See the link for proof that Cox does this and said they would continue. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Cox-Also-Disrupting-P2P-Traffic-89481
I'm not sure how much more proof you need than an admission. Try downloading the file yourself and let me know. http://www.backyardproductions.co.uk/tenclofilm.torrent Like I said before, I get good downloads for everything else. Even while having this little problem, I can get 50 K/s with wget. The total is still half of what I normally expect and what my plan allows. The movie should be popular because it was well rated on Slashdot's firehose. On Tuesday 15 January 2008 9:40 pm, Tim Fournet wrote: > I regularly hit 700+ kilobytes per second downloads on bittorrents on my > Cox connection at home. I think the problem in your case is whatever > file you're trying to download just isn't that popular. Remember, the > more people in the torrent, the better it works. If there are only two > other people seeding the file, and they each have a 20 kilobit upload > max setting, then you wont get more than 20k. Judging your link quality > by bittorrent isn't a very bright idea, regardless if you suspect your > provider of sabotaging the connections. > > Also, what kind of router are you using? Poor quality routers will choke > and die on the sheer number of TCP connections that occur on bittorrents. > > Thirdly, if you're going to accuse someone of sending RST packets to > your network, do you have packet captures to back that up? > > I don't agree with ANY ISP blocking or altering traffic fraudulently. > But it's equally important to get real facts before making accusations. _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
