[ale] bittorrent issues with Bellsouth

[Geoffrey]

James Sumners wrote:
> Actually, I had that particular problem a couple years ago when using
> Speedfactory. Switching the modem mostly alleviated the issue. I think
> the modem they supplied was getting overloaded.

Hmm, this modem is only a couple of months old and it's not a cheap one 
either.  integrated wireless and voip.

I hate to think it's the modem.  I've got a spare I'll give a shot and 
see if the problem disappears, thanks.

> 
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>> I've done a bit of research on this issue and apparently there are a
>> number of ISPS that are throttling bandwidth when users are using
>> bittorrent.  Apparently this shows up as a high number of tcp-resets.
>>
>> What I've recently experienced is my connection is actually dropped and
>> I have to power cycle my modem to get the connection back up again.
>>
>> I don't think this is a coincidence as it's happened twice in the past
>> week and only when I had bittorrent running.
>>
>> Anyone else with Bellsouth seen anything like this?
>>
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>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>
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Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin