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#3810365 Tot Blocking All Torrent Traffic

Posted eaconger on 2010-08-11 23:19:03

View Postmattcodes, on 2010-08-11 10:52:24, said:

This had to happen. It probably a good thing. You'll "hopefully" see performance of voip, web mail, etc.. improve. Torrents are drain especially since most peers exists outside of TOT, if you look at an average torrent drainer using a steady 1mbit the economics just dont make sense. I cant even buy full transit routes on 1000mbit commits for < 550baht/mbit (or anywhere near that). So hopefully TOT stop, separate, or traffic shape them.

Ideally I'd like to see torrent drainer pay a massive premium. Part ignorance for most windoze users as the systray hides the little U, but wow imagine how fast the internet would be in Thailand without torrent drainers.

Ends rant.

Matt Codes is right, I run I network which serves 3 locations in hotels and restaurants with over 200 computers and network appliances on it.  Anyone who knows anything about networking will know that torrent are nasty drains on bandwidth.  People who pay 499/month or something stupid cheap like that should realize they're getting their share of a certain bandwidth based on the probability that x users are loading  or downloading something at the same time.  Folks who use automatic programs to continuously suck bandwidth, should be paying for a dedicated line not a share line.  

Sorry folks there's no free ride.  People who complain they can't take more than their fair share, but don't want to pay should be sent home.


#3810075 Tot Blocking All Torrent Traffic

Posted elkangorito on 2010-08-11 21:03:15

View PostLlareggub, on 2010-08-11 20:42:02, said:

The  guy I spoke to was quite honest, he said that they were Prioritising  Traffic,  he then tried to give me an analogy of having a car that could  do 180KPH and would I expect to drive at that speed all the time!

I  gave him the 25 bottles of beer analogy and him delivering 5, he burst  out laughing and agreed with me that I should use this in getting a  rebate, he cracked me up!

But it seems to be true anyway, but the  way things sound, they have been getting a lot of pissed off people,  and hopefully life will get back to normal. I feel sorry for the poor  buggers on the end of the phone having to deal with their idiot  employers decisions. I must say, he brightened my night with his sense  of humour, a lot of people here cannot understand a bit of irony or  sarcasm, but at least he was honest and told me what was happening.

If torrent users were 'responsible' about their usage, perhaps all of these problems could be avoided?
Obviously, someone not on a race track & driving a car at 180kph, is irresponsible.
Of course, this would require 'education', which many torrent users on TV indicate that they have little education in this regard. BTW, the 'education' requires reading & lots of it.
How many posts are about, "I have a slow download speed with torrents", etc? If users bothered to do some reading, these posts would be minimal. These posts appear for 2 reasons;
1] laziness.
2] a lack of basic computer skills.

IMHO, laziness is the number 1 problem.


View Postelkangorito, on 2010-08-11 20:40:48, said:

I have been using P2P for quite a while. I spent months reading forums etc about it. It became obvious to me that P2P traffic was a major cause of bandwidth reduction for many users.

I still use P2P but I ensure that my upload speed is never greater than about 5kbps. From what I have read, it is the uploads that cause most of the bandwidth problems & therefore I limit my upload capability. This means that I must be patient for things to 'equalise' (share ratio) before I rush into downloading any new torrents. I only wish that other users did the same instead of being greedy pigs.



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