It seems that SLT is enforcing a download speed for file download sites since of late during the morning to late evening hours. Rapidshare, etc only download at around 8-14kbps. 
However if you use a file downloader which supports multiple threads then you see that you get your 100kbps, clearly indicating that they are throttling downloads per request
I tried the same links with my sisters Dialog 512K line and found it was giving full speed (50kbps) for the same link which was coming down at 7kbps on my 1MB line, proof that it was not a site issue but something SLT is enforcing.
Have you also noticed that the speed of the connection is very slow during the day,a and switches into a faster speed at an instant around 12 midnight-1AM and again drops to a very slow link at around 8-9AM?
Another big problem is that SLT keeps refreshing your IP more than the 1 per day they say they do, completing disrupting your downloads. In some cases the DNS resolution does not work and I have had to use third party DNS servers to continue working.
When you report this to SLT, what they do is send their team whod download a file from the SLT site which downloads at high speed since its internal and state there is no issues with the line, its a problem with the site we are downloading from and bugger off.....
Seems like upgrading to the 1MB line is just a pure waste of cash, as SLT clearly does not have the trunk speed to support their customers, crap indeed.
In case fellow 1MB users are not having these problems, please do respond so that i know its a problem only with my connection.
However if you use a file downloader which supports multiple threads then you see that you get your 100kbps, clearly indicating that they are throttling downloads per request
I tried the same links with my sisters Dialog 512K line and found it was giving full speed (50kbps) for the same link which was coming down at 7kbps on my 1MB line, proof that it was not a site issue but something SLT is enforcing.
Have you also noticed that the speed of the connection is very slow during the day,a and switches into a faster speed at an instant around 12 midnight-1AM and again drops to a very slow link at around 8-9AM?
Another big problem is that SLT keeps refreshing your IP more than the 1 per day they say they do, completing disrupting your downloads. In some cases the DNS resolution does not work and I have had to use third party DNS servers to continue working.
When you report this to SLT, what they do is send their team whod download a file from the SLT site which downloads at high speed since its internal and state there is no issues with the line, its a problem with the site we are downloading from and bugger off.....
Seems like upgrading to the 1MB line is just a pure waste of cash, as SLT clearly does not have the trunk speed to support their customers, crap indeed.
In case fellow 1MB users are not having these problems, please do respond so that i know its a problem only with my connection.
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