Is orcon limiting p2p bandwidth on UBS?
 

Just wondering if anyone else feels if orcon is actively limiting p2p
bandwidth on UBS.

Re: Is orcon limiting p2p bandwidth on UBS?
 

"Bottle Boy" <gman@stuffer.com> wrote:

>Just wondering if anyone else feels if orcon is actively limiting p2p
>bandwidth on UBS.
>

Only in the down direction. Up goes full speed..... Well Bittorrent
does..

Re: Is orcon limiting p2p bandwidth on UBS?
 

Bottle Boy wrote:
> Just wondering if anyone else feels if orcon is actively limiting p2p
> bandwidth on UBS.
>
>

Well, Bittorrent has been a little slow (it's hard to tell, as different
torrents behave differently) but it might be due to so many sites being
closed down now, so there are less torrent clients sharing stuff around.

Re: Is orcon limiting p2p bandwidth on UBS?
 

"Bottle Boy" <gman@stuffer.com> wrote in message
news:37t1seF5gvgkgU1@individual.net...
> Just wondering if anyone else feels if orcon is actively limiting p2p
> bandwidth on UBS.
>
Well they say not, but you be the judge. WinMX has been a dead duck for
weeks but if you change the ports...viola !, away she goes again.

Re: Is orcon limiting p2p bandwidth on UBS?
 

"Mike_P" <pynenburg@nospamhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:37t4avF5gh7qmU1@individual.net...
> Well they say not, but you be the judge. WinMX has been a dead duck for
> weeks but if you change the ports...viola !, away she goes again.

Change the ports? How do you do this? Well actually, I don't use WinMX but I
wonder if you can do a similar thing for bittorrent ...

Re: Is orcon limiting p2p bandwidth on UBS?
 

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:19:35 +1300, Bottle Boy wrote:

> "Mike_P" <pynenburg@nospamhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:37t4avF5gh7qmU1@individual.net...
>> Well they say not, but you be the judge. WinMX has been a dead duck for
>> weeks but if you change the ports...viola !, away she goes again.
>
> Change the ports? How do you do this? Well actually, I don't use WinMX but I
> wonder if you can do a similar thing for bittorrent ...

I dont know if you can with the python client, but install azureus or
bitcomet and you definately can. In fact most private trackers do not allow
you to connect using the default port as so many people have problems with
throttling on it.

Re: Is orcon limiting p2p bandwidth on UBS?
 

-=rjh=- <usually@mail.com> wrote:

>Bottle Boy wrote:
>> Just wondering if anyone else feels if orcon is actively limiting p2p
>> bandwidth on UBS.
>>
>>
>
>Well, Bittorrent has been a little slow (it's hard to tell, as different
>torrents behave differently) but it might be due to so many sites being
>closed down now, so there are less torrent clients sharing stuff around.

Adding to my last comment about BT being slow now they seemed to have
throttled port 119 news reader. . It has taken me 5 minutes to
download 100 headers for this news group. I have given up on the
other 48 news groups tonite.

The line speed appears to be back to 32KB down normal for FTP, email
and browsing.

I sent them an email wonder if I will get a reply??

Geez this is getting beyond a joke.

Re: Is orcon limiting p2p bandwidth on UBS?
 

Mutley wrote:
> -=rjh=- <usually@mail.com> wrote:
>
>> Bottle Boy wrote:
>>> Just wondering if anyone else feels if orcon is actively limiting
>>> p2p bandwidth on UBS.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Well, Bittorrent has been a little slow (it's hard to tell, as
>> different torrents behave differently) but it might be due to so
>> many sites being closed down now, so there are less torrent clients
>> sharing stuff around.
>
> Adding to my last comment about BT being slow now they seemed to have
> throttled port 119 news reader. . It has taken me 5 minutes to
> download 100 headers for this news group. I have given up on the
> other 48 news groups tonite.

I've noticed that downloading newsgroups has become abysmally slow recently.
I almost have to leave my PC on overnight to get my groups. (Orcon UBS).

I have a little indicator on my desktop (always on top) that shows 0kb/s
most of the time I'm downloading fom NIN or X-Privat, going to 1kb/s at the
most but usually hitting 0.2 every ten seconds or so.

I have two NNTP servers that I'm currently experimenting with that *aren't*
on port 119 and they download really quickly, as in close to full-speed. It
may be a cooincidence as they are both local and I thought that was the
reason they were faster but your post now leads me to believe otherwise.

> The line speed appears to be back to 32KB down normal for FTP, email
> and browsing.
>
> I sent them an email wonder if I will get a reply??
>
> Geez this is getting beyond a joke.

Isn't it though?
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Re: Is orcon limiting p2p bandwidth on UBS?
 

"~misfit~" <misfit61nz@hooya.co.nz> wrote:

>Mutley wrote:
>> -=rjh=- <usually@mail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Bottle Boy wrote:
>>>> Just wondering if anyone else feels if orcon is actively limiting
>>>> p2p bandwidth on UBS.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well, Bittorrent has been a little slow (it's hard to tell, as
>>> different torrents behave differently) but it might be due to so
>>> many sites being closed down now, so there are less torrent clients
>>> sharing stuff around.
>>
>> Adding to my last comment about BT being slow now they seemed to have
>> throttled port 119 news reader. . It has taken me 5 minutes to
>> download 100 headers for this news group. I have given up on the
>> other 48 news groups tonite.
>
>I've noticed that downloading newsgroups has become abysmally slow recently.
>I almost have to leave my PC on overnight to get my groups. (Orcon UBS).
>
>I have a little indicator on my desktop (always on top) that shows 0kb/s
>most of the time I'm downloading fom NIN or X-Privat, going to 1kb/s at the
>most but usually hitting 0.2 every ten seconds or so.
>
>I have two NNTP servers that I'm currently experimenting with that *aren't*
>on port 119 and they download really quickly, as in close to full-speed. It
>may be a cooincidence as they are both local and I thought that was the
>reason they were faster but your post now leads me to believe otherwise.
>
>> The line speed appears to be back to 32KB down normal for FTP, email
>> and browsing.
>>
>> I sent them an email wonder if I will get a reply??
>>
>> Geez this is getting beyond a joke.
>
>Isn't it though?

Yes. I changed from NNTP port 119 to something else and I am now
getting full speed. news again..

By the way I see they have a new set of terms and condition on their
web site.

Part of the UBS terms.

"6. Speed of Services
6.1 You acknowledge that any claims made about speed of service are
best effort peaks and not guarantees. Speed claims are line speeds
only and no guarantees are made for national and international
traffic, or any particular type of traffic.
6.2 Latency is not guaranteed, but should remain below 1000ms one-way
across the line only. There are no jitter guarantees."

Re: Is orcon limiting p2p bandwidth on UBS?
 

Mutlley wrote:
> By the way I see they have a new set of terms and condition on their
> web site.

> Part of the UBS terms.
>
> "6. Speed of Services
> 6.1 You acknowledge that any claims made about speed of service are
> best effort peaks and not guarantees. Speed claims are line speeds
> only and no guarantees are made for national and international
> traffic, or any particular type of traffic.
> 6.2 Latency is not guaranteed, but should remain below 1000ms one-way
> across the line only. There are no jitter guarantees."

Ouch... thems some nasty terms they've added.

and saying that 1000ms one-way is just plain stupid, how can that be tested?

I mean I know you can halve the time it takes to get there and back, but
thats not necessarily indicitive of the one-way traffic.