Dumb Question About Isps

[klikster]

I recently moved to Cha am and have a TT&T like and took Maxnet service. Their bandwidth shaping (apparently) is driving me crazy. My server control panel is essentially useless. I can log in v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y, but trying to select functions within the panel is taking minutes (10 minutes and still not open).

My hosting company told me:

".. Control Panel runs at port 8443 which is where your new ISP starts traffic shaping (above port 1024) that’s why it’s so slow. Your 1,200 K speed is running under port 80 which isn’t traffic shaped.

Good news is we are working on a control panel port of 443 (standard https port). It will be implemented next Saturday…let’s hope they don’t shape port 443 as well."

So what I'm wondering .. am I stuck with Maxnet or can I order service from another ISP?

[monty]

As long as you are using the so called "home" packages (with Maxnet called Indy) from any ISP, you will have a big chance you'll run into traffic shaping for pretty much anything apart from http...

At these prices they offer their packages, the connection is so heavily shared that would they not do the shaping, even http would stop working properly.

At least Maxnet states this in their brochures and on their webpage.

http://www.maxnet.co.th/product_adsl.php#

At the bottom you'll see following sentence:

** ผู้เริ่มต้นเข้าสู่ Broadband Internet World (Best for Thai Surf) โดยมีข้อจำกัดการใช้งาน วงจรสำหรับ VoIP/P2P (Bit Torrent) ต่างประเทศมีขนาดจำกัด (limited bandwidth for international VoIP/P2P)

Which unfortunately is partly Thai, but you can see that they recommend this package for surfing Thai websites, and that voip and P2P will have the bandwidth limited.

Most other ISP's do not even have the courtesy to state this little fact!

In short, only solution will be to move up to a business package!

You can try another ISP, which might work better, but if you're unlucky a month later they start shaping as well when their http connections suffer too much...

[klikster]

As long as you are using the so called "home" packages (with Maxnet called Indy) from any ISP, you will have a big chance you'll run into traffic shaping for pretty much anything apart from http...

At these prices they offer their packages, the connection is so heavily shared that would they not do the shaping, even http would stop working properly.

At least Maxnet states this in their brochures and on their webpage.

http://www.maxnet.co.th/product_adsl.php#

At the bottom you'll see following sentence:

** ผู้เริ่มต้นเข้าสู่ Broadband Internet World (Best for Thai Surf) โดยมีข้อจำกัดการใช้งาน วงจรสำหรับ VoIP/P2P (Bit Torrent) ต่างประเทศมีขนาดจำกัด (limited bandwidth for international VoIP/P2P)

Which unfortunately is partly Thai, but you can see that they recommend this package for surfing Thai websites, and that voip and P2P will have the bandwidth limited.

Most other ISP's do not even have the courtesy to state this little fact!

In short, only solution will be to move up to a business package!

You can try another ISP, which might work better, but if you're unlucky a month later they start shaping as well when their http connections suffer too much...

If I wanted to get an additional package, not for the sake of better speed but to avoid shaping for connections to my server, whitch would be a good one?

Edited November 21, 2007 by klikster

[klikster]

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