Is your ISP throttling your internetz?

[guartz]

Is Your ISP Throttling Your Internet Connection - PC World



Is it me, or do these sites seem jam-packed?

or is my blocking me from viewing them?

[Not Kuno]

I cant see it either, says it's taking too long bla bla.

[Stee]

Sites not loading for me either

[Khamsin]

All our ISPs must be in on it.

[Blabj]

I think that their site is just tanked with lots of people wanting to test.

It's also not loading for me very quickly at all, wheras other sites are definately loading quickly...

[Khamsin]

But those other sites aren't leaking their dark secrets!

[0ni0n]

I have comcast so I will go out on a limp to say that it throttles my internetz even without running the test.

[Nynaeve]

I have comcast so I will go out on a limp to say that it throttling my internetz even without running the test.

^ This and I hate them with every fiber of my being for just being Comcast.

[guartz]

All our ISPs must be in on it.

..would

....


would you seriously doubt it?

[octopus]

I'm pretty sure verizon fios is not throttling my internetz...

Yet >.>

[Vandalhart]

I'm like 99% sure that my ISP does throttle my connection.
In fact, I think it's something that all Canadian ISPs do.

[Yuri-G]

I'm 100% sure Comcast does it. I really need to switch to a new service provider, I'm just so lazy.

[Vandalhart]

What I don't understand is this:

Hai guys! We can now give you 8-12 mbps connections isn't that great?!
What? You want to download torrents all day? Nooo way! We're gonna
throttle your connection so you can't download for extended periods of
time.

I mean.. there's no need to have speeds that high if you're not transfering
data. Not even the most graphically intense games need that much for
a transfer rate. At least not that I know of.

[0ni0n]

What I don't understand is this:

Hai guys! We can now give you 8-12 mbps connections isn't that great?!
What? You want to download torrents all day? Nooo way! We're gonna
throttle your connection so you can't download for extended periods of
time.

I mean.. there's no need to have speeds that high if you're not transfering
data. Not even the most graphically intense games need that much for
a transfer rate. At least not that I know of.

They used to advertise their service as unlimited until they were challenged, then they revealed the monthly cap to be 250GB. I can't believe the stuff they get away with.

[Vandalhart]

Well my ISPs current cap is 60 GB/month bandwith.
That being said, they throttle your connection horribly if you download for
more than an hour or two straight.

I used to download some anime torrents and comeback to errors. An
LSmate of mine had me try out a torrent program he had that was
supposed to encrypt or something so the ISP couldn't do that anymore.

I think it was uTorrent.

[Julian]

Comcast is the only isp where I live

[Silenka]

None of those tests are working for me either. I like to think I have a good ISP (Cox) and they don't really do much in the way of policing your connection or anything. Only having Comcast available = time to move.

[riddaraan]

Well my ISPs current cap is 60 GB/month bandwith.
That being said, they throttle your connection horribly if you download for
more than an hour or two straight.

I used to download some anime torrents and comeback to errors. An
LSmate of mine had me try out a torrent program he had that was
supposed to encrypt or something so the ISP couldn't do that anymore.

I think it was uTorrent.

Um... Woosh?

[Dmitry]

I think I would welcome Comcast from our current ISP (Embarq).

[Vandalhart]

Um... Woosh?

No whoosh intended. I don't torrent much anymore. The program I have
installed is uTorrent. Is something wrong with the program? It's been a while
since I bothered to look around and research this stuff.