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Solve : Interesting Speeds in an Apartment?

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I'm living in a college residence with 400 people. When beginning a download, stream, or connection the speed at which information is travelling starts quick (500kbps - 1mbps) but drops down to approximately 20kbps in no time. When torrenting/downloading magnets, speeds are always decent (hitting 800kbps consistently), depending on the number of seeders of course.

I'm wondering if there is any possibility that the connections in the suites are being throttled in some way.

Over this past summer, there was approximately 50 people staying in the residence and speeds were no better than when 400 people were living there.

The residences bandwidth has been upgraded from 40mbps to 50mbps this past month, and I can not say I noticed a difference.

I'm not looking for a set SOLUTION, just trying to gather tips and information on what COULD be causing slow speeds and possible ideas on what I could try (I am an employee within the residence)Yes, it is possible that downloads are being throttled, especially torrent downloads. If I were a college BOFH, I would definitely set torrenting speeds to minimum. Well, high enough to give students hope, but low enough to really tick them off. Have you spoken to your local system administrators?Many ISPs throttle P2P traffic. Mine, Virginmedia (UK) does.
I'll talk to the I.T. that TAKES care of the building, we actually don't have techs come in OFTEN. When the internet's down, my boss (the general manager) is on the phone running from IT room to IT room in the building, quite humorous and ironic in it's own way.

Thanks for the replies!


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