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gopal_tejas

Hi i m tejas using hathway i hve got this kind a problem with hathway which u all might think a bit stupid.
but here i go i hve 256kbps unlimited download connection i can browse websites and download at only 4 to 7kbps but when i m using torrents to download i get around 18 to 25kbps can anyone tell me tht any one else is also facing this kind a problem and one more thing when ever i call them they tell me tht ur 256kbps gets divided while multiple downloads but in my case the speed of 7 kbps gets divided andi get 3.5-3 kbps while multiple downloads this is when i m downloading 2 files simultaneously any help frm experts will be helpful

Admin

have you tried using a download accelerator ?

as you said your speeds when using torrents is fine so i would say there is no problem as far as the network is concerned, It may be that the server you downloading from might be slow. The total download speed is a collective result of the server uploading speed and your download speed so either of them can bottleneck it.
Try using any download accelerator and you will be fine.

gopal_tejas

ya i hve tried download accelerators but recently they are giving me around 10 to 15 kbps but wat about browsing i am getting everything its too slow it takes too much time too load ny ways thnxs but i just want to ask anyone else is facing this kind of problems

Dante

are u on a proxy server?
may be u must have configured ur browser to use a Proxy Server?

they can slow down ur speeds...

ReVan

Hello friend,

The very reason I've joined this forum is to expose Hathway's devious schemes and policies.

Im aware of every single truth and insider Truth than anyone on the forum or in India knows them that well.

The plan you are on is a absolutely "fool-ur-customer" plan... Im a CCIE, for most of you who do not know what CCIE is, this is the highest form of Networking Certification anyone can achieve. It's as good a doing your Ph.D in Computer Networking.. anyways, coming to the point...

Your Freeway 256kbps Unlimited plan will never ever give you the speeds they promise, because the truth is that all the important Ports have been firewalled or blocked from their end - so regardless of whichever Internet Speed Boosting softwares or registry tweaks you may apply, you will always get crappy speeds.
Don't even think of using Bittorrent your never gonna get good speeds.

Hathway are such B****** they completely deny this fact and even if you ask them they will tell you that what you heard was wrong... their engineers can't mess with me because they know my educational background. The worst part is these arseholes have blocked the ports so badly that even your web surfing is affected.

Dante

^^^^ so is it possible to change the ports which ur browser uses....

coz ofcourse they cant block all ports....

ReVan

They have blocked a.k.a firewalled ports 49152 upto 65534. This is the port range used by your most 3rd party P2P and other applications.

Web Browsing (HTTP) uses: Port 80
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) uses: Port 21
E-mail POP3 SMTP uses: 25

No ISP will ever firewall the above ports.

You cannot do anything from your PC to bypass the firewall since it has been done from their end.

Admin

I will soon start a small free service for our members and you can use it to request any files to be downloaded to a remote server and then you get a download link and you can download from my server.

What I plan is that we can rent a small server with may be a 120 gb harddrive and with unlimited bandwidth with a 10mbps pipe plugged into it which is not bad atall if only 50-100 people use it assuming that not every one is going to download at the same time.

does this make any sense or am i dreaming too much lately?

ReVan

It is possible.
First download and apply the Links and Download Manager vB addon and speaking of a Good Hosting, try inmotionhosting.com they have cheap dedicated server packages and are rated as Top #3 in Linux Hosting on the web.

Coming towards the point of "Unlimited Bandwidth" this is a very tricky term used by all Hosting providers. There is no such thing as "Unlimited Bandwidth" they presume that a site (depending on its content) is going to use xyz bandwidth per month so they give you 1000GB of data transfer, normally sites dont exceed this limit, unless your a very very busy site. Though they give you unlimited bandwidth, but as soon as your site generates extreme traffic, exceeding the limit, they will contact you to upgrade your plan... mark my words.

Admin

I have had dedicated servers in the past and when you get unlimited bandwidth it comes wiht a resctriction like you can get 1mbps connection or 2 or 5 mbps or 10 mbps connection and that is truely unlimited and the only limit that applies is the amount of data a 10mbps pipe can transfer in a month.

so if you get a 100mbps link with a box with good config you got nothign to worry about but that comes with a price.