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The drop in Manny54321's download speed (from 30-50 kps to 0-3 kps) seems to indicate that his ISP is now using traffic shaping techniques to cut down on P2P traffic.

Asking ISPs if they use "traffic shaping" does not always work because, especially here in the UK, they don't like to admit it and/or don't pass on the information to their front line (non-technical help desk) staff.

Mind you, with a name like "True" you would expect them to be truthful.



UK Bob

lol. The name is deceptive, also an odd name for a router.

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Yes, i live in thailand.... sad to know the stupid Thaksin prime minister sold the line to singapore. That's just depressing!
True is a internet provider, and their website is here. Just in case you guys were snickering at the name..... haha.
What's P2P anyway? i see it everywhere....

P2P is short for Peer 2 Peer eg: file sharing.... It's becomming more common that ISP's will filter or shape p2p/file shareing apps like limewire either to conserve bandwidth or to try to control the sharing of copyrighted material.

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Ok, thanks for the info.
But consider this too.
My connection speed dropped massively, but my classmates' didn't. Not one of them!!! Furthermore, they use the same ISP company as I do!

Try deleting the limewire preferences folder(while LW is closed) point 2 & 3. Fixes for Limewire when LW isn't operating as it should!

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Where's that? Where's the limewire preferences folder????