AgentWolf Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Last two months, an ISP named OTEnet, here in Greece, seems to throttle "Peer to Peer" traffic, using Traffic Shaping with "Deep Packet Inspection" technics.The Packet Inspection that this ISP uses, detects the encrypted traffic also. Users using uTorrent v1.7.7 (or bellow) are saying that the encryption doesn't tricks the "Traffic Shaping" that implements this ISP.Beta testers of uTorrent v1.8 are saying that the encryption of this version works just great., that demostrates the throttling. (Greek audio without subtitles).The Video is posted by three users from adslgr.com community, and it is discussed in this thread (Greek Language). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyK81144 Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 I am with Vigin Media and for the last couple of weeks whenever I log on to Utorrent (1.7.7) and download my broadband connection disconnects and then reconnects every 5 or so minutes. This does not happen when I exit Utorrent, so I assume it's my ISP doing this. Does anyone have an idea as to how to block this or adjust the setting to disguise that Utorrent is running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 There's procedures in Ultima's How-To for troubleshooting (linked below) which cover your case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anakin66 Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 "I am with Vigin Media and for the last couple of weeks whenever I log on to Utorrent (1.7.7) and download my broadband connection disconnects and then reconnects every 5 or so minutes. This does not happen when I exit Utorrent, so I assume it's my ISP doing this. Does anyone have an idea as to how to block this or adjust the setting to disguise that Utorrent is running?" said AndyK.But how often are you downloading large amounts when you are not using Utorrent? Maybe the problem has nothing to do with Utorrent, but rather your connection is damaged in some way, or a download cap has been reached. You would be better off contacting your Internet service provider, and asking what is going on. Otherwise you may spend a lot of time searching for the answer to the wrong problem. Up to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhazula Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 I have Cablevision's Optimum Online...and it takes FOREVER to download anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tumpasun Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 so if my ISP listed in bad ISP what should i do to speed up my downloading? currently my average dwld is around 5- 12 kbs. please advice thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckroast Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 okay - i'm on comcast and, so far as i know, there is no other way that i can subscribe to a different isp via cable.i have searched the internet high and low -- i've tweaked my router (linksys), i've tweaked my pc (winxp-pro) and i've done all the port forwarding info that i can find. i've read through the utorrent 'help' on this topic and all the other 'tips' trying to find a coherent way to understand why i can't download at anything above 25kbps while i can upload at four times that rate.now - there is ALOT of conflicting information out there and some of it is years old.can anyone here help me walk through what else i might try?thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted May 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=15992Read thoroughly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckroast Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 gee - thanks . . . thanks alot. at age 52 with the equivalent three phd's i'm pretty sure i understand the RTFM type responses. i have read it all. and while i'm a relative newbie to torrents, i've been around the internet since water was invented and i've more than 25 years of experience in various levels of computing.if you bothered to READ my message, i said i've tried all of it -- most of it twice or more.some of the information you provide conflicts with informations others provide. i was looking for an intelligent, person-to-person dialogue to help me work this through not some snappy snot-nosed reply that states the bleeding obvious.but, again, thanks for taking the time to . . . er, . . . help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 If you want personal help don't use the "ISPs that throttle/interfere with BitTorrent" thread already established with a topic for your topic. If you're downloading @ 24 KiBps http://utorrent.com/faq.php#What_does_Download_Limited_in_the_status_bar_mean.3F may apply to you... I find it hard to believe but not impossible that Comcast has simply shaped all traffic now... but you have to know what your connection does since your ISP does not care about you. Test with the OpenOffice or Slackware torrents for 1-3 minutes every hour you can, and make a chart. If it's always between 4p-2a like on Bell internet in .CA ( http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/407730 ), then you know what's up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckroast Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 again, your first link provides nothing new . . . all that stuff i have reviewed and none of it applies to my situation, so far as i can tell.my download speeds in other applications are much faster, regardless of time of day.to quote the blurbette on the index page: "Speed problems? Firewall limiting your connection? Torrents won't download? Look here!" which is why i posted my question here. one would assume, in a reasonable world, that by having a FORUM one can expect HELP with one's problem. if all that can be done is to refer to the same bleeping 'faq', then why bother wasting everyone's time?the fact is, if you don't know how to help or you just don't want to be bothered -- having the forum just reduces down to feeling good about yourself. there is no practical, much less advanced, support to be found here.if that's true, just say so and i'll quit wasting my time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masshu Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 I feel that the ISP I'm using right now, pesatnet /id is throttlingbittorrent traffic. Since last 2 months I feel uncomfortable to runtorrent on this ISP. Things that happened :- They (maybe) limit the speed to each peer. The connection to each peer never more than 1 kBps. This makes the overall speed become very low. I'm sure that it happened not because of improper setting of my torrent. I'm using the same setting since 4 months ago and it worked well before.- A strange phenomenon : The connection to my ISP is automatically terminated when I run a torrent! I have to restart the receiver manually to reconnect again. This makes me impossible to start a torrent and just leave it to be finished. After few times (sometimes directly, sometimes after few seconds / minutes) the connection is surely terminated. I don't know what have they done, but I feel that they must be doing 'something' to torrent traffic.I'm not sure if it is throttling or not (because I don't know how toproof). I just want to share my experience and maybe become considerationbefore choosing this ISP.What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveandtim23 Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Ouch. I am on Qwest. Wasn't aware they did this. Any way around it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 if you bothered to READ my message, i said i've tried all of it -- most of it twice or more.some of the information you provide conflicts with informations others provide. i was looking for an intelligent, person-to-person dialogue to help me work this through not some snappy snot-nosed reply that states the bleeding obvious.That message link Firon pasted lets us get past all the bullshit and actually deal with the problem.If you don't give us the information that post ASKS for, then you really don't want help with your problem as you'd prefer to just bitch.I'm not interested in your age, I just wish you wouldn't waste your time and ours arguing that you don't want help or that we don't want to give it.WE NEED MORE INFORMATION, period. Too many times, the person having trouble is too close to the problem and often overlooks something out of frustration.Make a separate Speed problems forum post instead of cluttering this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMBFan41 Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Comcast offers a 6/384 or 8/768 ($10 more). I upgraded to the 8/768 yesterday, and my uploads went from ~ 25 to 72...sometimes 90+ with the right settings. Not a solution, but a nice increase for 10 bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter_Lion Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I don't think Comcast is throttling anyone's connections to stop users from using torrent clients or peer to peer applications.The first image below is a typical download speed for my utorrent client. Over 700 kbs.==========================================================This one is a screenshot of my ARES peer to peer client's window header, showing a download speed of over a meg a second.==========================================================Both examples are more than fast enough to get the job done and then some.......eh?Just my opinion........based on the fact that I have no problems with Comcast speed.I am using a standard, no frills comcast account that tested out at 10megs down and 1.5 up at Dslreports.com.Because I am using XP sp2 I made the following adjustments.increased my TCP receive window to 233600 and changed my TCP connection limit from the default 10 to 256.That was all I had to do to it........hope it helps someone.Respects......Winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 except that for 8 Mbit down you should be getting nigh 1 MBYTE per second down. That's well over 10x your 90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apprentice Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 GVT Brazil, from 10AM to 20PM, DL only.Quite likely using this equipment:http://www.allot.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=611&Itemid=88888929 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csdeven Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 We can add Big Dog Internet to the list of ISP's that throttle torrents. Tech guy told me they cap the torrents at 4 MB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupidastrologer36 Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 A pity that most Indian ISPs have blocked Bit Torrent. India's biggest ISP, the BSNL with 30 million connections, blocked it recently.As for Glasnost, their servers are always too busy to test! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RvNKnG Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Hello everyone,From Ontario, Canada and I am having trouble seeding... being capped at 60kbps. ISP = Rogers High speed [7mbps down, 512kbps up]Suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbits Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 @RvNKng: ... being capped at 60kbps. ... [7mbps down, 512kbps up]Are you sure you are comparing kbps both ways? 60kBps is pretty good for 512kbps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy01 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 You can add ozisp in Australia to the list of isp's that throttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthejeff Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 @RvNKng: ... being capped at 60kbps. ... [7mbps down, 512kbps up]I think you are confusing kb/s (kilobit) with kB/sec (kilobyte). ISPs often advertise their speeds in kilo/mega bits, even though most applications display speeds in kilo/mega bytes.512 kb/s equals 64 kB/s, so an upload speed of 60 kB/sec is pretty on par with your service cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggsandnoodles Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Clearwire called me (voicemail) and said to run a virus check for abnormal up-traffic, etc. so i get this "level 2" tech guy on the line and he says that basicly they dont want to throttle me but they will unless i limit my up-width to 2 kbs! if i comply they will let me max out my down-width.so my questions are;1- is there a good utorrent upload mod that wont get my ip blocked?2 has anyone had this problem3 does this make me a mega leech ?please all suggestions welcome - ive always been a good seeder and now i feel like i made a dirty deal with these Cucksockers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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