Sudden network change !?

[anastasis14]

The last days I have been using μtorrent to try out some games in order to buy them on my new pc. I have been downloading with around 1010~ KB/s steady speed, until the night of the 1st when all of a sudden the speed fell to 300KB/s. I don't think it is a seed problem, there are many of them and almost no peers. Additionally, browsing on my computer slowed down noticeably, as well as at the other devices connected to the internet in the house. Is it from the ISP's side or did I accidentally do anything?

[H4X3R]

The last days I have been using μtorrent to try out some games in order to buy them on my new pc. I have been downloading with around 1010~ KB/s steady speed, until the night of the 1st when all of a sudden the speed fell to 300KB/s. I don't think it is a seed problem, there are many of them and almost no peers. Additionally, browsing on my computer slowed down noticeably, as well as at the other devices connected to the internet in the house. Is it from the ISP's side or did I accidentally do anything?

Most likely the ISP (just check if you are using a VPN, keeps happening to me and i wonder why my internet is so slow)

[CCap]

Well, if your ISP knows that you are torrenting things, they'll likely throttle your connection. 

 

It happens a lot, actually. A while ago I got flagged by verizon for using a large number of torrents, haven't seen the same speeds since. Now I use a VPN though, so according to them it looks like I stopped, and eventually when they stop throttling my connection I should get better speeds, even with the VPN. 

[anastasis14]

Well, if your ISP knows that you are torrenting things, they'll likely throttle your connection. 

 

It happens a lot, actually. A while ago I got flagged by verizon for using a large number of torrents, haven't seen the same speeds since. Now I use a VPN though, so according to them it looks like I stopped, and eventually when they stop throttling my connection I should get better speeds, even with the VPN. 

 

 

Most likely the ISP (just check if you are using a VPN, keeps happening to me and i wonder why my internet is so slow)

 

An important thing I forgot to mention; my speedtest down and up speeds remain the same. Could the ISP slow me down only when using torrents?

[CCap]

An important thing I forgot to mention; my speedtest down and up speeds remain the same. Could the ISP slow me down only when using torrents?

Yes, that is very possible unfortunately. (Although I must say that it could just be that the seeders have a terrible upload speed, and there might be a few peers every now and again.. You never know)

 

This is why Net Neutrality is such a big deal. If net neutralilty doesn't become a thing very soon, I'm afraid that companies like Comcast/TWC will eventually charge extra for unthrottled connections to things like Netflix and Youtube, and not just throttle things like torrents.

[HullZ]

Well, if your ISP knows that you are torrenting things, they'll likely throttle your connection. 

 

It happens a lot, actually. A while ago I got flagged by verizon for using a large number of torrents, haven't seen the same speeds since. Now I use a VPN though, so according to them it looks like I stopped, and eventually when they stop throttling my connection I should get better speeds, even with the VPN. 

I think they might just go: oh hes downloading shitloads of stuff, probably torrenting. Because there shouldnt be deep packet inspection going on so they should not be able to identify your traffic. I might be wrong though.

 

An important thing I forgot to mention; my speedtest down and up speeds remain the same. Could the ISP slow me down only when using torrents?

I read about something lately where someone said that the providers would detect if you do a speedtest and give you maximum speed on their connections while it runs. Afterwards its normal again right away. So that might also be a thing here.