Damn they are suckers :) I defenitly not going consider them after your review of service. I dl quite a bit of videos ( like ted.com <- recommended! ) or move huge files around. I also become a bit unrest when SSH crawl :)
-------------------------------------------------- Michael Ben-Nes - Internet Consultant and Director. http://www.epoch.co.il - weaving the Net. Cellular: 054-4848113 -------------------------------------------------- On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Guy Corem <[email protected]> wrote: > > Miki, > > In the last few months I've used Cellcom unlimited deal with Option > GlobeSurfer III router, in a reasonable manner ( ~1GB of traffic per month). > All was well, until today. In the last month, on purpose, I've downloaded > about ~100 GB through Cellcom. > I've received the invoice yesterday, and starting from today, the bandwidth > is about ~150 kbps (before it was ~2000 kbps). > When changing to other Cellcom SIM (belonging to a different number), I > receive the expected 2000 kbps. When changing to the "blacklisted" number > other SIM, I receive the throttled ~150 kbps. > It's consistent, and doesn't depend on my location. > > In the contract I've signed with them, they're stating that if I'll use P2P > or more than triple of the network average bandwidth per subscriber, they > reserve the right to throttle me. > > It's seem that they're doing exactly that. Tomorrow I'll check with > Cellcom. > > Also, I believe that In the past they've killed DNS queries after starting > torrent. > > Bottom line: if you're planning to consume a lot of bandwidth, use ADSL / > cables. > > Guy > > > 2009/9/23 Michael Ben-Nes <[email protected]> > >> Hi, >> What is the quality of a cellular ISP connection compared to an ADSL line. >> >> Like: >> Latency factor that effect SSH like protocols. >> The ability to consume the full speed capacity. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Miki >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> Michael Ben-Nes - Internet Consultant and Director. >> http://www.epoch.co.il - weaving the Net. >> Cellular: 054-4848113 >> -------------------------------------------------- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-il mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> >> >
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