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UPC Throttling?

  • 16-07-2012 6:51pm
    #1
    Coffeemug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭


    Evening All

    I am a UPC 100mb (or should that be 120mb now?) customer, but I have been having alot of issues with speeds lately. No matter what I am doing, almost all of my downloads max out at 2-2.5mb/s instead of the usual 10-12mb/s. I DL some stuff from newsgroups instead of bit torrent, but I am sure I am nowhere near my limit for the month. Even if they where to throttle the ports that the newsreader uses, why are normal web downloads so slow...?

    Anyone else having issues with this atm?

    Regards
    Matt


Comments

  • #2
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    Your 100mb broadband (or 120mb) is between you and UPC. It does not take in to account the bandwidth between UPC and the end site you're downloading from.

    That is not something you can measure with ease.

    It may not be UPC that is causing a problem.


  • #3
    Tazzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭Tazzle


    Same, I'm only getting 4mb/s instead of 15mb/s.

    I've tried x2 different usenet services.


  • #4
    wingnut32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 854 ✭✭✭wingnut32


    I thought it was only me, guess I was wrong.


  • #5
    red_bairn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,344 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    That sucks if they are throttling you. Typical of Irish ISP's.


  • #6
    jarvis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭jarvis


    They used to throttle connections to megaupload. So maybe they're throttling the site rather than you specifically.


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  • #7
    DUBLINHITMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 790 ✭✭✭DUBLINHITMAN


    Using newsleecher for a while and noticed that my download was at 2mb
    Changed the port from 563 to 443
    And I'm on the 50mb/upgrade 60mb
    Now downloading at 7.50mb .

    I don't know if port 563 was been throttled
    But my download hasn't dropped since putting it on 443 ..


  • #8
    Tazzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭Tazzle


    Speed was at 4mb/s for me regardless of port or protocol last night. It's back to normal again today. Cruising along at 15mb/s. Just the usual UPC hiccup I guess. If only they would fix YouTube. :(


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