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Welshchris
17-07-2008, 04:14
Since last weekend speed on my FTP downloads and also Peer to Peer inc BBC Iplayer has been appauling, Im lucky to get 6kb/s.

On normal net downloads from sites speed is fine.
watzizname
17-07-2008, 05:04
Hmm.. I know VM throttle certain ports, but i've not heard of them blocking them.
What's your client & what ports are you using?
You could try (if you're not already) dynamic / private ports: 49152 - 65535
I do & i've not noticed any problems with speeds, aside from the tight arses who refuse to seed, but thats hardly headline news eh lol ;)
Toto
17-07-2008, 06:12
Your title is confusing Welshchris, if VM were blocking ports, you'd get zero traffic on certain protocols.
Richy99
17-07-2008, 11:04
throttling might be more apt if they are actually doing that
Graham M
17-07-2008, 11:06
I've amended the title to lower the confusion level a bit ;)
Richy99
17-07-2008, 11:14
also hasnt been confirmed they are so maybe it needs amending to say possible aswell? or am i being a bit too picky? :D
Graham M
17-07-2008, 11:19
better? ;)
Welshchris
17-07-2008, 13:32
well its not only on P2P clients its happening, its happening on Things like BBC Iplayer which i know uses P2P.
altis
17-07-2008, 13:50
To lower the confusion level a bit more...

NTL have, for years, blocked some ports to help stop the spread of worms. Details here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/11/ntl_port_blocking_plan/

I imagine VM still do the same.
xspeedyx
17-07-2008, 13:53
Yeah I have heard that NTL do that and they annouced over a year ago that they was blocking more and more ports due to virus's spreading

Chris have you tryed using the connections without ur firewall or tryed different ports
The SicKest V
17-07-2008, 14:01
NO Don't Be a Fool
Welshchris
17-07-2008, 15:30
Yeah I have heard that NTL do that and they annouced over a year ago that they was blocking more and more ports due to virus's spreading

Chris have you tryed using the connections without ur firewall or tryed different ports

yep, tried lowering firewall and even changing the firewall i use.

---------- Post added at 15:30 ---------- Previous post was at 15:30 ----------

NO Don't Be a Fool

Dont u have anything better to do, ill email ur mum tell her uve been watching Adult material.
Graham M
17-07-2008, 15:38
Let's leave it there please ;)
Welshchris
17-07-2008, 22:37
Sorry i just had to get that in LOL
AbyssUnderground
18-07-2008, 01:33
Sorry i just had to get that in LOL

Well if we're "getting things in" I'd like to throw in that the random capitalisation of his words is grammatically incorrect :D

However in response to the topic at hand, VM don't care what you do with your connection and your personal habbits are your own, UNTIL it becomes out of hand and puts someone in danger or has another cause for concern.

There can never be separate itemised billing on broadband accounts, its just not possible like the old days of dial up when you had premium rate dialers gaining its way into your PC and costing you £3/min to look at naughty pictures :D
Welshchris
18-07-2008, 02:59
Well if we're "getting things in" I'd like to throw in that the random capitalisation of his words is grammatically incorrect :D

However in response to the topic at hand, VM don't care what you do with your connection and your personal habbits are your own, UNTIL it becomes out of hand and puts someone in danger or has another cause for concern.

There can never be separate itemised billing on broadband accounts, its just not possible like the old days of dial up when you had premium rate dialers gaining its way into your PC and costing you £3/min to look at naughty pictures :D

i wouldnt have said my personal use is out of hand when it comes to my connection. Downloading anywhere between 6 - 20GB a month usually, the max ive downloaded in 1 month over the past 6 month is 32.4GB.

I wouldnt have said thats out of hand
xspeedyx
18-07-2008, 13:53
not all really as Talk Talk offer free broadband with a 40GB cap
Welshchris
18-07-2008, 23:33
same as AOL
AbyssUnderground
19-07-2008, 02:49
i wouldnt have said my personal use is out of hand when it comes to my connection. Downloading anywhere between 6 - 20GB a month usually, the max ive downloaded in 1 month over the past 6 month is 32.4GB.

I wouldnt have said thats out of hand


I actually posted that reply in the wrong topic, but meh ;) The other topic got locked anyway so I'm not too fussed.

BTW 1000th post :)