What is shaping?
Shaping occurs when either your download or upload peak has been reached (refer Acceptable Uses Policy). Shaping is a service that allows you to continue to access the internet, receive Emails, etc, at a reduced speed after your download or upload allowance has been exceeded. Your upload and download speeds are reduced to 64kbps. This will be reset to normal at the beginning of the new billing period. To avoid being shaped, you could upgrade to a bigger plan, so you don’t exceed your data allowance. We may also further reduce certain traffic such as Peer-to-peer once you have been shaped.
Each of the bliink home and bliink BIZ+ products has a “traffic quota”. For instance, the bliink 256 lite account has a 3GB (3000 megabyte) quota during both peak and off-peak periods. If you download more than that quota during their related periods, then your connection will be shaped during that period only. You will still have the benefits of full-speed during the period that you have not exceed your limits.
Related Questions
- What are the key social, economic and technological developments shaping the environment in which higher education institutions operate?
- What alternatives did Jackson have in shaping a policy to tackle the problem of Native Americans?
- Is there any evidence than cordon or espalier methods of shaping produce better crops of fruit?
