Is my internet capped?

Zeebedy

Zeebedy

Zeebedy

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Hey guys,

FOr as long as I can remember my internet has had a speed issue. ONLY with torrents though?

When I try and download from torrent sites I get speeds like 25-50kbps and soon as midnight hits it jumps to around 1.3-1.4mbps?

When DLing from other sites, or to my 360, all is well and fast?

What is going on and should I phone my provider tomorrow and see whats up?


RTJ
 
You probably are then. TalkTalk are by far the worst provider I've been with, between 8am-11:30pm I used to get about 30KB/s and any other time > 1MB/s. I called several times and they always denied traffic shaping though. Had no problems after switching away from TalkTalk.
 
Not too sure about how the forum rules are about this but there are ways you can "hide" what protocols you are performing and make them look like others that don't need to be throttled back.....
 
Not too sure about how the forum rules are about this but there are ways you can "hide" what protocols you are performing and make them look like others that don't need to be throttled back.....
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Is this legal?

CAn you tell me where I can look into this further?


RTJ
 
Isn't there an encryption option in some clients that helps with this? Not sure as you don't get traffic shaped on Sky.
 
If I buy a new router and not use the TalkTalk one anymore, will that help with my capped speeds?

Also CAN I actually do this or do i need to keep my current TT router?


RTJ
 
You can buy a new router but it won't help with your "cap".
The throttle could be what the line is capable of, what the line is stable at or what your provider actually throttle you to at there servers.

Speak to them, ask what the policies are.
Hiding protocol is perfectly legal as well. Immoral maybe if used for wrong reasons, but if you torrent it technically means you don't have a conscience anyway lol.
 
Some providers will make you to pay the remaining term of your contract if you wish to leave. Don't know what contract you entered into or what TT usually do.
 
rip-the-jacker said:
When I phone they take me through the same rigmarole every time. Checking the router, line etc...can never get anywhere....


RTJ
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That is probably telling them you have slow speed though. You need to ask them exactly what their policies are on p2p traffic shaping and what if anything their network prioritises and deprioritises.

I was with talk talk and had to pay the rest oft contract to end it early, was a bit of a pain but depends on how much you value those free movies :-)
 
Just a wild one as well, when you start your torrent client, is anything uploading as you're getting these slow speeds? If so, try throttling your upload to say 4k. Could be saturating bandwidth?
 
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