haha same thing with skybroadband
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Robert Locke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Ham. That gives me some measure of comfort that I'm not alone - > misery loves company. =) > > > On Jan 6, 2014, at 9:26 PM, Hamilton Chua <[email protected]> wrote: > > I found a blog post about someone experiencing the same thing. The > comments indicate there are more people encountering it. > > > http://www.everythingtechy.com/2013/12/27/pldt-throttlinglimiting-bit-torrent-traffic/ > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Dan Sweeney <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Go to Hurricane Electric and see if you can get a tunnel-brokered account >> (www.he.net). From there you can do 6in4 or if your really brave >> 6in4/4in6 tunneling. >> >> I haven't bothered to set up a test for IPv4 tunnels (vpns).. >> >> Also do not recommend using speedtest as a bandwidth see: >> http://www.noaccess.com/~dsweeney/speedtest.ppt >> >> Dan >> On Jan 6, 2014, at 11:26 AM, JP Loh wrote: >> >> > Interesting. Can anyone confirm with an actual test with an IPv6 tunnel? >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Dan Sweeney <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Rob, >> > >> > Silly man.. remember a project called SASN/WiMax a few years ago ?? >> > >> > All of Globe CONSUMER networks either goes thru SASN (Ericsson) or >> Redback DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) devices. Depending on the Purchase >> Plan you bought P2P has different rate limits as does http downloads, udp >> video streaming etc. >> > >> > PLDT has simular deployments with the myDSL network and some parts of >> Smart (but not all) also have SASN clusters. Don't think they used the >> Redback DPI/BRAS devices. >> > >> > It should be noted that *application rate shaping* is not illegal in >> the USA but *application rate limiting* is. >> > >> > Dan >> > On Jan 5, 2014, at 11:42 PM, Michael Tinsay wrote: >> > >> > > Is anybody else getting multiple duplicates of this particular thread? >> > > >> > > Anyway... >> > > >> > > Just this past holiday week I was able to download a 2GB file via >> bittorrent using a Smart BRO LTE USB stick with a prepaid LTE sim. It took >> less than two hours. No throttling experienced here. Also from >> experience, Globe throttles your *entire* connection when it detects high >> P2P traffic, but not PLDT/Smart. I'll try to test PLDT DSL again when I >> get back to the office. Maybe they're testing out new network traffic >> management gears. >> > > >> > > >> > > --- mike t. >> > > >> > > >> > > On Sunday, 5 January 2014, 23:22, [C]hicken [G] od < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> > > I am no networking expert but according to the local forums PLDT has >> some issues with one of the international undersea cables. If torrents work >> on an encrypted connection the rumours may be true that throttling is >> occuring. >> > > On Jan 5, 2014 9:09 AM, "Robert Locke" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Hi gang, >> > > >> > > Is anyone experiencing problems with BitTorrent on PLDT myDSL? I'm >> maxing out at 10 to 20kB/s download, a far cry from the 600 to 700 kB/s I >> used to be getting a few weeks ago. >> > > >> > > For the record, my connection seems fine in every other respect - >> http, video, voip, etc all work well. Speedtest.net reports the usual 5 >> to 6 Mbps of download speed. I haven't touched my modem or wireless >> routers in months and none of them support QoS anyways. I've tried several >> torrent clients (e.g., uTorrent, Transmission, Vuze, etc), but no luck. >> > > >> > > One curiosity is that sometimes my download speed will reach 300+ >> kB/s, but *only* when I'm connected to a fast peer *within* the PLDT >> network. This, more than anything, indicates there may be some kind of >> filtering going on. >> > > >> > > I've found a work around by tunneling the Torrent traffic through a >> remote server, but it's a bit of a pain. >> > > >> > > Any theories? >> > > >> > > Cheers, >> > > Rob >> > > _________________________________________________ >> > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > > >> > > _________________________________________________ >> > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > > >> > > >> > > _________________________________________________ >> > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > >> > _________________________________________________ >> > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > >> > _________________________________________________ >> > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > --
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