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graf_von_anonym · 27-02-2009, 00:28

@aMac There are so many packages out there and the billing systems are so complex (the joke used to be that NTL simplified from two billing systems to three) that these kinds of oversights are almost bound to occur. They shouldn't, mind, but they do.

@UnReal, leexgx

How many network connections are open on your systems when your speeds drop? You can find that from the command prompt, netstat -a. The other possibility is that the reporting feature is being delayed by something, while the download continues. So you might be downloading at a constant rate, but the monitoring is breaking; it sees X come down in time Y, that's rate A, then something breaks and it doesn't see X come down in time Y so it reports rate B, then it catches up and sees 2X come down in time Y again and reports rate C. What's the average transfer rate after it finishes?

The other possibility is that news servers are limiting the heavier downloads from their side. Depending on their management software they could be using an initial burst type deal, where your first X Gb are at one rate, and then thereafter slower. That would be efficient for them in the same way that STM is efficient for Virgin.

27-02-2009, 00:28	#45
graf_von_anonym Inactive Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Castell Anonym Services: BB:NTL XL, TV:L Posts: 141	Re: Virgin limiting download speeds intentionally @aMac There are so many packages out there and the billing systems are so complex (the joke used to be that NTL simplified from two billing systems to three) that these kinds of oversights are almost bound to occur. They shouldn't, mind, but they do. @UnReal, leexgx How many network connections are open on your systems when your speeds drop? You can find that from the command prompt, netstat -a. The other possibility is that the reporting feature is being delayed by something, while the download continues. So you might be downloading at a constant rate, but the monitoring is breaking; it sees X come down in time Y, that's rate A, then something breaks and it doesn't see X come down in time Y so it reports rate B, then it catches up and sees 2X come down in time Y again and reports rate C. What's the average transfer rate after it finishes? The other possibility is that news servers are limiting the heavier downloads from their side. Depending on their management software they could be using an initial burst type deal, where your first X Gb are at one rate, and then thereafter slower. That would be efficient for them in the same way that STM is efficient for Virgin.