torrent and skype speed problem lately?

[Skater bum]

I am using kbro 12m. My download speeds are terrible. 10-20kbs at max really awful. Thank god my contract is up at the end of the month.

[michaebr]

I have noticed no problems, and frequently have data downloads going all day at high rates. I am using CHT, 50/5 contract.

Which apps are you using for downloading? If you're using browser (http), then there should be no problem, as far as I know, there's no way that an ISP can throttling http. If you're using torrent/skype, then could you please provide which apps/version are you using, as well as platform?

ps: what's CHT 50/5?

[ceevee369]

as far as I know, there's no way that an ISP can throttling http.

The above is not correct. Check bandwidth throttling on the Wiki. Several ISP throttle down the P2P speed to their servers , which go through http.
I tend to believe this is also done here - but cant find reference.
Why?
Because I reach speeds of +1Mbps when using my USA VPN setup vs. having the same slow speeds reported by some if only using my local 60 Mbps plan.

[Kea]

as far as I know, there's no way that an ISP can throttling http.

The above is not correct. Check bandwidth throttling on the Wiki. Several ISP throttle down the P2P speed to their servers , which go through http.
I tend to believe this is also done here - but cant find reference.
Why?
Because I reach speeds of +1Mbps when using my USA VPN setup vs. having the same slow speeds reported by some if only using my local 60 Mbps plan.

Mate, that's a misquote, I never said such a thing and after being with kbro previously, I am sure they do
to michaelbr, it's not a general use program. When I do use torrents (once a week), I get 2+mb speeds.

[ceevee369]

Sorry Kea. - quote copy/ paste on an iPad went wrong.
I referred to michiabear's comment.

[michaebr]

The above is not correct. Check bandwidth throttling on the Wiki. Several ISP throttle down the P2P speed to their servers , which go through http.
I tend to believe this is also done here - but cant find reference.
Why?
Because I reach speeds of +1Mbps when using my USA VPN setup vs. having the same slow speeds reported by some if only using my local 60 Mbps plan.

It seems some p2p goes through http, but not all. I thought maybe it's linked to type of media (fiber or adsl), probably I'm wrong since you're using 60M plan. BTW, have you seen a news few weeks back some of the ISPs were fined by misleading ad in their speed?

[michaebr]

I have the same setup as Kea and have had no problems either. In fact I was downloading one torrent at 5Mbps around noon today.

Those of you who has no speed problem, just curious, are you using office network or home? It seems most of people had speed problem in their home environment, offices seemed not affected. Maybe CHT is throttling home/adsl?

[michaebr]

You could very well be right about that. I don't really know much about how it works when there are two different companies involved.
Please keep me/us posted on how the technician visit works out. Thank you.

Just spoke to the technicians and he told me that he measured the speed at the building's router/hub and the speed is fine, after explaining to him difficulty with p2p, he said he'll report back to CHT, let's see what will happen.

In the mean time, I've found a part solution to this problem. There's an open source downloader FDM (http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/), it has built-in torrent downloader, there are still bugs but at least I could get a speed over 100K today (not consistent, sometime goes down to 30K), but at least it's much better than 5K!!!!! You could give it a try and see if it'll work for you.

[ironfist]

US is cracking down on torrents, how about over here? any cases of people who use torrent to download movies, games etc and got busted?