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by Josh Lim
January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm

Malaysian P2P users demand an end to bandwidth throttling Jangan sumbat atau sekat P2P saya! Unlimited bandwidth means NO throttling This is for all the users of P2P & Bittorrent using TMNet Streamyx. Yes, your P2P traffic is being blocked and throttled.

Whether eDonkey, BearShare, iMesh, SoulSeek, eMule, Kazaa, Kazaa Lite, Shareaza, Napster, Limewire, Azereus, Bitcomet, uTorrent, BitSpirit, BitConjurer, BitTornado…or even those using Skype or the iTunes music store (yes, that too is being blocked).

Make yourself heard. Banners for now. An action plan soon. Freedom to use our promised “unlimited” connections, hopefully soon.

Update: Thanks to forum user AZ10 on Cari.com.my, we have a Chinese translation of the above!

这是为P2P & Bittorrent 的所有用户使用TMNet Streamyx 。是, 您的P2P 交通被阻拦和被节流。是否eDonkey 、BearShare, iMesh, SoulSeek, eMule, Kazaa 、Kazaa Lite,Shareaza 、Napster 、Limewire 、Azereus, Bitcomet, uTorrent, BitSpirit、BitConjurer, BitTornado… 甚至那些使用Skype 或iTunes 音乐商店(是, 太被阻拦) 。做自己听见。横幅暂时。行动计划很快。自由使用我们的被许诺的” 限的” 连接, 有希望地很快。

Bonus: (Lost in translation type humour) If you use Google’s automatic Chinese > English translator, the posting which was originally meant to say “For those that don’t understand English, read the Chinese version” gets mangled into “Chinese people do not understand the purpose of English”. Well, I’m a Chinese myself, but I’ve always found English pretty useful…

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January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
hubahuba said..comment

where to get ur banners?
p/s: nice page

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
JohnLai said..comment

Hmmm…ok, I totally support it! We must get our right as consumers.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
lanie-emon said..comment

Now the cat is out of the box, malaysian broadband comrade unite…let put an to this injustice wrought to us, broadband users, by a powerful few. To RedesignMalaysia, i support and salute you all….

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Kenneth said..comment

I SUPPORT IT! It’s out right!

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Gabriel Chong said..comment

Quote from Najib: Star 25 Jan: Although cellular telephony penetration is rather high at 81.6% there is still much room for growth in terms of new services such as mobile broadband and multimedia, where consumer acceptance has been somewhat slow.”… Why is it we consumers always kena blame when Govt don’t meet their own targets. You provide competition, better service, affordable price then people will get on it lah!! Duhhh

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Andy said..comment

Throttling to 10K-20K per port is still a good form of trottling.. What they’re doing is blocking all the ports.. even MIRC, SKYPE, ports etc. is not spared..

Talk about broadband, and how you can do video conferencing etc. etc…. With 1-3Kbs/sec rates?

TMnet, Pembekal Jalur Sempit Terulung di Malaysia..

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Quigonbond said..comment

It may be possible to commence class action against them based on the terms of the service agreement. I believe Maxis has already tweaked theirs to allow them to limit types of use, but there is still hope for original subscribers of Streamyx service.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
GameSky said..comment

I saw tmnut’s ad at tv3 few days ago in TV3, they’re showing that BT users, edonkey users and online gaming are the main causes that caused everyone to slow down..
Uh, online gaming too? What, tmnut expect their users just to surf net, msn, mirc? I heard they even shapes some traffics such as streaming video via youtube?! Didn’t they mentioned “UNLIMITED” usage?
Ok, here’s another thing. We don’t subscribes broadband just for web surfing, msn or chat! Even 56k can do the job.
Lol, in the ad, they even mentioned that [in bm], “TMNET adalah penyedia broadband terulung di Malaysia”, which means “tmnet is the country’s top broadband service provider in Malaysia”..yea right, monopoly, and is there any other ISPs? yes, like Jaring, Maxis..but LIMITED! For people who lives in East Malaysia, they’re out of luck, only tmnut provides the broadband service here. Duh, my area even don’t have streamyx yet! Though now Celcom 3G is slowly covering some areas in Sarawak [I’m still waiting for them to covers my area though :( ,], and DiGi also doing the same thing, but both services are still limited to some areas in Sarawak.
Some tmnut worker mentioned they will install DSLAM this year [yeah, another blank promise from them, expected anyway]. If the infrastructure is outdated, why don’t they just replace it? They didn’t consider other facts, such as if they provide the service, they will get more customers [lol].

The conclusion, if TMNUT have a lot times to creating ads [which keep asking users to sign up for the screamyx service], why don’t they put more effort in upgrading the services [especially their Customer Support, sucks, my 5 years old sister can even do better than them!], broadband services and also coverage areas! And also stop shaping/block our P2P bandwidth! Didn’t they mentioned “UNLIMITED”?

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Andy said..comment

They have to, since some people are extracting the max out of P2P high speeds, and doing it 24-7… which when the taiwan earthquake strikes, simple showed how much these ‘certain groups’ of people are monopolizing the bandwidth. They couldn’t have that, since they had corporate users screaming down their CEO’s ears that INTERNET WAS NOT WORKING (again!)..

That’s why some measure of traffic shaping is necessary.. but currently what I cannot accept is full scale blocking/throttling attempt.. Try MIRC, join a channel discussing about drift, and then try download a video (MPG, high detail no less..) and find that you’re also capped to less than 1K download speeds.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
dani said..comment

Even in mirc they throttling as well…this issue is getting out of hand.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
HeHeHunter said..comment

This proves that TMNut is really Nuts! They are smart in cheating consumers stating that they provide unlimited service! UNLIMITED my foot! If this is so called unlimited, then Taiwan’s should call themselves as exceeded!

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
FXXKstream said..comment

I unthrottle, able to connect to oversea tracker, and also able to download from oversea peer but the speed are damn slow 5~10Kb no included those local. Looking for a better de-throttle TMnut.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Andy said..comment

How you’d do that? Connecting to trackers also possible for me, but speeds are throttled to 1K or less.. ditto for MIRC as well.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
fazco85 said..comment

im using BT these days, and noticed that the speed are faster….a bit. (though not as fast as it used to be) is it just me or tmnet r really listening to us? still cant use limewire tho… this whole throttling sucks.

down with bandwidth throttling! tmnet, hear us dammit!

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
FXXKstream said..comment

I don’t think tm will unthrottled. Andy, may way of connecting is abusing other ppl network. Looking other polite way. PAW is able to talk to tracker but cannot download from oversea.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm

…it’s just so terrible that i just no longer have the words to speak of their ridicules.
and i am getting really ANNOYED.
what we’re saying out loud here just isn’t heard.
i’m ready to get into further actions!
i just visited jaring website and were surprised to see that they’re providing broadband, expect that it’s only over at WM.
and come to talk about broadband services, there’s more things in this country that really needed to be REDESIGNed…why aren’t our voices heard? why aren’t actions taken even though this many people had spoken??

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
FXXKstream said..comment

beside complaining why not surf around the net to understand what is throttle and also is there anyway to get rid of it?
how bittorrent work? beside getting file what you want?
instead using the DNS provided by out good ISP how about www.opendns.com? sound great?
are anonymous sound important when we connect to internet?
google “i2p” in google, is “i2p” a solution for tm throttling?
what I can said is I hitting my head on wall without clue instead complaining, find out anyway to get rid of our nutshell.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Andy said..comment

From what I’ve seen and studied, the throttling is crude and simple.. simply limit the incoming and outgoing connections from overseas ips from other port ranges except the HTTP port 80, and they’ve limited a lot of traffic already. but unless you’re connected to the international backbone through the other servers other than TMnets… No, I don’t think there’s a way to cheat the system.

I do proclaim that I could be wrong though.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
YDNA said..comment

What if tunnel those SOCKS requests through HTTP proxy will be possible? Will streamyx throttle HTTP [port:80] as well? hehe.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Shen said..comment

What the hell am I paying for? If I can’t dowload nything via BT or Limewire wats the point of getting bloody streamyx? They make half a billion dollars a year and can’t afford for us to use BT? You’ve got to be joking. This monopoly BS is getting out of hand.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Andy said..comment

Tunneling is possible.. but only for outgoing connections.. those incoming connections have to be specifically targeted to port 80 for it to work. Therein lies the problem.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
YDNA said..comment

Will the nutshell not allowing us using proxy? Having the problem setting proxy via BT, browsing is okie via proxy. Damn Nut.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
fred said..comment

actually, i’m beginning to wonder, will they actually listen to us and remove bandwidth throttling? i feel like that’s the end of BT for me. :(

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
YDNA said..comment

Seen our ISP is listed as BAD ISP in wiki [they can close their ear]. Our ISP have their right to throttle [do they misuse their right].

The only ISP in Malaysia listed as BAD ISP, really a sick joke.
What do you think if our government being question “how is your ISP?”
Our ISP are awkward to our country, what a shame.

Update
Able to connect oversea peer transfer speed 5~10K [peer US, Taiwan, Singapore, France] I see malaysia peer but 0.0K.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
YDNA said..comment

http://img15.imgspot.com/u/07/27/18/untitled1170028643.JPG
here is the download image

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
zwey said..comment

i mean what the fuck, they are banning those ports just because we all are using bt and online games and slow down the connection? fuck tmshit, come on. its your own problem, not we consumers. we must get what we pay. tm should know they have a WIDE line. come on, unthrottle it and just do your own fuckin job. upgrade the line, asshole company. what the fuck is this country. damn.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Quigonbond said..comment

Fact is, tm has committed gross misrepresentation and is in breach of contract with end-users. When they advertise that you can get, for example, 512kb/s download, this should mean uninterrupted, 24/365 capacity. Instead, most customers would have lost count when tm can’t even meet the 70% standard set by the Multi Media Commission. And it’s hilarious that they set that as their benchmark to meet when people call in to complain! Might as well just tell us that the real package is 450kb/s (or less)! To add insult to the injury, and shooting themselves in the feet, they complain that P2P usage jams up 80% of total bandwidth - that’s an admission that they never had the capacity to meet bandwidth requirements (as provided in the contract) of all customers. The sad thing is - what is MMC or the ministry doing about this? They are complicit by their sheer inaction.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Josh Lim said..comment

True, but unfortunately, TMNet have the “best effort” clause in their contract that kind of makes it hard to take legal or consumer action, even if we are being shortchanged.

A good solution would be for the MCMC and government regulators to force TMNet to remove the “best effort” clause that they unrightfully have put into the contract, or at least meet the 70% standard set by the MCMC.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
izz said..comment

I believe that the main reason that anyone uses streamyx is only for P2P and games. If u want to surf u can just go to a cyber cafe or something…. I believe that it was tmnet that created a myth that the eartquake in Taiwan distrupted our lines. Actually it’s not that bad and they took the opportunity to block my Limewire….. God damn tmnet!!!!

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
izz said..comment

My cousin was in Japan and he told me that we’re paying for what is worth 100MB in Japan at 1MB. We are being duped big time…. We should be getting at least 54 Mbps speed and not 1Mbps speed.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
fztt said..comment

Say… if 1000 customers decide to contribute 1 mth access fee torwards class action lawsuit, thats RM88K in legal fees :-)
Anyway, they should seperate the ‘illegal download’ and bandwidth limiting issues… go after those who they deem downloading illegal stuff but keep the bandwidth open for use… it’s blatant abuse of power to use illegal download and bandwidth hogging as across-the-board hack-slash solution.
It’s affecting legit users as well. My wife trades online, even the trading sofrware is slowed since shaping started!

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Ahmad Rizudin said..comment

Bleeding hell. We subscribed to TM’s Streamyx to make use of its facilities, regardless of what we do, and now this throttling detail comes up.

I say that we should send a few rockets to the TM Tower. Bring it down completely, if necessary, because it seems to prove that TM’s wringing every sen out of its subscribers.

This throttling MUST STOP. Period.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Bengang said..comment

Thats it! I had enough! Im going to terminate my streamyx at the end of the contract! My suggestion, if you want to surf the web better stick to dialup!@#$% TM Boleh BLAHHH!!

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm

TMnet is really annoying me…. My Limewire and utorrent dont work anymore. Forget about multiplayer games.. even normal downloads through browser is crappy… If we cant use p2p, cant play games online, cant download stuff, cant watch movies online whats the point of having a broadband connection?? Checking e-mails and surfing around you can just use dial-up… Whats the point of calling it STREAMYX if I cant watch streaming movie from my pc??? maybe should change its name…
And just in case someone from TMnet is reading this…
STOP THROTTLING US!!! Its not good for the industry… Dont you get it???

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Sexy said..comment

I wonder if in other country have this bandwidth issue…

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
ihatemalaysia said..comment

there is hopeless ppl governing this country, so dun mention wawasan 2020, we are going backward. Thailand already ahead of us in their economies…and soon we will be the one behind indonesia.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
jefry said..comment

By throttling the bandwidth, you won’t be able to use VOIP like SKYPE. Therefore you are forced to use back the fix line. Didn’t you guys realised now there is a lot of Telekom’s promotion advert on their fix line ? It’s part of their money making scheme. By default, being the monopolising company, they don’t have to spend money on advertistment. They should at least spend the money to improve their service

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Akaz said..comment

The current problem is like we’re(malaysian) trap in a cage that have been made by tmnet. We need a good service to be at the same level or above from other nation. This will only be one of the downfall of our nation in the near future. Dont be greedy(tmnet).

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Krix said..comment

the line has been like shit ever since the earth quake…
i wonder how come other ppl from foreing country said they lotsa improvement after so long and us in malaysia r just keep getting fucked up line and worst… who noe perhaps tm-net thought they r like the sole provider throughout the whole malaysia and they can do anything they wan and dig our wallet for our money… sigh.. i wish order isp was in my area… i would rather pay more than 2 get sucha fucked up service that can’t even use p2p prog and bt… i took me days just 2 get a god damm file even though the seed peer r well above 100 and the file size only 300+ or less!

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Finland said..comment

Boy am i laughing my ass off while trying to download latest prison break from malaysia. Im on 54Mbps connection and i only get
like 5-10K. Back in home Finland i had 8Mb(100RM/kk) and was downloading 800K/sec. This is fucking ridiculous. You have all these skyscrapers, my country never seen, but your internet is lame and due to freak muslims, i can’t even get a bottle of beer, without paying one months rent. Why limit others if your own silly religion says you cant do something. China is communistic, but still ahead of you boys, not to mention the democratic world of europe. However, im happy here, it’s cheap

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Dede said..comment

Well..the top broadband service provider in Malaysia. its jus wat the CEO trying to proclaim himself as. i wonder y r there so many people supporting such action which is our bitcomet being blocked.. when taiwan earthquake happened tmnut jus do nth but giving themselves more excuses to feedback to the customer’s complaint..in my mind i dun think there is any changes in our connection speed if our p2p or watever being blocked by tmnut..issit tmnut claiming itself to provide better service after tis? i dun think so as we can c there are many complaining shown up on web searching by keyword or even there are a lot of bloggers discussing how worst the service of tmnut is.. well we cant do anything for their unreasonable action now.. hopefully the potential broadband service provider like maxis or other new competitors grow up rapidly ..im swear the bloody tmnut will lost its customers for sure.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
KEnny said..comment

Support!!! why limit us, since they promise us to have a unlimited access

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Gabe said..comment

I agree with some things but i definitely do not agree with people who involve religion. Im talkin to that mofo white-thrash-a**hole Finland. I may not be a muslim but hey if ur religion gets barked on like shit i dont think u’ll be happy wif it. However, it is true to a certain extent that “melayus” do like “domination” even though they’re doing it plain stupid.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
denis said..comment

emule is slow now ,is it.

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
The Rock said..comment

what the f**k tmnut is doin? we paid u to get the service, throttling is not fair for consumer, please think about it!!!

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
anti streamyx said..comment

haiz hope hew isp prodiver coming soon they say bye bye to streamyx straight away tutup kedai! if we cant download using p2p then we pay for what! just play online game with lagness and browsing f**king slow website?? omg

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
cs said..comment

中國時報 2008.03.21 
ADSL、行動電話費率 4/1降價
林上祚/台北報導

 電信資費四月一日起全面降價!國家通訊傳播委員會(NCC)昨日公告,ADSL電路費下降五.三五%以上,8M電路費從原本六九九元降至五百元,降幅最大。……..國內ADSL用戶數三七○萬戶,四月一日調降後,有三五二.六萬戶受惠。這次電路費平均降幅八.四%,其中降幅最大的是8M,達一一五元(降幅一八.七%)。少數沒降資費如2M/512K,目前用戶十二萬戶,未降價原因是中華電信將停辦該項資費,鼓勵十二萬用戶移轉到較高速率。
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latest rate for ADSL services in TW. Their gov think their services fee was too high and ask their isp to cut their price. 8M for 500NT (before is 699NT), how much we have to pay in malaysia??? Another thing is, they think the 2M package was s*ck, they had to stop that package and ask user to use a better packages!!!

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
Keny said..comment

i am a computing student, how am i suppose to get my study material if no p2p.Do you all think it is easy to pay for ISP for a student?

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
GM 906 said..comment

Give us the fair cut TMnet!!!!We paying RM88 for 1MB per month and all u give us was not in full piece,is this what this country said fair on every communities????Think for the future,A**HOLE!!!!

January 23 2007 || 8:21 pm
airwolf said..comment

Streamyx sucks!!!!! I can’t imagine how the government is encouraging people to use more Internet with limited bandwidth for video conferencing and other multimedia stuff. I found that the service is even slower than before with the same monthly bill.

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