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bvar22

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12. It can be more than just your "tubes" getting all clogged up.

Wed May 14, 2014, 05:08 PM

May 2014

Some Service Providers deliberately slow down your connection speed.
They call it "throttling" and use it to demand more money for faster service and larger capacity larger capacity,
or to provide more bandwidth to Preferred customers.

Bandwidth Throttling
Bandwidth throttling is the intentional slowing of internet service by an internet service provider. It is a reactive measure employed in communication networks in an apparent attempt to regulate network traffic and minimize bandwidth congestion. Bandwidth throttling can occur at different locations on the network. On a local area network (LAN), a sysadmin may employ bandwidth throttling to help limit network congestion and server crashes. On a broader level, the internet service provider may use bandwidth throttling to help reduce a user's usage of bandwidth that is supplied to the local network.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_throttling

How to Test if Your ISP is Throttling Your Internet Connection
http://www.howtogeek.com/165481/how-to-test-if-your-isp-is-throttling-your-internet-connection/

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Yes, Your Internet Is Getting Slower [View all] grahamhgreen May 2014 OP

Frontier SamKnause May 2014 #1

and now you know why.... call them up and read them the article or send it to them, lol! grahamhgreen May 2014 #2

To recognize the amount of this that happens... Shandris May 2014 #3

I have never had either one of those things happen. SamKnause May 2014 #8

I'm sorry Sam, I may not have been clear. Shandris May 2014 #9

Another disgruntled Frontier customer here. dixiegrrrrl May 2014 #5

I feel your pain. SamKnause May 2014 #7

yes, the free market. ejpoeta May 2014 #10

Calling google fiber... Fearless May 2014 #4

Google fiber Seedersandleechers May 2014 #20

Verizon used to tell us we were too far from the transmission point LiberalEsto May 2014 #6

The United States should be friggin' embarrassed by how backwards and behind the times its internet quinnox May 2014 #11

Except, the U.s. isn't embarrassed by how behind-the-times its healthcare or transportation grid are villager May 2014 #27

Other countries are faster and cheaper: grahamhgreen May 2014 #34

It can be more than just your "tubes" getting all clogged up. bvar22 May 2014 #12

I pay for a higher speed of FiOS and one I leave Verizon's network, the log jams occur. TheBlackAdder May 2014 #13

But DU is always super fast! frazzled May 2014 #14

Unless you are a CenturyLink customer... Thor_MN May 2014 #19

Wow! I can vouch for major problems getting onto DU since last Friday until Monday when Cha May 2014 #23

Who are you paying for your internet connection? Thor_MN May 2014 #25

I'm wifi in this studio.. I think they have TimeWarner, though. That's big on Kaua'i.. Cha May 2014 #26

Probably something happened with CenturyLink's DNS sweetloukillbot May 2014 #31

No, it wasn't CentruryLink's DNS Thor_MN May 2014 #36

... OilemFirchen May 2014 #15

Outrageously Cha May 2014 #24

some time ago the head of i think fronteir--some lady --was quoted saying she did not see the need dembotoz May 2014 #16

I don't think the cable companies anticipated how much streaming would take off sweetloukillbot May 2014 #30

Welcome to Deregulation - Bitches FreakinDJ May 2014 #17

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2014 #18

k&r Duppers May 2014 #21

interesting. kick Liberal_in_LA May 2014 #22

Excellent take on a complicated issue. pa28 May 2014 #28

... handmade34 May 2014 #29

The government needs to take over the Internet emsimon33 May 2014 #32

Should be the new Postal Service grahamhgreen May 2014 #33

And of course we seem to be headed the other way n2doc May 2014 #35