I use BellSouth and our connection is routinely dropped during uploads of > 20mb. Bit me again last night when I tried to upload video of my daughter's dance recital to youtube so my parents in California could see it.<br>
<br>Naturally I'll be switching soon...<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:07 AM, Geoffrey <<a href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">Smeadspam wrote:<br>
> Geoffrey wrote:<br>
>> I've done a bit of research on this issue and apparently there are a<br>
>> number of ISPS that are throttling bandwidth when users are using<br>
>> bittorrent. Apparently this shows up as a high number of tcp-resets.<br>
>><br>
>> What I've recently experienced is my connection is actually dropped and<br>
>> I have to power cycle my modem to get the connection back up again.<br>
>><br>
>> I don't think this is a coincidence as it's happened twice in the past<br>
>> week and only when I had bittorrent running.<br>
>><br>
>> Anyone else with Bellsouth seen anything like this?<br>
>><br>
><br>
> I recently switched to AT&T/BS I have seen connection drops where the<br>
> PPP bundle dies. The link is up and brigded but the PPP protocol has<br>
> terminated. This usually means a recycle of my westel and a restart of<br>
> the PPPoE for me. My tactic has been to confirm my side of the line as<br>
> best as possible. In doing so, I have found my Signal to Noise levels<br>
> near the mimimal tolerance and correcting this has shown a marked<br>
> improvement.<br>
<br>
</div>This describes my problems exactly. So what is it that you did to<br>
address your 'signal to noise level???'<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> I have pulled large iso's down and done mulitple Debian installs (via<br>
> network install) and haven't seen a correlation to the drops with the<br>
> volume of traffic. However, with Bittorrent and seeding the patterns<br>
> aught to be different and you might have something to look at. Comcast<br>
> has a history of doing this type of "management".<br>
<br>
</div>It could well be a coincidence, but that is what I've seen. I tried<br>
downloading Fedora 9 last night via ftp and when I check it this<br>
morning, the download has not finished and appears to have stalled. :(<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> Just passing along my current experiences.<br>
<br>
</div>Thanks muchly.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
--<br>
Until later, Geoffrey<br>
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temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.<br>
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