On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:34 PM, Mark Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Indeed ISPs don't care about port numbers (and why should they?). They > inspect packets and throttle bandwidth hoggers (this is termed packet > shaping). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_shaping >
This would be why my ISP at one point were throttling IM (that is, Jabber), SSH and telnet? :) Jabber was not on their whitelist, SSH was encrypted and therefore couldn't be whitelisted through inspection (and yes, this actually prevented large web pages loading over HTTPS), telnet the same. When I say throttling, they actually ensured that the connection died after X amount of data was transferred. Thankfully they just do normal limiting now, and my speed drops for all ports and protocols during popular hours. > I'm glad they do this because that means that most people's primary use of > the internet is not affected (email, web) by bandwidth hoggers downloading > gigs on bittorrent. As the years go by and pipes get fatter, hopefully one > day this will be a thing of the past. > I can't say I'm glad, since I don't use BitTorrent and the likes, and I still got punished. Who decides what is a priority and what is not? I don't believe you can judge that just from the protocols. (Ironically during the time mentioned above I was able to download Linux ISOs at full speed over HTTP). Matthew. PS. I just realised that ISPs aren't the original topic of this thread, and I do want to contribute to the original topic :) I always do a fresh install, preserving my home directory (which is on a separate partition). Installation takes no time, and I have all my documents and settings as before. The only thing to do is reinstall applications as and when I find I want them. It's a nice excuse for a fresh start every 6 months :) I also like the Hardy wallpaper... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
