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rapidshare, yousendit, badongo...etc, throttled as well ?!

I have tried with a throttled connection and un-throttled one

Not the same line, but same profile, same ISP and same rapideshare server.

connection without mlppp: 28k/s
connection with mlppp: 602k/s

So This is not a coincidence
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It seems like bell has expanded their throttling to include downloading sites as well. I just tested Rapidshare and got up to a whopping 19kb/s.

Guys,

Email me your details explaining your findings so that I can investigate...

Rocky
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reply to TFPP
So much for Deadpool's line about http not being throttled. I wonder what his explanation will be for this one? I just can't wait for it this time.

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reply to FUCK_BELL
Bell is hogging even more bandwidth to support its movie download service.

It's a total conflict of interest for Bell to be a carrier service, an ISP and a content provider!

reply to FUCK_BELL
im currently downloading from Badongo
11:39PM
95.4mb file
Speed: 528kb/s

You can't just blame Bell for bringing slow speeds...it's a friggin file sharing site, if you're getting free service, you expect something mediocre unless you pay them to get premium benefits.

reply to An Onymous
Forgot to point out that was from rapidshare. I don't have any links for larger files.

reply to FUCK_BELL
Wow, I thought it was just an odd concidence. I was downloading a free legit piece of software and it was going at max 80kB/s and dropped to 30kB/s while my rogers friend had a nice 500-600kB/s

This also happened with rapidshare (though..the software in question was...)

I'll check to see if this happens again. I thought it was my internet being randomly slow (but I wasn't lagging, no one else was using up the connection) since it was over HTTP
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478kb/s...?

reply to FUCK_BELL
I have been getting really spotty speeds downloading large files from linux repositories today - I'm setting up a new install, installing a bunch of software and doing updates, etc - download speeds have generally been under 100k, hovering around 30 a lot of the time... If Bell's messing with open source downloads, that's just absolutely indefensible...

Of course speeds could be down for a lot of reasons, but it's suspicious... Is there any way we can tell on our own if particular downloads are being throttled?

reply to FUCK_BELL
Let me guess. OP has a BT session or some encryption on funny ports (eg. SSL to IRC) opened and Bell throttle the entire line at 30kB/s.

reply to FUCK_BELL
I made a second test.

I downloaded: Wiley.Ubuntu.Linux.Bible.Jan.2007.pdf from rapideshare.com

The throttled and the mlppp connection run both at 500k/s

I found this strange as my first test was clearly at a steady 28-29k/s on the non mlppp connection (the throttled speed limit. Probably just a coincidence, don't know, I never use rapideshare service or anything similar.

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reply to FUCK_BELL
truly, there is almost no way you can tell if Bell is throttling you on file sharing sites. Like I said on the previous post, speeds are always unstable on these sites unless you pay them for a premium account to get stable and fast speeds.
if you want to really know if Bell is throttling, get a premium account

reply to FUCK_BELL
I've been having exact same issue. Its not all the time, 1/4 tries will go about 200, but I was used to much higher.

If this is from bell throttling this will be at the shape speed 60k -> 30k -> 60 k

Anything faster isn't throttling. Just internet congestion of some sort.

reply to pwnedrice

said by pwnedrice:



478kb/s...?

I'm pretty sure this is the standard new skin from firefox 3 rc2

reply to FUCK_BELL
Yep that is the RC edition of Firefox 3, totally redisgned skin, and a couple of new features ... but somethings I don't like include how they changed up the download manager ... I can't clear list by a single button anymore, I have to do it through right-clicking the mouse for each file creates more clutter if you ask me. I like the address bar revamp, and the Bookmark management ... but the Forward and Backward icons are too cartoony and less useful in my opinion.