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Zee	12-10-2006 22:13

Does Be Traffic Shape

I'm really thinking of switching to Be in Jan 07 because of NTL's poor service - but what i'd like to know if, do Be There traffic shape, and do they block any ports, or throttle P2P in any way, i didn't see anything about P2P or traffic shaping on their FAQ.

Wicked_and_Crazy

12-10-2006 22:20

Re: Does Be Traffic Shape

why do you need to P2P so much?

Zee	12-10-2006 22:56

Re: Does Be Traffic Shape

Thats not the question, i dont P2P so much at all.

But when i do P2P i dont want to have to be downloading at 50KB/s for a file which is over 1GB like on NTL its annoying.

Wicked_and_Crazy

12-10-2006 23:00

Re: Does Be Traffic Shape

if you dont P2P often the traffic shapping shouldnt affect you often

SnoopZ

13-10-2006 00:00

Re: Does Be Traffic Shape

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zee (Post 34135680)

Thats not the question, i dont P2P so much at all.

But when i do P2P i dont want to have to be downloading at 50KB/s for a file which is over 1GB like on NTL its annoying.

Never P2P, use newsgroups. :)

Zee	13-10-2006 01:09

Re: Does Be Traffic Shape

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy (Post 34135684)

if you dont P2P often the traffic shapping shouldnt affect you often

Thanks for your help :rolleyes:

Anyway, as i said, if i download a file which is 1GB or 4GB once a month, it will take HOURS or days even to download due to traffic shaping (As seen on ntl:Telewest)

So i guess Wicked And Crazy, you don't know the answer so please kindly quit posting your smart comments :tu:

jrhnewark

13-10-2006 01:20

Re: Does Be Traffic Shape

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 34135721)

Never P2P, use newsgroups. :)

You can't get all that you get on UKNova on newsgroups. :)

Anyway, sorry OP, I don't know.

Central

13-10-2006 16:23

Re: Does Be Traffic Shape

Why not ask on the Be forums?

SnoopZ

13-10-2006 18:48

Re: Does Be Traffic Shape

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrhnewark (Post 34135755)

You can't get all that you get on UKNova on newsgroups. :)

Anyway, sorry OP, I don't know.

My point being was you don't have to share and noone other than newshosting sees my ip. :)

Just a shame you have to pay a small some on NTL for it as their servers don't carry what i want.

Delta Whiskey

14-10-2006 15:54

Re: Does Be Traffic Shape

Most ISP's traffic shape even if they don't admit to it. Try scheduling your downloads for overnight or during the day and avoid the busy times (5pm to midnight).

DW

Chrysalis

14-10-2006 21:04

Re: Does Be Traffic Shape

BE arent known to traffic shape but it doesnt mean they never will. They are full LLU and dont use ipstream meaning their lower costs means they are more able to not shape traffic.

Zee	15-10-2006 00:50

Re: Does Be Traffic Shape

Yes, i got an email back from the, they said they don't traffic shape, or block ports and they are not planning anything like this in the near future.

MovedGoalPosts

20-10-2006 12:13

Re: Does Be Traffic Shape

There has been some silliness behind the scenes over this thread. Members are reminded not to get personal with their comments.

As for the crux of this thread, please remember that traffic shaping may not be the only reason for poor download speeds. P2P depends heavily onthe capacity of bandwidth allocated by the uploading servers. If that bandwidth is low - and most uploaders will throttle their speeds quite heavily so as not to saturate their connections, downloads will take time, especially for the GB sized files. Days would not be uncommon.

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