Comments on: Detecting ISP throttling

By: static

static — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:13:41 +0000

As an individual there’s much you can do is gather evidence the ISP aren’t providing their customers what the customers paid for. In the event the EFF can’t make use of it send it to Ralph Nader after Ralph looses in November. Ralph has been somewhat effective in helping the little guy over the years.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:49:52 +0000

So after you figure out that you’re being throttled, is there anything you can do? This just seems like an exercise in futility to me. You can call up your ISP all day and tell them that Google says that they are blocking your packets and they’ll tell you it’s better for you.

While I appreciate the ingenuity in all this, I’d much rather see constantly evolving software that enables me to actually get around throttling instead of simply tell me what I can’t do anymore.

By: not a hack

not a hack — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:40:10 +0000

this is very interesting.
its not a hack but if you want a hack only feed
use this
http://www.hackaday.com/category/daily/

not a hack

By: LexicalConverter

LexicalConverter — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:35:34 +0000

AT&T throttles.

Speed tests read 1.5mb/sec.
Actual world speed is a tenth that.

Go figure.

By: Joel

Joel — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:09:23 +0000

My isp must be throttling, all my speed tests are low like under 800 kbit/sec (100KB/s), but if i run a torrent or 2 i can get over 2600 kbit/sec (325KB/s).

By: BigBalls

BigBalls — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:52:14 +0000

Even though this is not, in any way, a “hack” I do appreciate it being posted

By: RT (Panzer Time!)

RT (Panzer Time!) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:54:24 +0000

Finally someone big on the side of the “little guy.”