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    From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to All on Fri Apr 23 13:28:18 2021
    When first I got my fiber installed, I was of course interested in what speed I could expect from around the world. The first attempts by nice takers were not very encouraging. Probably because it was made via HTTP.

    But recently I've discovered really, really impressing speeds from various countries like Australia, Canada, China and Brazil, but this with the bittorrent protocol. So maybe the "standard" HTTP protocol is deliberately limited by the ISPs?

    Can those of you who have a bittorrent client properly installed please try this out (you may have to cut&paste it into your browser URL bar):

    magnet:?xt=urn:btih:FCAEB3550A0C536CF9E4F052D2C6FF1A4BCF3F02

    It should result in a 340MB collection of classical music.

    I would appreciate any results from anywhere in the world, but the more distant from Sweden the better. <3



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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Tony Langdon on Sun Apr 25 02:19:38 2021
    That means that while your traffic is still competing with the rest of the world for bandwidth, it's doing so in parallel, across dozens of different paths.

    That is true. But I can also see what speed the individual peers have in total as well as from my system specifically. I can also, usually, see what country they are from:

    http://eljaco.se/bt.jpg




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  • From Alexander Grotewohl@1:120/616 to Tony Langdon on Sat Apr 24 21:32:36 2021
    On 25 Apr 2021, Tony Langdon said the following...

    with the bittorrent protocol. So maybe the "standard" HTTP protocol i deliberately limited by the ISPs?

    No, I think the exolanation is simpler and doesn't need a conspiracy theory to explain. :) HTTP sends all its data between two hosts, which

    it's very much standard practice to rate-limit an httpd.. but they picked the wrong "evil doer" :) individual sites can do this based on expected payload (a website) and load time. or to keep bandwidth costs in check. i could deliver a gigabit continuous transfer to anywhere in the world with fast enough internet to receive it.. but i wouldn't be smart doing so. especially not to the general public.

    not trying to say anything you've said is wrong.. just expanding on it. there are decent reasons to make the internet artificially "slow."
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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Nigel Reed on Mon Apr 26 08:08:10 2021
    You sure that's right?

    Yes, I'm sure. Tested by several people already.



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