On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:18:21 -0700 "Scott (angrykeyboarder)" <geekboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Around or about Friday 01 June 2007 01:44 pm, Rod Heyd spake thusly: > > [....] > >> > >> In fact, as long as I'm downloading iso files (via BitTorrent, > >> ftp, or http) > >> I'm timing out on anything on the Internet (Email, Usenet, you > >> name it). > >> > >> I've never had this problem with Cox before. It must be a new > >> thing. > >> > >> To say it has me very unhappy is an understatement. > > > > > > > > If Cox is throttling bittorrent they are doing it very selectively, > > I have cox as well, and was able to download the DVD torrent in > > about 2 hours, with download rates that varied between 512k to over > > 1M/s. > > Your download speed is around what I normally get. Sometimes up to > 2Mb/s. They claim up I can get up to 6, but I've never gotten close > to that. > > In a period of (approximately) 12 hours, I was able to download about > 1/3 of the full DVD via Bittorrent. I've given up for the time being. > > I'm going to try a net install for now and see how that goes. > > That is what is so strange. I have sometimes gotten speeds of up to 10 Mbits/sec on long downloads while they are saying my connection is 7 Mbits/sec max. This is just very uncharacteristic.
