Thanks Ham. That gives me some measure of comfort that I'm not alone - misery loves company. =)
On Jan 6, 2014, at 9:26 PM, Hamilton Chua <[email protected]> wrote: > I found a blog post about someone experiencing the same thing. The comments > indicate there are more people encountering it. > > http://www.everythingtechy.com/2013/12/27/pldt-throttlinglimiting-bit-torrent-traffic/ > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Dan Sweeney <[email protected]> wrote: > Go to Hurricane Electric and see if you can get a tunnel-brokered account > (www.he.net). From there you can do 6in4 or if your really brave 6in4/4in6 > tunneling. > > I haven't bothered to set up a test for IPv4 tunnels (vpns).. > > Also do not recommend using speedtest as a bandwidth see: > http://www.noaccess.com/~dsweeney/speedtest.ppt > > Dan > On Jan 6, 2014, at 11:26 AM, JP Loh wrote: > > > Interesting. Can anyone confirm with an actual test with an IPv6 tunnel? > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Dan Sweeney <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rob, > > > > Silly man.. remember a project called SASN/WiMax a few years ago ?? > > > > All of Globe CONSUMER networks either goes thru SASN (Ericsson) or Redback > > DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) devices. Depending on the Purchase Plan you > > bought P2P has different rate limits as does http downloads, udp video > > streaming etc. > > > > PLDT has simular deployments with the myDSL network and some parts of Smart > > (but not all) also have SASN clusters. Don't think they used the Redback > > DPI/BRAS devices. > > > > It should be noted that *application rate shaping* is not illegal in the > > USA but *application rate limiting* is. > > > > Dan > > On Jan 5, 2014, at 11:42 PM, Michael Tinsay wrote: > > > > > Is anybody else getting multiple duplicates of this particular thread? > > > > > > Anyway... > > > > > > Just this past holiday week I was able to download a 2GB file via > > > bittorrent using a Smart BRO LTE USB stick with a prepaid LTE sim. It > > > took less than two hours. No throttling experienced here. Also from > > > experience, Globe throttles your *entire* connection when it detects > > > high P2P traffic, but not PLDT/Smart. I'll try to test PLDT DSL again > > > when I get back to the office. Maybe they're testing out new network > > > traffic management gears. > > > > > > > > > --- mike t. > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, 5 January 2014, 23:22, [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 > > > > _________________________________________________ > > 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
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