Detecting ISP Traffic Rate-Limiting (CAP)

[lomotel]

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found this great tool in detecting the rate CAP imposed by your local ISP.

DiffProbe Shaper Module: Detecting ISP Traffic Rate-Limiting

The goal of DiffProbe is to detect if an ISP is classifying certain kinds of traffic as "low priority", providing different levels of service for them. DiffProbe actively (and non-intrusively) probes the network path and tries to diagnose the nature and extent of traffic discrimination. This page presents a module of DiffProbe, called ShaperProbe. ShaperProbe tries to answer the question:
Is the ISP shaping my traffic? In other words, is my "connection speed" dropped automatically to a low rate after some time?
We detect traffic shaping, which means that the customer gets a large rate for a certain number of bytes, and then the rate is dropped automatically to a lower value. If a user gets rate limited for certain time periods, he/she can detect that observing the capacity estimates given by ShaperProbe.

[Chipmunk888]

on the other hand, you can determine the limit of your network by simply using the sync of their modem's monitoring gui.

[netcommando]

on the other hand, you can determine the limit of your network by simply using the sync of their modem's monitoring gui.

in the nearest future, all ports are to be configured to open bandwidth, means no caps on modem to access node. intelligent broadband access servers will do the bandwidth shaping depending on the subscribed internet plan. there will be an internal communication between these servers to the telco database. option82 feature plays a major rule w/ cisco's isg and huawei's dsg. This will only apply to dynamic subscription,
while pppoe are capped to the profile based on their username and password.

[tearz777]

let me try this tool

[Chipmunk888]

in the nearest future, all ports are to be configured to open bandwidth, means no caps on modem to access node. intelligent broadband access servers will do the bandwidth shaping depending on the subscribed internet plan. there will be an internal communication between these servers to the telco database. option82 feature plays a major rule w/ cisco's isg and huawei's dsg. This will only apply to dynamic subscription,
while pppoe are capped to the profile based on their username and password.

more security. centralized administrative system.

[Xzibit]

Thanks...

[dupe101]

i could say sun broadband wireless is capping their connection upon reaching 500MB of bandwidth usage to 256kbps they used to have an effective rate of 2mbps before cap ...

[L1Technician]

on the other hand, you can determine the limit of your network by simply using the sync of their modem's monitoring gui.

I doubt, not always true.

[L1Technician]

Akong nahibal-an kay wi-tribe naay cap.