ObsidianParadox
@shawcable.net
| reply to noob
Re: upload speed decreases
Ive had shaws extreme package for 4 months now and the exact same thing has happened to me just in the last week (Sept1-5.08). My upload speeds went from 100-129kb/s uploading to 50-60kb/s when using torrent applications. Ive tried randomizing my torrent tcp port every time, tried reassigning a new ip address by resetting my modem after changing my routers MAC, and by forcing ecryption of all my outgoing p2p packets. NOTHING has helped dodge the bandwidth throttling they are applying to my connection. Since in this case there is no way to fool the 'packet shaping' software and algorithms Im assuming this is manually applied by the system administrators on a per user basis. Because there is no way i could be caught otherwise. I guess they are (as of this week) selectively red flagging cable modem addresses of certain shaw cable users and rate capping speeds. If this continues for another week im dropping every service i have with shaw and switching cable companies. |
