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reply to XLR8R

Re: Century Tel DSL and Bittorrent

"We?" so now youre admiting that you work for CT, dsldude? Im asking you out right..... DO you or do you NOT work for CT? Be a man ad answer the question please. And no, you went from saying there is NO throttling ("That is incorrect." - in response to my post saying they DID throttle) to NOW saying "We are denying the throttling based upon your implication as to why they are doing it. Even though the throttling right now may just as well have to do with the ongoing issues in the area. We are denying the fact that they throttle on an ongoing basis such as even when the service is at full speed." So, you changed your story. Nobody said in this thread any throttling was "permanent" or "constant".... it was merely said that statements by you and others that CT "didnt" throttle were not true, and that we had proof with our own eyes they were doing it at present. Once again, you change the issue and backtrack. You arent helping anything here at all, lying and changing your story helps no one. If you really want to sidestep, back track, and flip flop..... become a politician.

reply to dsldude08
Thanks for the info DSLDUDE08, I have been in touch with the CT reps and they are saying the same...I'm certainly not saying CTel is throttling everyone everywhere all the time...I'm simply saying my service, here in Wentzville MO, has been, for the last couple months, very poor, especially during the day, and I know they are working on it. Part of that "working on it" is clearly throttling my service when I open up torrents or any DL manager to use the full bandwidth available(supposed to be available). If I, like SilverFox66, put a cap on them at my end say at about 65 to 75% of what my BW should be, there are no issues(other than slow speeds lately)...however, as soon as I open them up and if I get anywhere near my max BW capacity sustained, it shuts down rapidly to around 10% and stay's there until I pause it, shut it down and wait for a few minutes or hours, then start it back up and all's well again...'til I open it up again...it's clearly being throttled...
And again, I know it's probably gonna be this way until the new OC3 gets fully functional, but no one told me this, nor could I or anyone else get a straight answer from anyone at CTel which is why we're all so concerned...
Thanks, for you help and understanding.

reply to SilverFox66
SilverFox66:
CenturyTel does not throttle on an ongoing basis, period. My apologies if my wording was mis constructed. Because of the issues you have right now in the area, they very well may be throttling to avoid a complete interruption in service as was mentioned before. When I stated "We" I meant Icon and myself, because we seem to be on the same side of the tracks as to what's going on here. As to whether I'm an employee or not, it shouldn't matter, we're all here to help either way. So, if it makes you happy, yes, I am an employee of CenturyTel. As for becoming a politician, no thanks, they are the worst people around.

XLR8R:
You're welcome. I mentioned this before I believe in a previous thread about the ongoing issues, especially in Missouri. The subscriber base there is growing exponentially and it seems that we aren't able to keep up. The issues are being taken care of, and I do not know what is going on behind the scenes, but my information is from the same place you got yours, the help desk. If anything else comes up I will be sure to provide an update for you.
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"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."
- Abraham Lincoln

reply to eak435s
said by silverfox:tstolze... your statement and bandwidth totals prove nothing. Your highest total shown (March 6 - 23.57GB transferred) averaged 1GB/hr. Thats an average of 278K/second. Thats nothing if youre on a 10mb service like you say... its approx 1/3 of max bandwidth, or equal to a 3mb service. If anything, you proved my point that you can be throttled back and still hit those numbers. Nobody said anything about a "total data transfer cap" so your post was merely a misdirection from the topic. Transferring 600Gb a month or 20GB a day may sound impressive, but I wasnt talking about them capping "how much" you can d/l, but rather how fast you can before they throttle you back. You could have hit those numbers even WITH being throttled back to 33% of your supposed bandwidth. endquote

This was all done in the middle of night, full bandwith the whole time. Before I go to bed I start my downloads and they are done before I get up in the morning. They do not throttle, I will setup enough downloads for a 24 hr period this weekend and post my results, if you choose to believe them.
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reply to Icon
first of all, I will apologize for the "lumping"...lol

secondly, do you work this area? I am really NOT trying to be ignorant, but if you dont, how do you know what goes on here? We have just recently found out that our CO/DSLAM doesnt have the normal profiles in it. Just an example, where most others on a 1.5mb service are capped at something like 1732/320 or something like that, WE are capped at 1500/256. Not a big difference, but not the norm. What Im saying is, while you could be the absolute BEST in what you do.... in your area, that doesnt mean things here are the same.

Thanks for admitting youre a CT employee, but just a friendly suggestion...... when you post for the first time in a thread... please advise people of that. Thank you

reply to dsldude08
Icon: I see youre in the Ozark Mountains........ FAR from me and the issues trying to be discussed here. Ill ask you the same thing I asked dsldude..... unless youre a CT employee, how are you aware of policies and issues miles away form your home? As for your "you dont have it in writing so it must be a lie" comment...... WHO has ANYTHING in writing from CT about ANY service they have? NO ONE! You call them and order phone service or DSL..... you dont sign a contract, they dont send you an agreement to look over before you order your service. If there is NO throttling, NO difference in guaranteed speed at certain times...... then WHY would there be a need for "business" and "pro" services? If everybody got the same thing no matter what, there wouldnt be a need to have these other services and charge the customer WAY more for the same speed. Once again, just somebody trying to avert attention away from the facts.

Here is an idea...... if what you say is true..... then why dont any of you suggest the customer CALL CT to find out if what people like me say is true or not. I mean, that would solve everything, wouldnt it? The fact is you dont WANT customers calling to find out that even if they order the same speed service on a business account, even though that speed is guaranteed, it is only guaranteed during business hours, at about 3 times the cost of a residential plan. And a pro plan is about 5 times the cost, but its guaranteed 24/7. That right there tells you they do NOT want you using your full service 24/7 and if you do, they will throttle you back, or want you to upgrade your service. So NO, you didnt set ANYTHING straight. I could ask YOU the same question... where do YOU have it in writing that CT does NOT throttle people back? If you dont have it, you MUST be lying.... thats your own theory. I have just proved my point, you cant. CT KNOWS they cant put a lie like "we do not throttle back customers" in writing or they'd be sued out of business.

The fact is you guys just wont stop. You say people like me lash out, yet if anyone on this board disagrees with you, then WE dont know what we are talking about, and you just keep going on about CT being right. Now, youre accusing me of posting under another nic. Do I SEEM like the kind of person afraid to speak my mind? No need for another nic, but nice way of lashing out and trying to make me look bad.

reply to SilverFox66
SilverFox66, when I stated I thought you were smarter than that, I was thinking of someone else. So, my mistake for replying to you in the first place, I had forgotten who you were and what had taken place previously. So, as others have posted on here along with me, they do not throttle anything. I never get throttled. What you state in your posts doesn't mean you're being throttled. What if the person you are downloading from is throttling you? I mean, really, when you go to a website, if they have high traffic, they DO throttle their visitors to avoid problems on their website such as other uses not being able to get access. Ever noticed that? Probably not since you are posting these type of things on here. Since I remember who you were now, I will cease responding to your posts as they do not help anyone on these boards especially when you lash back at anyone that replies with anything different than what you have said. Thank you.
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"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."
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reply to dsldude08
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I posted EXACTLY what I have both been told by CT, and what I have witnessed on my account. After being informed of what I stated in my other post, I checked it for myself... 3 times. I found it was TRUE. I ran a torrent client to d/l the latest Ubuntu in 32 and 64 bit. I capped the d/l speed @ 100K in the client. It ran along swimmingly (meaning the bandwidth WAS there, no matter what YOU say). After an hour or two, I removed the cap from the d/l speed to see what happened. It immediately shot up to 160K (my max speed) briefly, then started slowly falling. It fell till it stopped at 40 - 60K....... SLOWER than I had been running till that point. It stayed there till I shut the client down for awhile. I would start the client again a few hours later, and went through the same steps with the same results. I WAS BEING THROTTLED BACK!

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tstolze... your statement and bandwidth totals prove nothing. Your highest total shown (March 6 - 23.57GB transferred) averaged 1GB/hr. Thats an average of 278K/second. Thats nothing if youre on a 10mb service like you say... its approx 1/3 of max bandwidth, or equal to a 3mb service. If anything, you proved my point that you can be throttled back and still hit those numbers. Nobody said anything about a "total data transfer cap" so your post was merely a misdirection from the topic. Transferring 600Gb a month or 20GB a day may sound impressive, but I wasnt talking about them capping "how much" you can d/l, but rather how fast you can before they throttle you back. You could have hit those numbers even WITH being throttled back to 33% of your supposed bandwidth.