Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com in CenturyTel http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20960651 en Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:21:59 EDT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:21:59 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21013316 aeyeaws : whats on rapidshare thats not on usenet or gnutella?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21013316 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:36:42 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20993112 bilybob :
said by XLR8R :

I ask is that there may be another issue I'll get into later with 700mg files.
Try a 400 or anything other than a 700mg file set and let us know the outcome.
He mentioned multipart download which is only available to premimum users. Plus only part 7 was slow not all parts.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20993112 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:39:13 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20986090 anon : Hey Jobe, are you still experiencing issues with RS?
Have ya tried different download times?
And last, do you have issues with larger or smaller downloads...the reason I ask is that there may be another issue I'll get into later with 700mg files.
Try a 400 or anything other than a 700mg file set and let us know the outcome.
My wife...I mean "accounting", gave me the O.K. to purchase a RS Premium account which I did yesterday...however, I used Paypal...oops!...with Rapidshare, for some reason takes up to 7 business days to complete the transaction...what the*!$@#...???
So let us know what your status is & I'll be posting mine soon.
XLR8R]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20986090 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:19:24 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20978733 seagreen : Thank you to those that stuck to the topic of helping Jobe See Profile with his/her issue on RapidShare.

Others may have had their post(s) deleted as "off topic". Please try to stick to one topic per thread so that those doing the trouble-shooting can communicate effectively.

We take a dim view around here on name-calling and personal attacks. Please read up on the site rules: »Site FAQ »What are the Rules on Posting? Those of you who resorted to those tactics in this thread also had your posts removed. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20978733 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:21:55 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20976633 bilybob : You are not the only leecher on Rapidshare. They give you as much bandwidth as they can without totally saturating their lines.
Before getting all excited and calling all the good folks here names, why don't you try a speed test while you are downloading from rapidshare and see how much bandwidth you have left. I regularly get 500-600k from rapidshare during happy hours on a single connection. That is damn good for a free hoster with millions of users. Now quit being a baby and wait 20 minutes to download the porn you are in a hurry to watch :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20976633 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:14:13 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20975804 anon : ICON, I'm sure Jobe and others appreciate your assurance that he is not being throttled, I certainly do. Now we know for sure where his problem "isn't"!
However, 1 or 2 more bits of info from a RS Premium user anywhere in the US will give us info needed to determine where the culprit lies.
Need a RapidShare Premium user to post...Thank You!
Hell, I might just have to buck up myself and call it a tech support expense...I'll check with accounting and get back to you all.
XLR8R ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20975804 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:14:04 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20975689 Icon :
said by XLR8R :

Jobe, the problem you are having with the last file of a rapidshare set has to be a bug with rapidshare...since you are able to start another set of seven while the last is still going and the new files all run at your 200K peak with rapidshare.
You nailed it right here, but then start talking about it being a CT problem if it's during peak usage times. The point is, if he can download all but the last one, which goes slow, yet he can hop right over and do a speed test, ftp, or anything else and get normal results, then it's obviously not a CT problem. So it would appear that I'm helping diagnose what the problem isn't, right?

said by XLR8R :

Obviously, if there are CT users having no issues like Jobe's with RS in the midwest then it must be a CT issue in MI.
I do not have a RS Premium account, and I think it will take a post from someone who does to give needed info to Jobe's issue.
I don't even use RS, and I have given him just as much info as anyone else has....that it isn't his ISP throttling his connection, which was his original assumption.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20975689 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:49:07 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20975357 anon : There are numerous posts here in this thread not helping Jobe's issue...Does anyone here have a RS Premium account?
If so, are any of you experiencing the same issues as Jobe with any service provider? Or with CT? In the MI area?
Obviously, if there are CT users having no issues like Jobe's with RS in the midwest then it must be a CT issue in MI.
I do not have a RS Premium account, and I think it will take a post from someone who does to give needed info to Jobe's issue.
XLR8R]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20975357 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:37:59 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20975258 Icon :
said by XLR8R :

Which is obviously why there are C-Tel reps posting here on this site, and a word for them as well..."be part of the solution, not part of the problem!"
XLR8R
I've been "part of the solution" since I joined these boards in 2004, so what "problem" are you assuming we're (techs) part of? Not trying to flame you, so don't take it that way....just stating my purpose here. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20975258 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:18:14 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20975183 anon : Jobe, the problem you are having with the last file of a rapidshare set has to be a bug with rapidshare...since you are able to start another set of seven while the last is still going and the new files all run at your 200K peak with rapidshare. Granted that your Premium account should give much more than this 200K with your 10.0mg account with C-Tel.(I have the same C-Tel service as you and routinely have issues between 1pm and up to midnight CST and sometimes even after midnight CST)
I noticed by your speedtest.net post which you ran after midnight GMT which should give better speeds than at peak business hours...have you tried running these RS downloads at other times of the day and night?

In our area after 1pm is the business crunch...then the 3pm to 11pm school kids beating the hell out of youtube, myspace, etc...eats up most of our bandwidth(mid Missouri).
So experiment with your DL times. This may give you more insight as to what's going on.

If you're still limited to around 200K at all times then the culprit almost has to be C-Tel...here's why...RS servers are numerous throughout the globe, and of course like all servers and services experience overloads during peak usage times resulting in slower speeds to all connected. If you experience this 200K max throught the day & night with C-Tel and other C-Tel users posting here do not have these issues with RS then it's obviously a C-Tel issue "in your area"! Note some of these posts are from here in Missouri, some from Lousiana, and yours from somewhere around Michigan.
I would first contact RS tech support about the issue then C-Tel...you will be lied to so be prepared...it's the way business seems to be done today no matter how honest you are. Keep in mind that they have $millions$ to protect by not disclosing their practices to the public...can you say COMCAST??? or Charter Cable...both of which are now using the term "up to" in their high speed services ads...I know Comcast was forced to by lawsuit, but I'm not sure about Charter...C-Tel will join them soon to avoid lengthy and costly suits as well.
There are many factors in getting everyone good speeds and service with DSL...lines, COS switches, fiber, routers, servers etc...but make no mistake, your C-Tel service is also "up to" 10.0mbs which you may or may not achieve at any given time.
C-Tel is a decent service most of the time, in my experience, and I truly believe that they are working to make things better in an imperfect world so everyone should relax a bit and try to fix what needs to be fixed and realize that what it all boils down to is that when a customer is not getting what they paid for, tempers are gonna flare simply because it's not honest, nor fair, and it also isn't good business. Which is obviously why there are C-Tel reps posting here on this site, and a word for them as well..."be part of the solution, not part of the problem!"
XLR8R]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20975183 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:01:43 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20970682 blazecom : I have never had a problem, and currently run a server and have 5 static outside IP addresses....

What your problems probably boil down to is a faulty router somewhere on the internet (most likely Rapidshare's ISP's fault) or an interconnect somewhere in-between.

I live 3 miles from the city limits of Columbia, MO (one of their testbeds for new products, so would be one of the first to be "throttled" if it was happening) and have a 10meg/768k connection and constantly get 11meg/754k.

Chris]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20970682 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:05:19 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20969917 BigVe : I DO NOT work for CT or any kind of their affiliates and i have 2 dsl lines and have not been throttled in any form or shape.In other words everything here works fine with what i have.I can't brag with any 10 meg since all we can get is 1.5 but like i said everything works fine here.Besides jezme i DO NOT like your language here in forum.Grow up and act like the adult i hope you are.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20969917 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:43:06 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20969150 tstolze : I did not deny that they have oversold areas.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20969150 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:32:42 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20968987 tstolze :
said by jezme See Profile :

CT does throttle you, and everyone else back.
Maybe I should have quoted, this is why I responded.

We have been through this before, maybe the area is oversold, but throttled, I don't believe it. Many different areas effect downloads and uploads, many home routers today have trouble with the load from torrents. They were not designed for the amount of connections it takes to accomplish decent downloads. I have heard people complain about not getting full speed, only to find that they are using a wireless connection that is slower than the internet connection they are using. Each case has many variables, many of which the user or download site have an effect on.
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Ofallon, Mo Weather]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20968987 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:01:31 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20962163 GeekJedi : Simple enough to investigate. Can you download several files at once, using your browser, from a different server? Maybe hit one .iso three times and see what happens?

Or, crack up three or four downloads from a newsgroup?

For all we know, this may be a problem with Rapidshare...
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When I was downloading it said I was getting 11234kb/s

Here: is my current

which is a bit slow today.

I have tried using different browsers, logging out of rapidshare etc etc. Same difference.

So if it is not centurytel then what is it? If it was rapidshare, then resetting my IP range should work, I can run from 4 different ranges. So if it was rapidshare throttling me then I could just change my IP. I can start the download in firefox and try to get the file that wants to download slow to download in GETRIGHT, IE, or OPERA makes no difference, logged into rapid premium or not I get 5 to 12 KB/sec from the 7th rapidshare.com link.

So if you are all so sure it is not centurytel then explain that to me. I have seen in other posts that speed depends on how far away from the ISP hub, etc etc. It is across the street.

But thanx for any actual helpful info.

Oh and thanx BigVe but I have rapid premium and there is a big change in speed on free for the files that I normally download. But thanx for your help anyway.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20961682 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:27:19 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20960900 BigVe : It is Rapidshare that is doing it not Centurytel.Rapidshare WANTS You to buy their premium services so they limit speed on most servers if you're not paying the premium price.I get 50-70kb/sec all the time from them no matter what]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20960900 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:50:46 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20960651 Icon : As fuffer said, CT is not throttling your connection at all. Have you tried running a speed test when you're having the slow speeds on the downloads?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20960651 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:42:50 EDT Re: Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20960536 GeekJedi : I honestly don't think that's what's going on. AFAIK, CTL doesn't do any throttling or shaping at all.

I download using Rapidshare, newsgroups, and the like and don't have any issues.
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The goal of the broadcast engineer is to get all the meters on the transmitter to go as far to the right as possible!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20960536 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:09:24 EDT Centurytel is throttling speeds on Rapidshare.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20960149 Jobe : OK I cannot explain this, but say I am downloading a movie from rapidshare. premium account 7 parts (7 x 100 mb each part)

I will get decent speed, say 150-212 KB/s on ONLY 6 out of 7 links. It seems that centurytel is throttling the download of the last link in every single case. On the 7th link with the low speed, I get about 6-10 KB/s it is going to take about 3 hours to finish that 100 mb download vs the other links finish in under 8 min.

I am on the 10 mb plan, and I get actually over the 10 mb cap on most cases (currently 11234kb/s according to speedtest.net) but from rapidshare I am getting under 10KB/s.

Is CT using some sort of packet sniffer or seeing that I am downloading files of approx the same name and throttling me somehow?

How can this be avoided, other than switching to another ISP? (centurytel has a monopoly in this area)

Also even if I only have 1 link going my max speed from rapidshare is 325 KB/s when I have gotten over 11553 KB/s on this connection package.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20960149 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:25:23 EDT