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Originally Posted by Mtt48
Fair enough. I called them several times...I always asked the tech, "is my node busy? Is it a busy time?". Each time the tech said there were no problems in my area. I really think that I must have finally hit some mark in their system, or perhaps they ran through some database and my account has become "flagged". Who knows? It doesn't seem that improbable.
I just find it weird that speedtest results will be relatively normal but torrenting speed has become so poor.
I'm interested in your suggestion that shaw doesn't have the infrastructure to do so. Why do you say that?
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Because they tested it here and decided not to implement it on a wide scale. To do this they would need to install a unit at each node. To monitor and maintain it they would need to involve staff at various levels of the company. I knew several people who worked at Shaw at enough levels that I am confident that if there was such a system in place they would need to know about its existence.
Now, to be fair, I don't currently know anyone who works in a position that could provide definitive proof of this, so if a system was put in place in the last 6 months it is possible, albeit very unlikely, that I have no idea about it. However, I don't believe this is relevant to this conversation, because people have been claiming your exact issues for years, without actual throttling taking place. For it suddenly to be happening now would be fairly unlikely.