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x-batman
May 16th, 2005, 08:56 PM
Hey I am on cogeco, and using bit torrent i get AWFUL download and upload speeds, max about 5kB/s when it used to be 100 - 300kB/s depending on # of seeds (back in december, just started using bt again). Whats wrong? I trried changing ports, etc.... nothing!
mlc2000
May 16th, 2005, 10:39 PM
Same here, man.

Happened shortly after I got the earning email that was at 890% of my monthly dowload limit... :cheesygri
Cronic
May 16th, 2005, 10:42 PM
yeah looks like I am being blocked from downlaoding anything from BT, by TED ROGERS......time to switch back to Hell Canada :cheesygri
x-batman
May 16th, 2005, 10:43 PM
Same here, man.

Happened shortly after I got the earning email that was at 890% of my monthly dowload limit... :cheesygri

Hmm, I never got an email
jm20
May 16th, 2005, 10:57 PM
they use a packet shaper which shapes network traffic so that priority is given to certain traffic types.
squall458
May 16th, 2005, 11:11 PM
that happend to me when i used cogeco. it was great for months then recently it just plained sucked. the torrent could have awesome seeds and it still go slow. the only thing i found worked were sites that required membership, then i could get files really fast.
knapper
May 17th, 2005, 09:13 AM
Cogeco started this "packet shaper" thing a few months ago in Hamilton. Basically limited upload to 10k/s and changing ports does not solve anything. Really kills your ratio on BT. Looks like they considered their Hamilton test a success and are now rolling it out to other regions.

I got the warning too, and also at about 900% of the soft cap (15GB). It was before the packet shaping when I was uploading at a good rate. My understanding is it is the high upload that gets you noticed. I was over 70GB uploaded the month of my warning letter.

I'm testing Sympatico now and am quite happy with it. The DL may not peak as high as Cogeco, but it is still quite good, and I can get 60-70k/s UL. Once my free Sympatico ends I plan to try and get a good rate (e.g. $30/month) and cancel Cogeco. Only pain is that I have used my Cogeco email addresses for 5+ years.
mlc2000
May 17th, 2005, 11:11 AM
they use a packet shaper

Hehe, I thought thats what a Speedo does.

LMAO!! :D :D :D :D
x-batman
May 17th, 2005, 02:26 PM
Hehe, I thought thats what a Speedo does.

LMAO!! :D :D :D :D

lol


damn cogeco was soo good, now it sucks, I dont wanna go to bell....
duckdown
May 17th, 2005, 03:20 PM
rogers is worse