frozenflame Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 My isp is BT. Everytime it gets to 4.00pm in the day my download lowers to 5 kbps! So i looked at the faq and found that bt throttles bitorrent at certain times of the day, and since it does it every day at 4.00pm on the dot I assume this is the reason. My question is how can I get around this problem, if I can at all?Thanks in advance.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlo2 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 There are a few possible solutions I found on the net, but none of them worked for me. Here's one:Got into Options> Preferences> BitTorrent and set outgoing to Forced. That's somehow supposed to fix throttling problem.I have bell.ca and they throttle my bandwidth from 4 pm to 2 am. The only real solution is to download stuff at night or in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgarner Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Ha ha, I have the same problem in South Texas w/ Cableone.Net. Which is funny, b/c I'm paying for MY bandwidth, but got told I was abusing it by using MORE. I asked for proof on how I was using MORE, but they could only read what was on their ticker "member abuses bandwith" .Either way, I had a fun time that day, but I'm in the same boat, 4:00 PM - 4:00 AM. I'm not being FAIR to my fellow non-using-what-they-paid-for bandwith ppl. Obama's spreading the wealth has arrived @ the ISP levels... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Cable networks are based on a shared bandwidth pool. Your bandwidth is also your neighbor's bandwidth...and you're all fighting for a cut of the bandwidth "pie".Putting your heavy downloading/uploading outside of peak hours should reduce your ISP's bandwidth burden. If they have a monthly bandwidth limit, then it won't matter WHEN you use bandwidth if you exceed that amount.Ask your ISP what the contention ratio is...or how many customers on average are sharing a single download channel.Mine, ComCast has an average download contention ratio of greater than 45:1 and 275 customers on average sharing a single 38 megabit/second download channel. The FCC forced that information out of them...they wouldn't tell me directly. (I actually calculated the contention ratio myself.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozenflame Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 o well i'll just have to live with it then. thanks for all your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates28 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 You do not have to live with it - do what I did change ISP to someone like BE Unlimited.You will see a massive difference! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 frozenflame,Your ISP is ADSL-based. They DON'T share a big networking pipe at the same level as Cable does. ISPs using those can limit/manage their lines in a more friendly manner...if they CARE to. Yours doesn't care to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozenflame Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 So best thing to do is change provider then? You rekon if I rang them up and complained that it would have any impact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 It'd hurt their bottom line if you rang them up and complained.But unless speeds are low outside of "regularly scheduled hours", you would get laughed at...as they reserve the right to cripple your line something terrible during peak hours, ESPECIALLY for BitTorrent traffic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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