Request for information: ISPs and P2P throttling

[Folsom]

ISP - Charter Communications
Country - United States (Oregon)
Problem Times - Between 9am and 3pm Pacific Time
Reference Number - N/A

Note: The problem tends to slowly build up from 9am to 12pm, and then remains at its worst until about 2pm. It will generally drop off very quickly, though sometimes lasts until about 3pm. This seems to correlate with the times listed in the UK from other players.

[Eindwe]

ISP: Comcast Communications
Country: United States (Michigan)
Problem Times: 2:00 PM until Midnight Eastern Time 1 to .5 second bursts every ~4-15 seconds. Rarely, it lasts for about 5 seconds before clearing which ends up in a rapid "catch-up" mode. It gets worse from 2:00 PM until 10:00 PM and then starts recover. By midnight, the problem is gone.

This trace route report was completed at 4:18 PM on 10/29/2013.

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|                                      WinMTR statistics                                   |

|                       Host              -   %  | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |

|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|

|(initial hops removed for security)                                                       |

|he-4-5-0-0-cr01.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net -    0 | 1576 | 1576 |   17 |   23 |   71 |   27 |

|ix-8-0-3-0.tcore1.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net -    0 | 1576 | 1576 |   16 |   26 |  107 |   22 |

|   if-22-2.tcore2.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net -    2 | 1510 | 1493 |   36 |   46 |  102 |   40 |

|   if-3-2.tcore1.W6C-Montreal.as6453.net -    0 | 1576 | 1576 |   35 |   46 |  112 |   46 |

|                            66.198.96.50 -    8 | 1209 | 1118 |   78 |  113 |  156 |   78 |

|                             192.34.76.2 -    8 | 1214 | 1124 |   81 |  116 |  185 |   89 |

|                          199.91.189.234 -    0 | 1576 | 1576 |   37 |   44 |  105 |   38 |

|                           199.91.189.25 -    6 | 1274 | 1198 |   78 |  114 |  149 |  101 |

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As others have already pointed out...

• 66.198.96.50 (Tata Communications) seems to be a root problem for people in the US and EU.
• 192.34.76.2 (Ormuco) is another problem that needs to uninstall. =P
• 199.91.189.25 (Eidos) is your own server (Gilgamesh)

I guess you could put Chicago on alert, but all these issues really start in Canada.

[Kurai_Arashi]

- Name of ISP: Vodafone
- Country of Residence: Ireland
- When does the problem occur (always, only during specific times?): During peak hours (Late afternoon, evening)

Massive lagskipkes and delay. Unplayable.

[Hollitz]

ISP - Charter Communications
Coutnry - United States (Oregon)
Problem Times - Between 9am and 3pm Pacific Time
Reference Number - N/A

Note: The problem tends to slowly build up from 9am to 12pm, and then remains at its worst until about 2pm. It will generally drop off very quickly, though sometimes lasts until about 3pm. This seems to correlate with the times listed in the UK from other players.

I have Charter and I'm in the Midwest. Taking time zones into account, these are very close to the times when I start getting throttled as well.