Oh yes.. you are definitely being *application rate limited* see:
http://www.noaccess.com/~dsweeney/DPI-BRAS-Philippines.ppt Dan On Jan 5, 2014, at 9:16 PM, Robert Locke wrote: > > I forgot to point out that forcing encryption didn't alleviate the problem > either. But I've also read it's not impossible to rate limit encrypted > torrents. > > Thanks for the info... > > > On Jan 5, 2014, at 11:06 AM, [C]hicken [G] od <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I am no networking expert but according to the local forums PLDT has some >> issues with one of the international undersea cables. If torrents work on an >> encrypted connection the rumours may be true that throttling is occuring. >> >> On Jan 5, 2014 9:09 AM, "Robert Locke" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi gang, >> >> Is anyone experiencing problems with BitTorrent on PLDT myDSL? I'm maxing >> out at 10 to 20kB/s download, a far cry from the 600 to 700 kB/s I used to >> be getting a few weeks ago. >> >> For the record, my connection seems fine in every other respect - http, >> video, voip, etc all work well. Speedtest.net reports the usual 5 to 6 Mbps >> of download speed. I haven't touched my modem or wireless routers in months >> and none of them support QoS anyways. I've tried several torrent clients >> (e.g., uTorrent, Transmission, Vuze, etc), but no luck. >> >> One curiosity is that sometimes my download speed will reach 300+ kB/s, but >> *only* when I'm connected to a fast peer *within* the PLDT network. This, >> more than anything, indicates there may be some kind of filtering going on. >> >> I've found a work around by tunneling the Torrent traffic through a remote >> server, but it's a bit of a pain. >> >> Any theories? >> >> Cheers, >> Rob >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
