Traffic Prioritisation

All traffic on our network is prioritised by type, with time-sensitive applications such as gaming and VoIP having the highest priority.

Higher priority traffic gets bandwidth before lower priority traffic. As the total bandwidth available is shared, this mean lower priority traffic can be slower at busy times when there's less bandwidth available.

If this seems confusing, think of it this way: the broadband network is like a motorway. When the traffic is light, all vehicles can move at the national speed-limit. Some lanes of the motorway have been reserved for important traffic, such as buses or emergency vehicles. During rush hour, most vehicles are forced to slow down. However, the traffic on the reserved lanes can continue to travel at high speed.

Without traffic management, P2P and download traffic would flood the network and cause slower speeds for other types of traffic.

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