Has anyone noticed roadrunner capping download speeds lately? I have been d/l'ing some stuff via usenet using a non-RR newshost and my speeds are like half of what they normally are. Normally I would be seeing somewhere around 7.2 - 7.4Mbps and now I rarely go above 4.5Mbps. Ran reverse traceroutes to the newshost and they were fine (less than 10ms). Everything has been rebooted (modem, router, comp). I have run a few different speed tests online and they are all showing my d/l and u/l speeds as being what they should be with RR Turbo.

So what's the deal? Is RR capping certain ports? If so, what can I do about this?

(and to head off the high and mighty, I am not downloading illegal stuff, so save the sermon.)

8/4/2007 8:56:28 AM

Perhaps the result of TWCs new Packet Shaping campaing?

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18468495-TWC-TW-Officially-Announces-Packet-Shaping-for-All-RR-Users

8/4/2007 10:34:29 AM

1) You are using a shared connection

2) Latency to your news server is not related to your throughput

3) stop downloading so much porn

8/4/2007 11:36:42 AM

wow, you got me. It must be all the porn.

Maybe I should spend more time downloading pictures of race cars.

8/4/2007 12:59:31 PM

latency definately isn't the issue.

i'm on a timewarner business class and my 3rd party newshost gives me 10mbps down, 1mbps up

8/4/2007 7:33:48 PM