To those SMART WiFi subscribers in Meycauayan Bulacan whose Canopy is pointing to the cellsite near Sta. Clara Montefalco, start downloading stuff now!!! Why? Currently, SMART is re-assessing their bandwidth allocation for this cellsite, how do I know? I’m currently downloading using BitTorrent and LimeWire and my maximum download bandwidth is 2MBPS, yep, that’s right, ~2000kbps. You maybe asking, what good will this do?

6 months ago, SMART did the same thing, they removed all bandwidth limitations for all users connected to that particular cellsite, then they measured the maximum bandwidth being consumed by the cellsite and will allocate that bandwidth for that cellsite. If everyone starts downloading NOW, the bandwidth usage will spike up and they will have no choice but to allocate a larger bandwidth. You may be asking, if there are 10 users, and each is allocated 384kbps (max), then its a maximum 3840kbps for a cellsite, right? WRONG. SMART has some program running bandwidth allocation for each user. If a user is only using, for example, one browser to connect to the internet, the program will only allocate a percentage of your allocated bandwidth to your browser, so if you have multiple connections requesting data all at the same time, the program will have no choice but to give you your maximum bandwidth allocation. How do I know this? Very simple, try browsing using only one browser and check the bandwidth using a tool like ‘NETSTAT live’, then use LimeWire and check the bandwidth.

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