broadband: throttling and international speeds on Vodafone?

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kaczor47

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#31744 29-Mar-2009 11:11

I am currently shopping around for a broadband provider (currently with xnet... don't get me started). My main concern is international bandwidth, and torret speeds at peaktime (5-11pm).

So specific quesitons would be:

- what sort of speeds are folks getting at peaktime?
- does vodafone throttle torrents (again, peaktime)?

(I am in Wellington, and considering the Ultimate Pack (FS/FS))

thanks in advance!

VFNZPaulBrislen

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#204027 29-Mar-2009 18:49

Vodafone doesn't throttle fixed line broadband plans.

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Paul

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Ragnor

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#204093 29-Mar-2009 23:45

That depends on your definition of "throttle" obviously there is some traffic management in place because no ISP can afford to provision their international bandwidth at 1:1 with their: number of users * average sync speed.

Getting a few Vodafone ADSL users to run http://www.measurementlab.net/measurement-lab-tools might be useful.

Any volunteers?

kaczor47

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#204286 30-Mar-2009 19:46

thank you for your replies

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#204794 1-Apr-2009 21:11

there isnt any torrent throttling but speeds can be very bad

Item     Downstream     Upstream     Unit
SNR Margin

10

13

dB
Line Attenuation

53

29

dB
Data Rate

3104

864

kbps

[IMG]https://www.speedtest.net/result/442116085.png[/IMG]
[IMG]https://www.speedtest.net/result/437571066.png[/IMG]

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mikal

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#204809 1-Apr-2009 22:09

I can consistently get the speeds my router is capable of either bit-torrent or rapidshare.

Downtown Auckland
Red Network - Ultimate Pack (FS/FS)

http://rapidshare.com/files/216069441/Picture_1.png - Router config
http://rapidshare.com/files/216070048/Picture_3.png - Bit-Torrent results
https://www.speedtest.net/result/442143524.png
https://www.speedtest.net/result/442144080.png

kaczor47

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#204810 1-Apr-2009 22:16

Mikal,

how about running the speedtests at 6pm? 9am is always fast for me with xnet.

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mikal

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#204975 2-Apr-2009 19:10

https://www.speedtest.net/result/442906549.png
https://www.speedtest.net/result/442906987.png
Not 6 but 7 close enough?

kaczor47

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#204980 2-Apr-2009 19:26

Thanks!
I just want to make sure before commiting to a 12 month term.