Although P1 WiMAX is offering the highest limit of data volume transmitted per month for their fair usage policy comparing to other wireless broadband provider in Malaysia, many subscribers and non-subscribers does not feel right about it and some even go against it strongly.
In a bid to give a better idea to the public about the intention of imposing the fair usage policy, P1 decided to give more exposure to their Fair Usage Policy FAQ by linking to it directly from their homepage.
1.38 DOES P1 BLOCK P2P APPLICATIONS OR TRAFFIC?
- P1 does not block any peer to peer (P2P) or file sharing applications.
1.40 WHY IS A FAIR USAGE POLICY REQUIRED?
- P1’s W1MAX service is a shared broadband service, whereby the connection to the internet is shared between multiple users. The service is shared in order to allow P1 to offer affordable packages which will meet the requirements of the majority broadband users. The price of a dedicated service (not shared, usually referred to as a Leased Line service), is normally too expensive for the most Internet users who use the internet to suft lightly, read and send emails, occasionally upload and download files and stream videos.
However, a very small number of customers would use their broadband service excessively; resulting in decrease in speed, quality and reliability of the service offered to the rest of our customers.
It is estimated from the usage pattern from P1 and other broadband providers’ data, that approximately 1% to 3% of broadband customers can use up to 30%-90% of the available broadband capacity. Excessive users frequently download and upload large number of videos, very large files and use “peer to peer” (P2P) and file sharing software throughout the day.
P1’s Fair Usage Policy manages the broadband network from excessive users in order to maintain a fair, high quality and reliable level of service for the rest of our customers.
Visit the FAQ page for more information.