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In the next few days, some users will begin to notice the included message appearing at the top of their login pages.
The idea of this is that (as shown) we wish to inform users that we won’t be continuing to support some older browsers any longer.
We have a number of new features in our development path that are planned for the user facing hotspot interface, unfortunately a large part of what is … Continue Reading
Tags: AccessPlus, accommodation, bandwidth, prioritisation, priority, qoe, qos, skype, Universities
I’d like to share some information about how the AccessPlus network divides and prioritises traffic.
This is known as QoS (Quality of Service)
All traffic on our networks (fibre and wireless) is prioritised by type. Low latency and critical applications have first priority in peak use periods.
Traffic higher up in the QoS tree will always get access to bandwidth before traffic in lower branches, meaning that shared bandwidth is divided more effectively between multiple users.
Imagine the connection as a highway into your local accommodation area / village. At 4am when traffic is light, all vehicles move faster and there is overall a lot of unused road available.
When reaching peak periods, all traffic moves slower. Some vehicles (buses, ambulances, firetrucks) receive different treatment over other sorts of traffic. They have priority that guarantees them better access to the highway or parts of it.
Look ma, it's the Internets!
Without some sort of traffic management, download and P2P would fill the network bandwidth and all services would end up running slowly while fighting for available bandwidth. Continue Reading
Tags: AccessPlus, chat support, hotspot, live support, phone support, stardevelop, student, support
Wow has it been that long since our last update on here :-O
*brushes away cobwebs* Ok I’ll be posting here a couple of times in the next few weeks so lookout for some proper activity.
Anyway, without further ado. We’ve recently been toying with the issue that a number of students report back to us each month.
You’re trying to:
a) login
b) purchase items
c) other
and for whatever reason you just can’t figure it out, or you’re encountering an error.
Sure, you *could* call the support number.. but maybe its after-hours or maybe your mobile is out of credit etc. In some locations we service … Continue Reading
Tags: ars technica, broadband, data, google, internet, internet highway, minimum-rate broadband, net neutrality, network management, nn, p2p, pay per mb, shaping, University, university access, youtube
For those who aren’t necessarily in the know, there has been a debate going on for some time now among the big-guns of the internet regarding your use.
With sites like youtube, last.fm, metacafe, google maps and similar streaming unique content to your computer, along with programs like skype, msn, bittorent and other allowing you to easily download masses of information; some people believe there is a need to pose further restrictions on what constitutes “acceptable use” and what an ISP should be allowed to do to keep its network accessible for all users.
While in Australia any further restrictions are arguably … Continue Reading
