Quote Originally Posted by spankybus View Post
What if the pipe that my cable provider has running to my house can support a 40mb download speed but I am only paying for a 20mb download speed...wouldn't I always appear to be throttled?
When it comes to the bandwidth your paying your ISP monthly for. The ISP sents a config file to the cable modem which sets the downstream and upstream rate to what you are paying for. If you want the full 40 then you will have to pay for it.

Some of the ISP's do throttle when in the prime time of the day. But of course if you call them and ask about it they will of course tell you no. It's either they don't know the answer and just tell you no. Also could be they are not telling you the truth and don't care.

Cause they know in some cases they could be the only form of broadband internet in your area. Placing throttle on stuff when in prime time use for there network is more easy. Then spending money to upgrade there cable network infrastructure. Not too long ago my ISP just upgraded our area to DOCSIS 3.0.