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IBB throttling torrents?

Nephew · 2007-02-17 16:25:23

I know I asked this in the past and was told IBB dont throttle torrents but for the past few weeks, any torrent I try has been around the 2kb/s to 35kb/s mark, it usually gets a bit faster late at night/early morning. This are the type of torrents that I would normally get 220kb/s in the past. I'm on Breeze 2mb, still…

17-02-2007 4:25pm

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I know I asked this in the past and was told IBB dont throttle torrents but for the past few weeks, any torrent I try has been around the 2kb/s to 35kb/s mark, it usually gets a bit faster late at night/early morning. This are the type of torrents that I would normally get 220kb/s in the past.

I'm on Breeze 2mb, still waiting to be upgraded to 3MB. Various speeds tests give me nearly perfect 2mb up and down speeds, but I am still getting sh*tty torrrent speeds.

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#2 17-02-2007 4:30pm

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#3 17-02-2007 4:33pm

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There doin something lol i used to get a solid 350kb/s on torrents now i would be lucky to get 100kb/s but if i run lots of high speed torrents ill get 350kb/s on them all together

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#4 17-02-2007 4:34pm

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Wow, Sponge that needs to be bigger. As for Nephew no IBB don't throttle torrents in general it's just you personally they are targeting.

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#5 17-02-2007 4:37pm

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OfflerCrocGod wrote:

Wow, Sponge that needs to be bigger. As for Nephew no IBB don't throttle torrents in general it's just you personally they are targeting.

Lol... No its not him personally because alot of people have complained about it... wonder if its the heavy downloaders there targeting.

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#6 17-02-2007 5:03pm

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Wow op there is another thread about this on THIS page...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055044793

learn to use your scroll wheel man!

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#7 17-02-2007 5:44pm

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ab_cork wrote:

Wow op there is another thread about this on THIS page...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055044793

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#8 17-02-2007 9:34pm

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Nephew wrote:

I'm on Breeze 2mb, still waiting to be upgraded to 3MB. Various speeds tests give me nearly perfect 2mb up and down speeds, but I am still getting sh*tty torrrent speeds.

all the free upgrades for ibb customers have been completed. So either you are not getting the correct speeds or you were never upgraded. You should contact them and ask to have this checked.

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#9 17-02-2007 10:55pm

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Sponge Bob wrote:

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CALM DOWN SPONGE!

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