Comcast and Bittorent in Eastern USA

[matt526]

I am just wandering if anyone is using Comcast in the Mid-Atlantic or Virginia area and have noticed a dramatic drop in bittorent speeds mostly upload speeds. and if you have called comcast on it.
I have noticed a dramatic drop in speed and this was even after I
upgraded to Comcast fastest internet plan. "Internet Blast"
I am getting maybe 500Kbps down and 44Kbps Up
I was getting 1.2Mps and 230Kbps

any thoughts?

[fOrUmAs]

read this

http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-sued-over-bittorrent-traffic-interference-071114/

[DanielleD87]

it happened to me months ago. i'm on the west coast btw. my solution was to get a second uncapped cable modem. :P

[weenden]

yes ive noticed it sucks anymore hey hows that second modem thing work whats the hows

[Defy]

Soon all Comcast users will have their uploads throttled. They've already implemented their "sandvine" in many regions and it won't be long before every member of Comsuck has their p2p privilages stripped away from them. In other words, this company is very anti-p2p and they're attempting to monopolize the internet provider world.

[UntamedDarknes]

Soon all Comcast users will have their uploads throttled. They've already implemented their "sandvine" in many regions and it won't be long before every member of Comsuck has their p2p privilages stripped away from them. In other words, this company is very anti-p2p and they're attempting to monopolize the internet provider world.

How are they going to monopolize the ISP world when they are throttling all there file sharing protocols? Any ISP that is not throttling file sharing traffic will be able to monopolize the internet market in time comcast is going to lose a ton of customers.

[psxcite]

Thats why I pay $13.50 a month for basic local channels only and use 3 hacked cable modems. Comcast can kiss my ass. I wouldnt mind paying $40 a month for REAL unfiltered high speed. Matter of fact, once FiOS is here, I will definately subscribe.


But I am not paying for service where they will cut you off for downloading too much, will throttle your usenet speed at their descretion or institute Sandvine shaping.

[DanielleD87]

UntamedDarknes like they go out to areas dialup doesn't even work (like where I'm at) and in their monopoly areas they charge about $160 a month for 1megbit/s upload.

There is a reason I uncapped: because why should I pay $65 a month for shitty throttled speeds where people 20 miles away pay $15 a month for off of the same node even!

The uncapping has done wonders. You still need a proxy to get around the throttling but now I'm uploading 24/7 at about 160kB/s average vs the 30kB/s max I was limited to in the past.

[Defy]

Soon all Comcast users will have their uploads throttled. They've already implemented their "sandvine" in many regions and it won't be long before every member of Comsuck has their p2p privilages stripped away from them. In other words, this company is very anti-p2p and they're attempting to monopolize the internet provider world.

How are they going to monopolize the ISP world when they are throttling all there file sharing protocols? Any ISP that is not throttling file sharing traffic will be able to monopolize the internet market in time comcast is going to lose a ton of customers.

Which is why I said "attempting". :)

Fact of the matter is, Comcast goes a lot of places that others (Qwest, Cox, etc.) do not. And I won't lie, in my area they offered excellent prices for 8mb down and 1mb up.

I live in southern Arizona and finally decided to move away from the city a bit. Moved up near this mountain outside city limits and only 2 internet providers were available, Comcast and Qwest. Because of the area, it would cost me an arm and a leg to receive CRAP speeds from Qwest (1mb down)... and then there was Comcast with their amazing speeds and prices. Little did I know what it would do to my torrent world.

Needless to say I found out they were capping my upload speeds, and I tried absolutely everything I could find to weave my way around their bullsh*t. Nothing worked. I hear it's very easy to side-step if you're using linux but there are very few methods for us WinXP users, and even then nothing is guarenteed to work. They just hit my area hard and came down like friggin' Thor's Hammer.

My eventual fix? Moved back into my old apartment complex in the city and got my beloved, sweet Cox cable back.

Yes, they are going to lose customers (I'm a prime example), but not everyone will be so lucky or be able to switch internet providers.

May they rot in hell, I say!

[psxcite]

The OS doesn't have anything to do with uncapping. The configuration file you download from your isp, when your modem first boots online, determines the up/down speed. There are various ways to change this file.

I'm considering putting together a tutorial for the FST guide section. Although, there tons of great resources already available on the net. A quick Google search will provide you with everything you need.

[matt526]

I have done some further reading and it looks like there are quite a few advocacy groups taking up the cause. I don't know if it will do any good but everyone should bombard Comcast and the FCC with complaint emails and phone calls.

[matt526]

I thought this was interesting.

Thank you for writing to us in response to reports about Comcast's efforts to manage peer-to-peer traffic on our networks.

First, and most importantly, you should know that Comcast does not block access to any Web site or application, including peer-to-peer services like BitTorrent. Our customers use the Internet for downloading and uploading files, watching movies and videos, streaming music, sharing digital photos, accessing numerous peer-to-peer sites, VOIP applications
like Vonage, and thousands of other applications online.

We have a responsibility to provide all of our customers with a good Internet experience and we use the latest technologies to manage our network so that you can continue to enjoy these applications.
Peer-to-peer activity consumes a disproportionately large amount of network resources, and therefore poses the biggest challenge to maintaining a good broadband experience for all users, including the overwhelming majority of our customers who don't use P2P applications.

It is important to note, however, that we never prevent P2P activity, or block access to any P2P applications, but rather manage the network in such a way that this activity does not degrade the broadband experience for other users.

Network management is absolutely essential to provide a good Internet experience for our customers. All major ISPs manage their traffic in some way and many use similar tools.

Comcast believes we have a responsibility to our customers to provide this service. Network management helps us perform critical work that protects our customers from things like spam, viruses, the negative effects of network congestion, or attacks to their PCs. As threats on the Internet continue to grow, our network management tools will continue to evolve and keep pace so that we can maintain a good, reliable online experience for all of our customers.

We have posted new FAQs on our Web site making clear to our customers the steps we are taking to protect the customer experience for all of our customers. You may access content related to this issue in the FAQ section of http://www.comcast.net


If there is anything else we can help you with, please contact us.
Thank you for choosing Comcast.

Sincerely,

Janai
Comcast Customer Care

[Ac3Dunk]

Well switch to NewsGroup.