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Originally Posted by mykalberta
They likely prioritize packets and set torrent sites at a lower priority since they are more BW hogs than other normal surfing.
IMO Comcast doesnt have a responsibility to make sure bit torrent works fast, just that the majority of their customers have a fast experience. Its also possible however unlikely they changed the routing scheme to thwart those peer to peer apps.
At UNC especially they are testing peer to peer spider schemes on different routing algorithms. Its a way ISPs can limit their traffic while still adhering to the subscriber contract.
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Completely untrue. If, for example, I am advertised a 5Mb/s down and 768kb/s up connection, I should be able to achieve this rated speed at ANY point in the day, regardless of the amount of traffic on the network at that particular time. This is their responsibility. It is not my responsibility to make sure that the other people in my building have good speed as well.
However, since ISP's realize most people are complete idiots and use very very little bandwidth, they oversell their pipe like crazy. Now they have some people actually using what they advertise, and they shut them down. Absolutely ridiculous.