Bandwidth and stuff

[scribble]

I have Roadrunner and it seems that all of a sudden my speeds have gone down (download speed) and my upload speed is the same. Is this because of a bandwidth cap? If they have one what is it, and what are the penalties of it?

[haydeno]

is encryption on?

[scribble]

yes.

( i recently turned it on after i found that it went slower )

[briand5379]

I've read that Road Runner throttles p2p activity so I would think encryption will help.

[scribble]

is it possible to hide how much you've downloaded?

[briand5379]

I wonder if that's even possible cause I'm sure your isp keeps track of it on their end.

[dawsonkm]

is it possible to hide how much you've downloaded?

no it isn't possible. bandwidth is bandwidth.

[scribble]

so basically, if my limit is 40gb and i go over, what happens?

[DTD8]

hmm well roadrunner (atleast in my area) ended up becoming comcast

and comcast is throttling

[briand5379]

I know Comcast has actually been guilty of cutting off the users service.

Road Runner is owned by Time Warner Cable.

I just read a report that said Road Runner throttling effects all applications not just p2p, newsgroups and so on and it happens all time of day not just peak usage and that bandwidth has no effect on it.

[embolism]

Elite and Pro packages of DSL with ATT have good upload speeds.
Verizon has Fiber Optics in some areas
I payed extra $ to comcast, upgraded to 8mb/1mb connection, the upload speeds are now at 100kbps. Also did SSH tunneling (cannot reveal details) thro work place and sometimes get very high uploads - however I dont it that often and will not do it since it is against my ethics :P (truly is). Still looking for a good seedbox.

[scribble]

i can usually download 1MB/s and upload 120 kb/s and now it seems that my download is only around 300kb/s btw, is that kilobits, or kilobytes?

also, do they have the right to make my connection slower because of that? :(

[briand5379]

I'm pretty sure they can. They protect themselves well with the up to phrase they use.

[jandrews404]

Kb is kilobits...KB is kilobytes. Comcast's average package is 8Mbit down and 768Kbit up, although they've recently introduced a new package in select areas that advertises 16Mbit down and 2Mbit up.

Comcast has been accused of throttling P2P traffic although it is only supposed to affect seeding. Encryption should definitely be turned on.

Here is a reference to the so-called "bandwidth cap"

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Reports-On-90GB-Comcast-Caps-Incorrect-87663

[dawsonkm]

scribble look into fios. I don't know where you are but for me it is much better than cable alternatives

[briand5379]

Comcast doesn't own Road Runner Time Warner Cable does.

I've love to get fios myself but they don't have it in my area.

[scribble]

yeah but they bad thing is my whole house would have to get rewired.

[briand5379]

Well it's all about importance. Hopefully things won't be as bad as it seems.

[scribble]

anyone know of a plan for unlimited bandwidth? :)

[briand5379]

I don't think anyone offers unlimited bandwidth for whatever purpose you want. Check out this story I was reading on Verizon. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thecheckout/2006/10/bandwidth_bandit.html