throttled on eircom dsl?

tuxy

i first got eircom radsl last month when i download i normaly use fast servers and was getting 54 kbs constantly
i went way over tha cap and since the start of this month iv only been getting 40 kbs
all speed tests confirm that i only get about 33440 cps
if it was a contetsion problem i think my pings would be affected but they are perfect

im going to try a friends login/pass and report back later

eth0_

I seriously doubt they've throttled you. If you were Eircom, what would you do? Throttle, or charge ppl for going over the cap?

It's possible something has happened your phone line
OR
It's more than likely that lots of people in your area got DSL for Christmas and it's just been activated and contention is kicking in.

tuxy

ya i realise that
iv just downloaded download accelerator plus and can get the full 54 kbs using 4 simultaneous connections
but still only get 40 kbs with 1 connection
it wasnt like that last month weird
oh and about eircom charging for going over the cap i dont think eircoms monitoring methods are accurate enough for them to charge but thats just a guess

tuxy

after restarting the gateway a few time it seems to be fixed, oh well never mind