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Ignitionnet · 12-05-2011, 20:05

Sounds like a fault rather than intentional however that said a number of ISPs do indeed slow down Rapidshare, etc, as they are quite bandwidth heavy and, in common with P2P and newsgroups, most of the content is dicey. A fairly easy target for shaping if trying to control bandwidth.

12-05-2011, 20:05	#6
Ignitionnet Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Age: 47 Posts: 13,995	Re: Is VM slowing down traffic Sounds like a fault rather than intentional however that said a number of ISPs do indeed slow down Rapidshare, etc, as they are quite bandwidth heavy and, in common with P2P and newsgroups, most of the content is dicey. A fairly easy target for shaping if trying to control bandwidth.