Re: Bandwidth Throttling

I pay for there highest home service and I have not had any of my ports
blocked. I run my own test web server and DNS and other projects. I heard
GCI did that thought. I wish some one would do a side by side comparison, I
would love to know who is the best.
On 1/5/07, Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It didn't occur to me at the time that the ISPs might be throttling, but
> I suspect GCI is doing that with bittorrent also. I downloaded the
> latest OpenOffice the other day and it didn't seem like it was going
> that much faster than dial-up. They were probably throttling too.
>
> I also find port blocking a little annoying. They apparently do it do
> keep people from running servers without paying for the higher level
> service. It's my understanding that if you pay for the commercial
> version of the DSL, those ports aren't blocked. At least fewer of them
> are.
>
> Jim
>
> Luke D wrote:
> > I am hoping that some one can help me on the AKLUG list.
> > I called and talk to ACS and they told me they throttling Bittorrent
> > bandwidth. I know that it is used a lot of illegal file sharing such as
> > music, movies, games etc. But I use it to get my Linux distros. Also
> World
> > of Warcraft uses Bittorrent protocol to download updates. Does GCI do
> the
> > same thing? I am really considering dropping ACS if GCI does not do
> this.
> > The only problem I might have with GCI is there bandwidth caps.
> >
> > Also I am wondering how many people think that they should not
> throttling
> > bandwidth and block ports?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Luke
> >
> >
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Received on Fri Jan 5 17:23:18 2007