Permanent Limitation?

[Matt`]

Hey,

I'm wondering if we have a permanent limitation on our account.

This is a shared student house, ten people, we download quite a bit through iplayer, itunes, 4od etc.

I use ddwrt on a wrt54g router to limit people from downloading during the day, so its rare for us to go over the limit but at night between 12am and 9am its free for all.

Where as previously I could get a solid 20+mb on usenet now during the day or night i can't get over about 12mb.

Have we been limited permanently, or is this possible?

Attached is my router log.

Cheers,

Matt

[Stuart]

It might be worth contacting Virgin.

[Matt`]

Originally Posted by Stuart C

It might be worth contacting Virgin.

Yeh probably, I'm not the account holder though so its a bit annoying.

Any ideas on if they do this though?

[southwell]

It could be over subscription on your UBR. You will need to contact Virgin.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by Matt`

Yeh probably, I'm not the account holder though so its a bit annoying.

Any ideas on if they do this though?

You do not have to be the account holder to report a fault or get an engineer booked if required.

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[DABhand]

When grabbing stuff from the usenet server use more than one thread at a time, ideally you can use 3 consecutive threads (aka downloads), they will add up to your bandwith

I have noticed single thread speeds, they take the michael by limiting the speed.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by DABhand

When grabbing stuff from the usenet server use more than one thread at a time, ideally you can use 3 consecutive threads (aka downloads), they will add up to your bandwith

I have noticed single thread speeds, they take the michael by limiting the speed.

What has that got to do with 10 people sharing one 20Mb connection

[Turkey Machine]

If you have the time / money available (unlikely it being student digs), invest in a router / proxy PC that can restrict each connected person to 2Mbit or something.

Come to think of it, does such a router exist?

[DABhand]

@Moldova - Because the OP said before using usenet servers it was a constant 20mb now 12mb. Please do read thanks

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by DABhand

@Moldova - Because the OP said before using usenet servers it was a constant 20mb now 12mb. Please do read thanks

I read it at 3pm and advised him to call Tech Support because of his issue, so read it a long time ago.

[DABhand]

Well to be honest again.. the service is horendous..

An example

Downloading The Biggest Loser Australia Finale.

1GB size, im not Throttled.

1 seed, 115 peers... 25KB/s

*golf clap*

Because the connection sucks donkey thingies, and no regular UBR checking and upkeeping.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by DABhand

Well to be honest again.. the service is horendous..

An example

Downloading The Biggest Loser Australia Finale.

1GB size, im not Throttled.

1 seed, 115 peers... 25KB/s

*golf clap*

Because the connection sucks donkey thingies, and no regular UBR checking and upkeeping.

I knew you were complaining in general by the way over speeds as the above post better shows.

[Stabhappy]

With 1 single seed and 115 peers, the health of the torrent is quite low, which explains the slow speed.

[DABhand]

Im sure 115 peers are able to send me collectively faster than 25KB/s.

Seeds are great, but peers are just as good for torrents.. Thats the beauty of torrents

[Stabhappy]

The 1 seed suggests that superseeding is not available from the main seed, hence there are limited parts so you're pulling it in slowly.