limewire uploads restricted by ISP maybe??
 

I have written to this forum a number of times and still have not got a satisfactory answer to why:
I can download all I want but any one who wishes access to my library gets their transfer interruped.. Why ?

I have the regular firewalls up nothjing special. .I use the Shaw cable modem and highspeed.., and my virus-firwall settings are with
Shaw Secure which use the F secure program.
I will paste a .jpg to show picture of problem..[IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...nterrupted.jpg[/IMG]

help ?? !!

As you know, we can't get your ISP to remove their upload filters.

I had to sign up with a competitor to show my ISP that their filters were interrupting my uploads, just like yours.

Thanks to the head of help desk, the internet admins worked out a way to put my cable modem on an unfiltered line, so I stayed with them rather than switch to the competition.

Try signing up with the competition (many offer a free 2 month trial), and see if that helps.

If you want to know *how* the ISP's filter the uploads, google for "Sandvine." For *why?*, Google aslo has many articles on "bandwidth shaping."

Well I wrote a letter to my Shaw provider outlining my situation here with them and got this answer back: ( so it looks like I am back at square one..)

Shaw does not filter any data that is being uploaded. We don't pose
restrictions other than the total bandwidth used per month. As it stands
the limit is set at 60 Gigabytes/month for uploading and downloading
combined and you are well below this limit. Rest assured we are not
limiting your uploads.

There are numerous variables involved with connection issues. Please
note that the people trying to take data from your computer subscribe to
different ISP's. As Shaw does not control other provider's servers we
can't really properly diagnose since Shaw can only administer to its own
servers.

We can tell you that recent tests to your modem connection all passed
with flying colors therefore indicates no problems at Shaw end. What
this tells us is that the outside people trying to take data from your
computer are experiencing problems at their ISP level or are
encountering congestion somewhere along the route to get to your
computer. It is they that will have to notify their providers if their
connection keeps disconnecting.

Emmanuel
Shaw Internet Vancouver Help

well--that's pretty clear. Looks like all those reports of Shaw in BC throttling are getting dated.

I see you also checked out bbr http://www.dslreports.com/forum/shaw and it looks like Telus is the competition there.

Is Telus offering a free trial this summer? That could confirm the letter's claims.

(did you check your PM's?)

ttodd, go to Google & search for Ellacoya. They provide a kind of traffic shaping technology (think it's called Deep Packet Inspection?) which Shaw are using:(

yes--that was last year. The Shaw letter is much more recent. Hope the help desk is in the loop and are correct.

The ISP's help desk doesn't always know what the internet admins are doing: the help desk at my ISP were about to even try replacing the underground cable before we finally tracked an upload problem to some experimental bandwidth throttling software/hardware the admins had been trying. http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...light=sandvine
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=21380 was fun to review too while I looked for the name of the other bandwidth controls: Google CISCO NBAR ;)

Yes it was... I was looking at the date on the sponsored ad next to the forum article:o