Does Be Traffic Shape

Zee · 12-10-2006, 21:13

I'm really thinking of switching to Be in Jan 07 because of NTL's poor service - but what i'd like to know if, do Be There traffic shape, and do they block any ports, or throttle P2P in any way, i didn't see anything about P2P or traffic shaping on their FAQ.

Wicked_and_Crazy · 12-10-2006, 21:20

why do you need to P2P so much?

Zee · 12-10-2006, 21:56

Thats not the question, i dont P2P so much at all.

But when i do P2P i dont want to have to be downloading at 50KB/s for a file which is over 1GB like on NTL its annoying.

Wicked_and_Crazy · 12-10-2006, 22:00

if you dont P2P often the traffic shapping shouldnt affect you often

SnoopZ · 12-10-2006, 23:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zee

Thats not the question, i dont P2P so much at all.

But when i do P2P i dont want to have to be downloading at 50KB/s for a file which is over 1GB like on NTL its annoying.

Never P2P, use newsgroups.

Zee · 13-10-2006, 00:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy

if you dont P2P often the traffic shapping shouldnt affect you often

Thanks for your help

Anyway, as i said, if i download a file which is 1GB or 4GB once a month, it will take HOURS or days even to download due to traffic shaping (As seen on ntl:Telewest)

So i guess Wicked And Crazy, you don't know the answer so please kindly quit posting your smart comments

jrhnewark · 13-10-2006, 00:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

Never P2P, use newsgroups.

You can't get all that you get on UKNova on newsgroups.

Anyway, sorry OP, I don't know.

Central · 13-10-2006, 15:23

Why not ask on the Be forums?

SnoopZ · 13-10-2006, 17:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrhnewark

You can't get all that you get on UKNova on newsgroups.

Anyway, sorry OP, I don't know.

My point being was you don't have to share and noone other than newshosting sees my ip.

Just a shame you have to pay a small some on NTL for it as their servers don't carry what i want.

Delta Whiskey · 14-10-2006, 14:54

Most ISP's traffic shape even if they don't admit to it. Try scheduling your downloads for overnight or during the day and avoid the busy times (5pm to midnight).

DW

Chrysalis · 14-10-2006, 20:04

BE arent known to traffic shape but it doesnt mean they never will. They are full LLU and dont use ipstream meaning their lower costs means they are more able to not shape traffic.

Zee · 14-10-2006, 23:50

Yes, i got an email back from the, they said they don't traffic shape, or block ports and they are not planning anything like this in the near future.

**Rob** · 20-10-2006, 11:13

There has been some silliness behind the scenes over this thread. Members are reminded not to get personal with their comments.

As for the crux of this thread, please remember that traffic shaping may not be the only reason for poor download speeds. P2P depends heavily onthe capacity of bandwidth allocated by the uploading servers. If that bandwidth is low - and most uploaders will throttle their speeds quite heavily so as not to saturate their connections, downloads will take time, especially for the GB sized files. Days would not be uncommon.