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Rathji · 10-17-2011, 10:55 PM

The simple fact is that Shaw doesn't throttle any traffic in Calgary, it doesn't have the infrastructure in place.

You hear claims that XYZ provider is throttling over and over, for many years, but still many people never experience any issues, including people I know who have managed multiple TB bandwidth usage in a single month. Think about this for a second, if you have been torrenting for years and years on the same account, do you think suddenly 2 weeks ago Shaw finally noticed and throttled you?

How does that make sense?

How does it make sense that no Shaw employee I have talked to has heard of this happening in Calgary (aside from some tests a few years ago), but willingly admit that the company openly used the Arbor-Ellacoya DPI (ie what they use to throttle speeds) in some markets (like Lethbridge) to maintain bandwidth when they wanted to deploy Shaw phones on aging infrastructure?

Sure your speeds might be slower that they used to be, I wont debate that with you, but I would be willing to bet the saturation on your node is way higher now than it was a year ago. Almost all plans have doubled their upload speeds, but I can pretty much guarantee that the infrastructure wasn't increased by the same magnitude.

You might be convinced of it, but if I was a betting man, if you live in Calgary I would bet against throttling every time.

10-17-2011, 10:55 PM	#238
Rathji Franchise Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl Exp:	The simple fact is that Shaw doesn't throttle any traffic in Calgary, it doesn't have the infrastructure in place. You hear claims that XYZ provider is throttling over and over, for many years, but still many people never experience any issues, including people I know who have managed multiple TB bandwidth usage in a single month. Think about this for a second, if you have been torrenting for years and years on the same account, do you think suddenly 2 weeks ago Shaw finally noticed and throttled you? How does that make sense? How does it make sense that no Shaw employee I have talked to has heard of this happening in Calgary (aside from some tests a few years ago), but willingly admit that the company openly used the Arbor-Ellacoya DPI (ie what they use to throttle speeds) in some markets (like Lethbridge) to maintain bandwidth when they wanted to deploy Shaw phones on aging infrastructure? Sure your speeds might be slower that they used to be, I wont debate that with you, but I would be willing to bet the saturation on your node is way higher now than it was a year ago. Almost all plans have doubled their upload speeds, but I can pretty much guarantee that the infrastructure wasn't increased by the same magnitude. You might be convinced of it, but if I was a betting man, if you live in Calgary I would bet against throttling every time. __________________ "Wake up, Luigi! The only time plumbers sleep on the job is when we're working by the hour."