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News, Telecommunications - Wednesday, March 21, 2012 16:29 - 49 Comments
Some ISPs’ shaping speeds slower under the NBN
news A number of Australian ISPs, including Internode, Primus, Engin and ClubTelco, have set shaping speeds on their National Broadband Network fibre plans slower than the shaping speeds on their existing ADSL broadband services, despite the fact that the NBN’s fibre infrastructure offers base speeds substantially higher than the copper-based ADSL network.
‘Shaping’ refers to an approach commonly taken by Australian ISPs to rate limit their users’ broadband connection speed drastically when the customer runs out of monthly download quota. The system, used by virtually every ISP in Australia, aims to ensure customers are incentivised to upgrade their broadband plan quota, while not disconnecting them from the Internet entirely when they exceed their limits.
Over the past several weeks, two new ISPs have launched new NBN plans in competition with existing providers such as iiNet, Internode, Telstra, Optus and Primus.








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