Re: RE: Bandwidth Throttling

As far as I know, GCI doesn't throttle; I get what I pay for... If you
haven't already, try forwarding TCP ports
6881-6999 for bittorrent traffic, this will speed things up. I haven't yet
encountered any service blocks from GCI either, I must say, they let me get
away with alot, ty ;p)

--eddie

>From: Corey Weiss <cweiss@gci.net>
>CC: aklug@aklug.org
>Subject: Re: RE: Bandwidth Throttling
>Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:14:54 -0900
>
>
>These days with gci, you can get Cable modem with out purchasing a cable tv
>plan, in most areas. Also, To my knowledge gci does not throttle on
>bittorrent bandwidth at this time. The other great thing is that they own
>both of the largest fibers between here and the lower 48;)
>
>Corey W.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Kevin Miller <Kevin_Miller@ci.juneau.ak.us>
>Date: Friday, January 5, 2007 12:21 pm
>Subject: RE: Bandwidth Throttling
>To: aklug@aklug.org
>
> > 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.=20
> > >=20
> > > Also I am wondering how many people think that they should not
> > > throttling bandwidth and block ports?

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