>violates all rate limiting Rate limiting is performed upstream; the network isn't just asking nicely. Your packets will be either queued or dropped if you sen

>violates all rate limiting Rate limiting is performed upstream; the network isn't just asking nicely. Your packets will be either queued or dropped if you send them faster then allowed. Some ISPs allow high speeds for the first N megabytes (often 20 or so), then throttle the shit out of the rest. This trick presents an entire stream as a bunch of little streams, so that you get the "first 20MB" treatment for the whole thing. Depending on circumstances, the "upstream" place where rate limiting is performed may be your cable modem. People have been known to reflash their cable modems with cracked firmware that doesn't honor the rate limit. This is easy enough to detect and punish further upstream.