Re: [Staffslug] Traffic shaping - anybody knowledgable on this?
On 14 April 2011 12:24, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I ask this because apparently Virgin Media customers find it
increasingly difficult to access any peer to peer functions or
newsgroups (Usenet) after 5pm due to traffic shaping on the part of
virgin Media. I am not a Virgin Media customer I'm with O2 but I
would like opinions on this one please :-) No, not on being an O2
cutomer either as I'm quite happy with them.
I have no issues accessing my Usenet connection after 5pm. I use SSL
to encrypt my traffic and I guess that could be why. VM might see SSL
as a core service and wont restrict it.. Most providers these days
allow you to encrypt the traffic, but it comes at a cost. The other
would be to use a VPN client connection and push the traffic down
that..
Restriction takes place to safeguard the service and naturally ensure
that everyone can benefit from the service that they are paying for.
If your unable to do this and feel that the restrictions are breaking
visiting websites, then install a caching server. Something like
Smoothwall :)