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 ·Acanac
4 edits | reply to zsto
Re: Hotfile IS throttled! So this video proves that there is no throttling.
Good, I am glad you proved yourself wrong.
The throttle is 30kb/s
You are getting 60-70kb/s there.
Proving that it is not being throttled by Bell.
However hotfile is throttling the file because there is too much traffic on their own servers.
When that traffic dies down at around 2minutes you shoot up to 250 kb/s further proving that there is no Bell throttle.
There are a number of factors that are different from your buddys cables setup that will make your connection slower.
The path that the file takes to you is different. This can affect the speed of the file until traffic dies down.
Another way is that Hotfile could start throttling after x users are connected. Some could disconnect after thus giving you the bandwidth boost.
We have a Solaris server that students test Unix programming on at Laurier.
I've tested the ftp with some large files, one line connected to Rogers, and a bundle of 2 MLPPP links for 10mbps on both.
The Rogers line consistently maxed out 900-1200kb/s, while the MLPPP line stayed around 100-600kb/s with rather inconsistent speeds.
This was simply due to the routing path taken.
While the Rogers link went directly over Cogent the TSI bundle went over a different way with a lot more hops. |
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sMURF
join:2007-02-27
Toronto, ON | said by the cerberus:So this video proves that there is no throttling. Good, I am glad you proved yourself wrong. The throttle is 30kb/s You are getting 60-70kb/s there. Proving that it is not being throttled by Bell. If I remember correctly, between 4:30pm and 5:30pm the throttle speed is around 60kB/s. Between 5:30pm and 1am it's 30kB/s. Between 1am and 2am it's 60kB/s. After 2am, the throttling is turned off. So to me this indeed looks like Bell throttling. |
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·Acanac
1 edit | fine, if that really is true, then the keyword is 60-70kb/s.
if you can get over 60kb/s its not the bell throttle.
70kb/s is over that.
Additionally I was under the impression the throttle lasts for 4pm-4am at 30kb/s.
Unless they have different implementations of it on different DPI boxes.
additionally I have never seen that download manager before, but it opens multiple connections (up to 8 from the screenshots). i would doubt that hotfile would open multiple connections to its own server for a single file, it doesnt make much sense, this looks like some sort of P2P application is it not? |
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 OinktasticLet them use fibre
join:2005-08-24
Scarborough
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·TekSavvy DSL
1 edit | said by the cerberus:fine, if that really is true, then the keyword is 60-70kb/s. if you can get over 60kb/s its not the bell throttle. 70kb/s is over that. Okay, so let's just have some fun with this one...
If you have ever downloaded or transferred a file before, you'd notice that those speed/time estimates are WAY off.
If you'll look at the beginning of the video, there are already 6.105 megabytes downloaded. By 1:39 in the movie when the speed spikes up, there are 11.458 megabytes downloaded.
Assume:
Video represents realtime.
To calculate the average speed, you can say that you've got:
11.458MB minus 6.105MB in 99 seconds, or ~55kB/s.
Thus, you see that this was indeed consistent with Bhell's 512Kb throttle. |
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zsto
join:2008-01-24
Hamilton, ON | reply to the cerberus
said by the cerberus:additionally I have never seen that download manager before, but it opens multiple connections (up to 8 from the screenshots). i would doubt that hotfile would open multiple connections to its own server for a single file, it doesnt make much sense, this looks like some sort of P2P application is it not? It's not, and hotfile does allow this. It is the main attraction for buying a premium account for any file sharing site. Mediafire does it for free though. |
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