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I think there is certainly some throttling going on for certain sites, although not everyone is technically savvy and doesn't realize that certain webservers et

I think there is certainly some throttling going on for certain sites, although not everyone is technically savvy and doesn't realize that certain webservers et al., are only going to upload at a certain rate, which looks like capping, but is actually just a bandwidth limitation of the server you're connecting to. So even if you're paying for Gig Fiber service for instance, you're still limited by the bandwidth of the server you're connecting to. Steam is great in this regard though, always maxes out my connection, even though I hardly game anymore.

ceejayoz 9y ago
That'd be a good explanation for small sites, but it doesn't hold up with the Netflix, Youtube, etc. of the world.
- BenjiWiebe 9y ago
  And maybe not even a good explanation for small sites. For $5/month your site has a 1Gbps connection out. (Linode)
YCode 9y ago
This argument has been used by ISPs for as long as I care to remember and it's always been BS. I used to work for one and I cringed every time I had to say that line to a customer, but that was our official position even regarding speed test sites. ISPs know even most savvy customers wont be able to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are being throttled/not receiving their promised bandwidth and so they use that grey area to say "Yeah, must just be that server or a router or something."
FireBeyond 9y ago
So you didn't read the article where Charter was called out by the FCC for renting modems (at an exorbitant rate) that were incapable of more than 20mbps to customers on 100mbps or more plans, and in order to avoid being fined then for deception promised to replace them... three years ago... and hasn't done it whatsoever?