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Old 03-02-2009, 08:31 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Dan02 View Post
Rath, i used to be with you, but in the last while it has IMO become extremely obvious they are queuing the upload on my connection when we turn torrents on, i don't know what tests would be acceptable to prove it to you, but as soon as anyone on our network turns the torrents on everything slows to a crawl on the outbound, which of course in turn affects down as well.
Unless I am mistaken, and I might be as I am not intricately familiar with the specifics of the technology, but Arbor Ellacoya DPI that Shaw employs (in some markets, not Calgary) only restricts the flow of torrent packets. What is your reasoning behind it affecting all traffic?

I am not claiming that my knowledge is infallible here. If there are tests that can suggest that DPI is the culprit instead of the network choking due to bandwidth use, then I honestly would like to know.

I will look into the specifics of Arbor Ellacoya later on though, I am very interested.
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