BT and Rapidshare

vectra

I am on the 7.6mb package from BT and over the past week or two I think I am being throttled on Rapidshare,
Right now i have 5 threads trying to download something and the fastest of the 5 is going at 35.2KB/s

When i got this first i was thrilled with it.
Is it BT throttling me or what?

Bloody annoying paying for something theey wont give me :mad:

MrVestek

They can't throttle Rapidshare specifically as they're just normal http downloads. If Rapidshare was being limited then all port 80 traffic would be too.

If you're on a free account then it's rapidshare themselves throttling your connection.

Sqaull20

The connection isnt very consistant, I am getting 700KB/s on the first few links, then 120KB/s on a few others.

MrVestek

Right... and what speed of a connection are you on?

Also you never said what type of account you had on rapidshare, free or otherwise? I highly doubt it's your ISP throttling the connection as it's just over port 80.

*edit*

Just saw that you're on the 7Mb package. Now this is very important, are you getting 700KB/sec or 700Kb/sec? If 700 is the speed you're seeing in your browser then that's actually pushing just about 7Mb and the concurrent downloads just a little over that.

Erm... somebody doesn't know how bandwidth works methinks? :P

Earl

I really varies for me. Some I get as little as 30k/s and others I get the whole 2mb/s. I have a premium account and on the BT 24mb service as well.

vectra

Achilles wrote: »

They can't throttle Rapidshare specifically as they're just normal http downloads. If Rapidshare was being limited then all port 80 traffic would be too.

If you're on a free account then it's rapidshare themselves throttling your connection.

I am on a premium account

Ciaran500

Are downloads from anywhere else going fast?

vectra

Ciaran500 wrote: »

Are downloads from anywhere else going fast?

Not really

MrVestek

vectra wrote: »

I am on a premium account

Ok, you're not answering my questions and without those answers there's no way I can help. Are the downloads showing up at 700KB/sec or 700Kb/sec? Trust me the capital letter makes *all* the difference.

Ciaran500

vectra wrote: »

Not really

Theres you're answer then. BT is going slow.

vectra

Achilles wrote: »

Ok, you're not answering my questions and without those answers there's no way I can help. Are the downloads showing up at 700KB/sec or 700Kb/sec? Trust me the capital letter makes *all* the difference.

40.3KB/s <<<

MrVestek

Hrm, what's the contention ratio on that line?

Ohhh also meant to say, are you connecting to it wirelessly or via a cable? Do you have a seperate wireless router plugged into the modem... what exactly is the setup there?

vectra

Achilles wrote: »

Hrm, what's the contention ratio on that line?

Ohhh also meant to say, are you connecting to it wirelessly or via a cable? Do you have a seperate wireless router plugged into the modem... what exactly is the setup there?

I am sure I am on 24/1 contention ratio

Using wireless through this laptop which has always been spot on.

Netopia modem ( old dark grey one ) 2477 I think

ok
one sec
just booted up my pc to do a speedtest with both machines


LAPTOP TEST << Wireless connection



PC TEST<< Wired Connection



Strange how on both connections my Upload speed is fine

vectra

All back to normal this morning
Fingers Crossed :cool:

Fighting Irish

Have a premium account on RS for the past year or so, i'm on BT 3mb. RS downloads at 300kb/s for me 99% of the time.

Ciaran500

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055368054