[wuug-list] [wuug-forum] nebajoth: Bell's Throttling of Torrents and My Ire

[Matthew Johnston]

Warning about Kelcom; depending on your rate-plan, they can & will charge
for GB up/down overages.
I used to work there (briefly) and we sent out a bill for $400 to one guy
that was over his limit.  The do check the account usage very infrequently
(every few years was the period when I was there) but they do check it.

I use MNSi (and have since 1996 with dial-up).  I am downloading/uploading
torrents 24x7 and my connections do not seem to be throttled at all.  It
appears that MNSi traffic gets routed through Level3.net instead of Bell
routers.  (I've done a few tracepaths on various sites and they all conform
to this pattern.

I had Cogeco when I lived in Chatham (and cable was the only high-speed
option and before bittorrent was created) and they were HORRIBLE for doing
crap to my connection and sending me threat letters about exceeding caps.  I
dumped them as soon as an alternative was available.

The only bad thing I can say about MNSi, is that they do not allow for
binary newsgroups.



On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 7:13 PM, BJ <linuxonly at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yup got Cogeco.  And much much better in the last year.. but still
> certain bittorrent clients seem to get blocked..  I've had best
> results with Deluge - I can get upwards of 100+ peer connections.
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 3:24 AM, Windsor UNIX Users Group
> <mavrinac at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Author: nebajoth
> >  Username: nebajoth (76-10-174-10.dsl.teksavvy.com)
> >  Subject: Bell's Throttling of Torrents and My Ire
> >  Forum: WUUG Talk
> >  Link: http://www.wuug.org/read.php?10,108,108#msg-108
> >  Approved: Yes
> >
> >  Now that Bell is throttling torrents upstream from the third parties, I
> find myself searching for a new ISP.
> >
> >  I am currently with Kelcom, and although I adore them, there's just no
> getting around the fact that throttling blows, and they can't evade it any
> better than I can without dropping some DSLAM equipment into the central
> office.
> >
> >  To my knowledge, MNSi is the only local ISP that has such facilities in
> our area.  But the @$%#ers don't offer dry loop.
> >
> >  Cable is looking pretty tempting with its 1MB up, and 16MB down.
>  Especially given that I presently have 650kbps up and 4200kbps down.
> >
> >  Does anyone here have Cogeco?  I know Cogeco had a rancid reputation
> for throttling a couple years back, but I heard some rumors that they've
> relaxed quite a bit about it recently.  I figure this is as they've added
> new pipes, but also probably to take advantage of the people flooding from
> Bell now.  That is, IF the rumor is true.
> >
> >  Anyone here got Cogeco and care to speak to that?
> >
> >
>
>
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