[MLUG] [Was: 29 march 2008] Bell Secretly Throttling Wholesale Internet Services?

[a gardner]

bell downgraded me from 5 to 4 mb. i'm pissed...
yeah bell has way more traffic than its broke-ass network can handle, and
there "allways fast, even in prime time" means throttling across their
network, their definition of prime time? whenver there servers are stressed.
do bandwidth speed tests to see where your at at a given time..

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:18 PM, David Filion <david at filiontech.com> wrote:

> Nick Nobody wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:42 AM, patricia campbell
> > <triciamontreal at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> the site is just slow, I've been browsing it for the last 2 weeks off &
> on.
> >>
> >>
> >> btw any one else have slow access via bell ??
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >
> > Have you seen this: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2782/125/
> >
> > "Internet chat boards are buzzing with concerns that Bell has begun
> > throttling Internet traffic for its wholesale services.  In other
> > words, third party ISPs that buy their connectivity from Bell
> > ("resellers") are being left with irate customers who are suddenly
> > subject to packet shaped services."
> >
> > It really wouldn't surprise me if Bell was doing this. I did notice
> > that google maps was slow over the weekend :(
> >
> > nick
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> Yea, it's on slashdot too.
>
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