Remove ISP speed limit.

[TommyTwommy]

So I have the maximum speed my ISP offers. But my line quality is real good cuz I'm like 100 meters from my ISP. And I can have a 20% faster internet than I can. I know that because a guy who works at my ISP told me my line speed is around 65 mbps.. but I'm limited to ISPs 50 mbps. Also on speedtests my internet speed jumps to 60ish mbps but quickly goes down to 52-53. Anyways I was wondering if there's a legal way of removing this limit. Since I don't see a point of liming my internet speed when I have the best option my ISP offers and I can have higher speed so why not.

[tt2468]

1 minute ago, berny22 said:

So I have the maximum speed my ISP offers. But my line quality is real good cuz I'm like 100 meters from my ISP. And I can have a 20% faster internet than I can. I know that because a guy who works at my ISP told me my line speed is around 65 mbps.. but I'm limited to ISPs 50 mbps. Also on speedtests my internet speed jumps to 60ish mbps but quickly goes down to 52-53. Anyways I was wondering if there's a legal way of removing this limit. Since I don't see a point of liming my internet speed when I have the best option my ISP offers and I can have higher speed so why not.

Nope

[daniellearmouth]

What speed are you actually paying for?

 

Also bear in mind speeds are limited to that extent for a vast number of reasons.
You won't be able to just get more bandwidth unless you somehow ended up paying for a better service that they don't even provide.

[TommyTwommy]

12 minutes ago, daniellearmouth said:

What speed are you actually paying for?

 

Also bear in mind speeds are limited to that extent for a vast number of reasons.
You won't be able to just get more bandwidth unless you somehow ended up paying for a better service that they don't even provide.

I'm paying for 50/10 DL/UL. But I can get 65/20 DL/UL. I do a lot of torrenting so I'd really use that speed. If I could pay for it I would but my ISP is idiotic and doesn't have that option

 

17 minutes ago, tt2468 said:

Nope

Thanks. Really helped.

[KuJoe]

Get a job working at the ISP, go in after hours when nobody is around and edit your speed limit with somebody else's account. Don't forget to wipe the security camera storage before you leave. Short of that, you might be able to bribe somebody at the ISP but without having direct access to their network you cannot adjust their QOS/network port speeds. All of the throttling is down on their side which you do not have access to legally.

[Lurick]

Short of getting a job there and altering the speed limit yourself or hacking their network and doing it that way, you could buy a business class line. Other than that, you can't, it's pretty simple.

[TommyTwommy]

11 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

Get a job working at the ISP, go in after hours when nobody is around and edit your speed limit with somebody else's account. Don't forget to wipe the security camera storage before you leave. Short of that, you might be able to bribe somebody at the ISP but without having direct access to their network you cannot adjust their QOS/network port speeds. All of the throttling is down on their side which you do not have access to legally.

 

6 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Short of getting a job there and altering the speed limit yourself or hacking their network and doing it that way, you could buy a business class line. Other than that, you can't, it's pretty simple.

Eh I should've known it wasn't legally possible. Well I guess I'll just wait a decade for my ISP to get better speeds.

[KuJoe]

6 minutes ago, berny22 said:

Eh I should've known it wasn't legally possible. Well I guess I'll just wait a decade for my ISP to get better speeds.

It would be much faster if you just got a job there.

[TommyTwommy]

Just now, KuJoe said:

It would be much faster if you just got a job there.

Or to learn how to hack and hack their servers

[KuJoe]

5 minutes ago, berny22 said:

Or to learn how to hack and hack their servers

Yeah, because no internet is better than "slow" internet right?

[redanalog]

11 hours ago, berny22 said:

So I have the maximum speed my ISP offers. But my line quality is real good cuz I'm like 100 meters from my ISP. And I can have a 20% faster internet than I can. I know that because a guy who works at my ISP told me my line speed is around 65 mbps.. but I'm limited to ISPs 50 mbps. Also on speedtests my internet speed jumps to 60ish mbps but quickly goes down to 52-53. Anyways I was wondering if there's a legal way of removing this limit. Since I don't see a point of liming my internet speed when I have the best option my ISP offers and I can have higher speed so why not.

Log onto your router settings page and see what the speed is there

[InVis]

Why is this a thing? Why does people not want to pay for the product they are getting? 

 

If you want more speed - pay for more speed, that is pretty much how the world works and how it should be - if you want something, buy it.

[TommyTwommy]

2 hours ago, InVis said:

Why is this a thing? Why does people not want to pay for the product they are getting? 

 

If you want more speed - pay for more speed, that is pretty much how the world works and how it should be - if you want something, buy it.

Read before you post. I'm paying for the best option my ISP offers. And if they had a better option I would pay for it as well. But since they don't, I was wondering if there are other ways.

[Donut417]

2 hours ago, berny22 said:

Read before you post. I'm paying for the best option my ISP offers. And if they had a better option I would pay for it as well. But since they don't, I was wondering if there are other ways.

Your ISP doesnt offer those speeds. Its just how it is. It could be, they dont have the bandwidth in the area for more than a few to have that speed. Its hard to say. But they are not entitled to give you faster speeds than you pay for. Shit, they aint even required to give you the speeds you pay for. 

[InVis]

14 hours ago, berny22 said:

Read before you post. I'm paying for the best option my ISP offers. And if they had a better option I would pay for it as well. But since they don't, I was wondering if there are other ways.

I did.. But what you were asking or hinting at, was how to circumvent the speedcap your ISP has given you.

There is not a legal way to do that.

 

[ThomasD]

On 7/27/2016 at 8:44 PM, KuJoe said:

It would be much faster if you just got a job there.

Probably quicker and easier to just move to someplace with better internet.