Telus and traffic-shaping? - Page 4

rawb · #76 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

MY SHAW SPEEDS ARE GREAT

anewlife · #77 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

well that decision is up to her. she doesn't want to take your offer and I can understand...after talking to like 6 Shaw guys about it (all of them just lied to her) she grew tired of this...no surprise.

you don't have to confirm to us that Shaw shapes traffic...we already know that, thanks. dozens of other slsk users know it as well. the only one who doesn't seem to know is you...the guy who works there...that says it all.

what could you do anyway? "hey boss so would you plz uninstall that Ellacoya thingy? I have no clue what it is, but please!" haha...cute.

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If you were getting files from me, then that would be my ISP (www.shaw.ca) here in Canada. It has been mentioned in previous posts that some ISP's are choosing to use packet sniffing software, possibly like http://www.ellacoya.com to control bandwidth. Downloading music in Canada is legal. Uploading.... has become the sticking point.

That said, you may not have been getting files specifically from me but possibly some other poor wage slave that uses Shaw or some other ISP that's controlling their bandwidth.

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Rogers Cable, like other cable companies, has in fact been implementing something it calls "traffic shaping," a technology that gives priority to certain on-line activities (such as e-mail, browsing, voice communication) and putting the brakes on other less time-sensitive stuff, such as swapping music files...

there ya have it...links above.

wisdom will come when you have eyes and ears ya know...

rawb · #78 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

OH MAN ALL THE HIGH BANDWIDTH, HUGH MAINTENANCE SLSK USERS THAT SHAW MAKES NO MONEY ON ARE GOING TO MOVE TO TELUS

FeelGood · #79 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

i love my fast download speeds and my subpar upload speeds just fine.

thanks for leaving the shaw network, now there is more bandwidth for me.

ppcock · #80 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

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Originally Posted by rawb

OH MAN ALL THE HIGH BANDWIDTH, HUGH MAINTENANCE SLSK USERS THAT SHAW MAKES NO MONEY ON ARE GOING TO MOVE TO TELUS

i hope she doesnt mind moving closer to the central hub to get better speeds.

#81 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

Lots of paranoia in this thread. If an ISP is going to be offering real-time services such as VOIP, obviously they're going to need some sort of qos mechanisms in place. My uploads are fine, and I don't think they're using it to curb filesharing... but even if they are, I could understand it. Bittorrent alone accounts for something like 35% of the Internet's total traffic.

Maybe your friend should dish out an extra $10/month (half the price of your standard CD at HMV) for shaw Extreme so that he/she can download music faster.

Lee · #82 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

Marty why are my speeds around 4.5Mbps @ 2pm then only 1.5Mbps at 4pm

rawb · #83 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

WHEN PEOPLE TALK IN MEGABITS PER SECOND IT JUST MAKES ME ALL WARM INSIDE

Lee · #84 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

8 bits makes 1 byte

I even made sure i didnt capitalize the B, cause I sure as hell dont get 4.5MBps

rawb · #85 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

I KNOW LEE
I JUST WANTED TO SAY YOU ARE GREAT

Lee · #86 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

Well in that case, I need to go have a shower and eat breakfast

I would also like to point out im getting 1.5Mbps atm, again

Silverwinged · #87 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

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Originally Posted by ppcock

i hope she doesnt mind moving closer to the central hub to get better speeds.

once again marty, that has noooothing to do with it.

rawb · #88 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

ADSL UTILIZES THE FREQUENCIES ON A TELEPHONE WIRE ABOVE HUMAN HEARING, THESE FREQUENCIES DEGRADE OVER DISTANCE AND STOP BEING RELIABLE AFTER ABOUT 5 KM

Silverwinged · #89 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

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Originally Posted by rawb

ADSL UTILIZES THE FREQUENCIES ON A TELEPHONE WIRE ABOVE HUMAN HEARING, THESE FREQUENCIES DEGRADE OVER DISTANCE AND STOP BEING RELIABLE AFTER ABOUT 5 KM

stop being reliable after 5-7km* from the CO (central office)
ERA channels solve this issue, as these channels are NOT CO based and can carry the symetric loop signal over a far longer distance.

rawb · #90 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

IM LOOKING FOR INFO ON ERA CHANNELS AND I AM NOT FINDING ANY

Silverwinged · #91 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

ERA Channels= Extended Reach Area Channel

Channels are located in fibre optic-fed buildings or certain service switches.

These allow the ADSL signal to travel further than 1600 ohms.
So really, you can be QUITE far away from anything before you start to experience slower speeds.
People in tumbler ridge are getting 6.0! Theres no way in hell we have a CO out there.

but really, its brand loyalty and who you like.

rawb · #92 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

IS THIS NAME SOMETHING TELUS MADE UP BECAUSE TO ME IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE A FANCY WORD FOR A REPEATER

ppcock · #93 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

hahahahahahaha

now that im out of the post.. this is good.

#94 (**permalink**) Jan 10, 07

people still live in tumbler ridge??

anewlife · #95 (**permalink**) Jan 12, 07

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Originally Posted by ppcock

shaw doesnt shape.

liar!

read and learn:

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/56419
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=72770

anewlife · #96 (**permalink**) Jan 12, 07

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Originally Posted by Junglist

Lots of paranoia in this thread.

paranoia? I'm afraid it's real, dude.

and you not wanting to see it doesn't make it any less real..

mekim · #97 (**permalink**) Jan 12, 07

i can't believe high-bandwidth users waste time complaining about it. not gonna be getting sympathy from anyone with half a brain. go use another ISP.

Gusto · #98 (**permalink**) Jan 12, 07

what large isp wouldn't use traffic shaping? it only makes sense that you'd want that kind of control.

FeelGood · #99 (**permalink**) Jan 12, 07

how come when i tried getting telus i was beyond the 5km radius and they wouldn't even let me sign up.

#**100** (**permalink**) Jan 12, 07

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Originally Posted by stokedfish

paranoia? I'm afraid it's real, dude.

and you not wanting to see it doesn't make it any less real..

Did you get that line from the Matrix?