Bandwidth distribution - proportional or capped?

Say an ISP offers a "Standard" 8meg broadband package for £10/month
and a "Super" 16meg package for £20/month. My phone line's maximum
theoretical speed limit is nearly 16meg but at busy times I would
expect my maximum speed to drop. In such instances, how is the
bandwidth shared between Standard and Super subscribers?

If the maximum speed that the ISP can supply during busy times drops
to say 8meg –

1) Do Standard and Super users both get 8meg? i.e. bandwidth is
capped.

or

2) Do Super users get 8meg and Standard users get 4meg? i.e.
bandwidth is shared proportionally.

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> Say an ISP offers a "Standard" 8meg broadband package for £10/month
> and a "Super" 16meg package for £20/month. My phone line's maximum
> theoretical speed limit is nearly 16meg but at busy times I would
> expect my maximum speed to drop. In such instances, how is the
> bandwidth shared between Standard and Super subscribers?
>
> If the maximum speed that the ISP can supply during busy times drops
> to say 8meg –
>
> 1) Do Standard and Super users both get 8meg? i.e. bandwidth is
> capped.
>
> or
>
> 2) Do Super users get 8meg and Standard users get 4meg? i.e.
> bandwidth is shared proportionally.

Well I do not expect to get speed drops unacceptable to me.
Just moved from Entanet upto 8 meg due to variations 6 to 1 meg.
With Bethere a week on upto 24 meg unlimited £18 a month.
Sync at 14 meg the popular speed testers give me just under 12 meg. They
staying within a couple hundred kbps all the time.
This is what I expect for my money no variations.
I only use ISPs with short contracts now this one is 3 month notice.
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> Say an ISP offers a "Standard" 8meg broadband package for £10/month
> and a "Super" 16meg package for £20/month. My phone line's maximum
> theoretical speed limit is nearly 16meg but at busy times I would
> expect my maximum speed to drop. In such instances, how is the
> bandwidth shared between Standard and Super subscribers?

This question can only be accurately answered by the ISP themselves. They
should mention it on their website, don't hold your breath though. There
are a million and one different ways they could do it, depending on the
platform they use and the way it is configured. Their upstream/downstream
providers may have a bearing on how it works too.

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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> Say an ISP offers a "Standard" 8meg broadband package for £10/month
> and a "Super" 16meg package for £20/month. My phone line's maximum
> theoretical speed limit is nearly 16meg but at busy times I would
> expect my maximum speed to drop. In such instances, how is the
> bandwidth shared between Standard and Super subscribers?

IDNet have a 'premium' service. It's not explicit but your traffic is
apparently given priority by BT.

Graham