bouche Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 This tool will run a test and tell you if you're being throttled.It's based on a new google library that is open source and can be used to measure stuff on the interets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottieking Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Ummm, I don't need a tool to tell me that around 5pm each day my DL's go from 300k avg to 20avg. Bell pigfucjers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Me too Mr.King. Welcome to Old South, the least upgraded infrasctructure in the city... I suppose you knew that though, sorry, I hope that gaping wound by the side of your house isn't still painful for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 not just London, we get it every day around 4 or 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Same here..I tried to run those tests but they all seem to be overwhelmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattm Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 (edited) the google link works but I get the stupid rogers search screen (their new answer to 404 page error is that they shove their search results, and ads, down your throat) for the actual test link.Found the tool but their servers are overloaded at the moment so no go. I don't use torrents so I don't know if rogers throttles them (probably). Edited January 29, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wooly Mammoth Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Ummm, I don't need a tool to tell me that around 5pm each day my DL's go from 300k avg to 20avg. Bell pigfucjers.dude at bell assured me that they do not throttle. they only do it to their re-sellers like tekksavvy. ya, right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wooly Mammoth Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I get the same thing as mattm. I'm also getting a whole 12kB/s DL right now on Rogers. I'm DLing Leverage and there are 19 seeds. I think that's what you call throttling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianphan Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Here's the updated link: http://broadband.mpi-sws.org/transparency/bttest.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 "Why I ought'a!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Heres the results from my test, I posted the detailed results - firewall still up, router to modem. My ISP is Source Cable (quickclic)Is BitTorrent traffic on a well-known BitTorrent port (6881) throttled? Completed BitTorrent and TCP transfers using the BitTorrent port 6881:Transfer Speed TCP Speed BitTorrent Conclusion Download #0 2593 Kbps 132 Kbps Potential rate limiting Download #1 2647 Kbps 141 Kbps Potential rate limiting Upload #0 599 Kbps 693 Kbps No rate limiting Upload #1 674 Kbps 673 Kbps No rate limiting Is BitTorrent traffic on a non-standard BitTorrent port (10009) throttled? Completed BitTorrent and TCP transfers using the non-BitTorrent port 10009:Transfer Speed TCP Speed BitTorrent Conclusion Download #0 3221 Kbps 105 Kbps Potential rate limiting Download #1 2977 Kbps 218 Kbps Potential rate limiting Upload #0 687 Kbps 691 Kbps No rate limiting Upload #1 688 Kbps 687 Kbps No rate limiting Is TCP traffic on a well-known BitTorrent port (6881) throttled? Comparing TCP transfers using the well-know BitTorrent port 6881 and the non-BitTorrent port 10009:TCP Transfer BitTorrent port Non-BitTorrent port Conclusion Download #0 2593 Kbps 3221 Kbps No rate limiting Download #1 2647 Kbps 2977 Kbps No rate limiting Upload #0 599 Kbps 687 Kbps No rate limiting Upload #1 674 Kbps 688 Kbps No rate limiting Note that it is hard to detect rate limiting and that there are many explanations why a transfer can observe lower throughput than another transfer. We run the BitTorrent and TCP transfer back-to-back and at least two times to add more confidence to our measurements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balogna pogna Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 (edited) I use Primus and can get 500kb/s anytime of day with no download limit (I'm pulling down whole DVDs daily and I've never even got a warning...Duane's on my ISP too and downloading like mad). Both Bell and Rogers couldn't even come close when I had them.Also with Primus for home phone & unlimited internet I am paying 1/2 what I was with Bell for the same service a year ago. Edited January 29, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateaux Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Yeah but dealing with any customer service issues with Primus is like having hot knives poked into your balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wooly Mammoth Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 someone related a story to me - they were at best buy and someone was asking the sales rep which ISP was best. the dude replied that whichever he signed up with that he'd end up hating them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I use videotron and I wanted to be sure, but I haven't noticed any problems anyway. Tests came back negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.B.E Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I use Primus and can get 500kb/s anytime of day with no download limit (I'm pulling down whole DVDs daily and I've never even got a warning...Duane's on my ISP too and downloading like mad). Both Bell and Rogers couldn't even come close when I had them.Also with Primus for home phone & unlimited internet I am paying 1/2 what I was with Bell for the same service a year ago.Im on Primus too. Never had a single problem to date and I download/upload day and night. Did you know for the same great price plus $1o more you can get 10mb service? Its well worth it if you can get on it and can make use of all the bandwidth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 That's funny...around 5pm my torrents crawl to a snails pace....any other time of the day I can hit nearly 300kb/s on Primus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 That's funny...around 5pm my torrents crawl to a snails pace....any other time of the day I can hit nearly 300kb/s on PrimusMe too and I'm with Primus (well, Magma but they got bought out). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 you know that you can setup a time table in uTorrent for when to download eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 you know that you can setup a time table in uTorrent for when to download eh? Why wouldn't I just run it all the time? Even 30/sec is better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 that link didn't work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockmusiclives Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I currently have Bell. Throttling between 4 pm and 2 am isn't ideal, but at least downloads are fast 14 hours a day.I'm wondering if Rogers throttles torrents 24 hours a day, or if it's part time like Bell.I'm thinking of getting Rogers again (reliability), but don't want to if the throttling is 24/7.Does anyone know ?Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 All I know is that I would go with these guys .. Tekksavy. Problem is, the Bell lines they run on near my place, don't handle high bandwidth enough to make it worthwhile I've only read great things about this ISP. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/09/canadian-isp-that-ap.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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