted.

4. Of course you are not against customers using P2P, but you are against customers fully using their bandwidths. You are againts the smart consumer principles. I'm sure one principle that we all know is make good use of what you have paid for. That is what exactly consumers are doing...in the end they got the blame for "abusing the broadband bandwidth". And I'm sure you didn't mean unfair to other customers, but unfair to yourselves because you need to upgrade the bandwidth. You are only providing customers packages from dialup to 2.oMbps and you are complaining to the media about it? This truely shows how incompetent you are. Look at HK, Taiwan? They have much faster speeds provided to home users and they continue improving in many ways. You? Complaining in many ways. You are just plain LAME !

Thats all peoples, yeah even BT is blocked sucks isnt it? What else can we expect from nutty company like TMnUt?... I guess only nuts.