mark896 Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 I've got Comcast cable internet, no firewall, no router, just the modem and my PC WinXP SP2. Sometimes a torrent will get up to 1.0Mb or 1.5Mb then the speed slows down to around 750 and stays there. It will slow multiple amounts of torrents down and make their speeds add up to around 750. It's really pissing me off. I called comcast and they say my connection is good and that they dont cap bandwidths for torrents (which I dont' believe). What am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 What's the official speed for your service?6 megabit/sec down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark896 Posted October 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Does this help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Not really, that speed test also shows temporary bursts of speed rather than longterm sustained speeds. But if your upload speed isn't even 1.5 megabit/sec, then you likely only have a 6 megabit/sec sustained download line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark896 Posted October 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 So what's that mean? Like I said, I can see speeds of some popular torrents start out blazing, then 'something' pulls them back down to 750. Gotta be comcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Speedboost then regular speeds. You're probably getting all the speed you're paying for...and more than most people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Maybe they trottling your torrent. It's comcast, they do that dont they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark896 Posted October 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Something's definitely going on. What do you mean by 'throttle'? I thought that meant boost. Mine is gettin' choked back. In Korea, I had ADSL, and could get up to 3.0Mb per minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Is it doing something like this?:http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9472/utorrentcomcastspeedboo.png...This is ComCast's Speedboost in action, on the UPLOAD side.Same thing, larger scale showing multiple bursts:http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/8845/utorrentpyramids.pngDifferent scale, different time:http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9906/utorrentrisingpeaks.pngFact is, you're probably paying for a 6 megabit/sec download line...that sometimes bursts to ~13 megabit/sec...but will only sustain close to 6 megabit/sec."In Korea, I had ADSL, and could get up to 3.0Mb per minute."3 mega-WHAT per minute? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark896 Posted October 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 I've even had Comcast come out to my house and test my bandwidth and they said there's nothing wrong with my connection. The tech probably has no clue that comcast caps torrent programs.These torrents should be coming faster, and comcast is just capping my bandwidth. It's the only explanation. I might have used the wrong acronym, let me spell it out (I'm not too good with these).. In Korea, about 6 months ago, I could download torrents just as fast as seeders could get them to me. I saw speeds up to 3.0MB (mega bytes, or 3,000,000 bytes) per second. They never capped anything and I paid about $40 US dollars monthly for the service. I didn't think anything of it. Now that I'm back to the states, let's just say it's different over here. Sucky.But to answer your question, my torrents don't really look like the links you are showing. If I started downloading an extremely popular torrent right now, it would slowly inch its way up to about 1.5MB/sec, then realize how fast it's going and go right down to 750KB/sec. It's really aggravating, all components in the network will support it, they just won't allow it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 ComCast's official lowest speed tier is 6 megabit/sec down.That is *EXACTLY* 750 KiloBYTES/second!...What you're getting, in other words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark896 Posted October 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 F*ckin liars. They told me I'm getting the fastest service they give. UUURRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Check your bills...you may have grounds for a faster line for free (or vastly reduced rate) for a few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark896 Posted October 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Nah, they're claiming that I'm on the fastest connection. They sent a guy out and he ran that speedtest.net thingy and it ran to 13 or 14 Mb/sec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 That's speedboost in action, but probably not your sustainable speed!Try downloading a very large file (over 100 MB) from a HTTP website. If the download speed drops below ~900 KiloBYTES/second, chances are they provisioned your line at their (default) lowest speed tier.The fact the upload in your speed test wasn't even 1.5 mbit/sec suggests you don't have even the 8/2 speed tier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark896 Posted October 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Well, that explains a lot man. Sometimes, downloading the itunes program it can haul ass but very seldom. Probably speedboost garbage. If I would've known I would've not gotten comcast as an ISP. Time Warner Cable (Alabama) hauled ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTHK Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 TWC might not be so trustworthy either when it comes to torrenting, they've done some suspect things.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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