On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of Ed > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 11:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [mhvlug] Local ISP's vs. Bittorrent? > > Are you on Cablevision? If you start becoming a high end user during > peak usage, they will throttle bandwidth until network traffic goes > down. > > Other things to look for are: > > 1. Is bittorrent still open? If so and you have files sharing, the > upload traffic will cause speeds to drop. > > 2. What other activities are going on? Watching movies? Is your > wireless network "secure" (no neighbors connected)? > > If you connect you pc direct to the modem (if it is not already) and it > is still slow with no activities (see speedtest.net), call your isp. > > On Sat, 2009-12-19 at 11:32 -0500, Greg M. Johnson wrote: > > Earlier this week I got 3 distros off the internet. All at once I > > asked for 2 by Bittorrent and one by direct download from a link at > > Distrowatch. Interestingly, one of the torrents happened faster than > > the d.d. > > > > Anyway, ever since that morning, my home internet service has been > > painfully slow. I've read about. ISP's throttling high traffic users > > or trying to mess up torrents. Any likelihood of that happening here? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > > Dec 2 - MythTV > > Jan 6 - Git > > > Any follow-up on the slow down? > > Just curious if it was the ISP throttling-down or something else. > > If it was Time-Warner or Cablevision throttling-down, does anyone know for > about how long they typically cap it? > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Jan 6 - Git > Feb 3 - Arduino > Mar 3 - Gnome 3 & 7 year bday! >
It was my understanding that all ISP's have the built in capability to ration access when their load surges. Their software does it automatically without any decision making needed by a human when it senses too much demand. Here in Meadow Hill, Time Warner can slow down evenings and during times when everyone is home and there is nothing great on TV, such as a snow storm. In the Philippines, my nephew's "broadband" is slower than dial up because the provider didn't build in enough capacity. -- Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 Telephone: (845) 566-0586
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