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Title: Does AT&T thrwart bittorrent traffic like Comcast?
Post by: chicofishhead on February 08, 2010, 06:21:22 PM

I used to have broadband from Comcrap.  I wasn't very happy with their internet or cable TV service.  One problem was that thing they do where they make your bittorents stop.  This is a well-known problem - in fact my friend Jon is heading a class action suit against them about this.
 
I switched to AT&T DSL.  I signed up for the service that is supposedly "best for downloads." But I have the same thing happen to me - I come home from work, or wake up or whatever and there is no bittorrent activity.  In fact with AT&T, it seems to stop all internet traffic - I always have to reset the router.  I've already complained about this once - they sent me a different router, but it has the same problem.
 
Has anybody heard about AT&T doing this too?

Title: Re: Does AT&T thrwart bittorrent traffic like Comcast?
Post by: boojum on February 08, 2010, 11:40:50 PM

Google that.  Comcast got a cease and desist from the FCC, I believe.  They are in violation to throttle traffic.  I saw an immediate change in Charter.  AT&T are a bunch of pricks.  I used to work for them.  They do not believe any law applies to them.  Only to other folks.

Now that I've got that off my chest, they may or may not be throttling your service.  Traffic is heaviest during the day.  Nighttime is best for torrents.

Cheers

Title: Re: Does AT&T thrwart bittorrent traffic like Comcast?
Post by: phanophish on February 09, 2010, 08:49:23 AM

I have AT&T DSL and have not noticed my torrents being actively throttled.  I can pretty easily saturate my upstream bandwidth and that in turn slows down my browsing, but I pretty consistently see my torrents run at or above my upstream "minimum" of 500kb/s

Title: Re: Does AT&T thrwart bittorrent traffic like Comcast?
Post by: Belexes on February 09, 2010, 03:34:27 PM

I have Time Warner and they throttle my torrents.

Title: Re: Does AT&T thrwart bittorrent traffic like Comcast?
Post by: keytohwy on February 10, 2010, 06:44:09 PM

Comcast in NorCal and no throttling...

keytohwy

Title: Re: Does AT&T thrwart bittorrent traffic like Comcast?
Post by: rjp on February 13, 2010, 10:25:50 AM

Comcast switched from specifically screwing up BitTorrent traffic to a more generalized throttling based on bandwidth usage. I haven't noticed any problems seeding torrents since they switched to the general approach.

Title: Re: Does AT&T thrwart bittorrent traffic like Comcast?
Post by: boojum on February 13, 2010, 03:23:34 PM

Generally ISP's want to charge you for the bandwidth but punish you if you want to use it.

Title: Re: Does AT&T thrwart bittorrent traffic like Comcast?
Post by: newplanet7 on February 13, 2010, 07:44:22 PM

Quote from: keytohwy on February 10, 2010, 06:44:09 PM

Comcast in NorCal and no throttling...

keytohwy

Same here in NH. Never throttled even when others were getting throttled.