Can ISP block traffic?

[Mr. LL]

This may sound like a retarded question but is it possible for IPS's to randomly block game traffic? I have noticed before and in my current situation that when I play a few certain games a hour or two a day for several weeks all of a sudden I can't make a connection for several day and then for no reason I can start playing again.

Is there a utility that will help determine if certain ports or types of traffic have been blocked for me? I use InsightBB, I have had a lot of problems with them for general connection problems, when that happens I am totally off line though.

They also called me several times when I first started my service and asked me if there was something wrong with my computer because I down loaded a few gigs of data (TV shows) over a 5 day period, needless to say that ****ed me off that they would call me about something like that.

 

[peterhuang913]

It's called a cap and they can stop your internet if you download too much.

 

[Ste]

They can filter and throttle data as well.

 

[Mr. LL]

Hmmmm, is there any way to tell if that is happening other than calling them?

That's a bunch of BS, I never signed anything stating that my monthly fee was limited to a certain amount of bandwidth so I don't see how they can get away with that.

 

[Ste]

You can do speed tests, to see what you should be recieving.

But, yea, they can do whatever they want, you should read that TOS again, very carefully..

 

[Mr. LL]

In my current situation it looks like the problem is a half bad router.

Yeah, they never called me like that again, although I really don't down load that much stuff anyways but I think they try to use it like a scare tactic so you know they know.

 

[Akubane]

They can filter and throttle data as well.

yeah Rogers throttles bittorrent like mad. Sucks >.>

They also just reduced the 'Unlimited' service I'm paying for to 60GB per month.

I just used that in two weeks >< So now I have to upgrade to the more expensive "Unlimited" service, that is limited to 90GB.

crooks.

 

[Ewc1307]

"Unlimited"...to 90GB

That is bad...bear in mind also that in the UK they advertise so-called Unlimited downloads but with a "fair usage" policy which to me should be reported to Trading Standards as, from what i believe, Unlimited should be unlimited or fair usage...make up your minds ISP's...you know who you are!