This is contention

[gripen]

To settle some disputes, here is a graphic of my traffic that explains the effect of Contention Ratios clearly. You will see in the image that the maximum available speed is a little lower than the max. This the first time I have seen this in 2 and half months. Trust me when I say, this is pushing the connection to the max (which I have done before with higher results)

What this suggests is that the contention issue is no excuse. Unless you speeds go down <i>a little </i> as depicted below.

No contention effect:
http://sum1.gotdns.com/images/now_this_is_what_im_paying_for.JPG

With contention effect:
http://sum1.gotdns.com/images/real_contention.JPG

And the classic (just for interest's sake):
http://sum1.gotdns.com/images/slow.JPG
(I did not change a thing in this instance)

* NOTE all speeds in KBytes/sec (16k = 16KB/sec on the graphs)

Hopefully this clarifies what I have been saying about contention ratios all along. Correct me if I am wrong..

 

[ShadowSA]

I'm getting the last part of the last graph all the time

 

[gripen]

well run 5 torrents + emule + flashget all at once to make sure. I have noticed varying traffic for emule and bittorrent etc (per port) and then when I run other stuff it maxes out. What Im saying is that suddenly for no reason, emule speeds will go up or down (same downloading peers etc) and if I load a torrent then it maxes out the connection.. weird. So this can be perceived as slow speeds. Im not saying you arent getting slow speeds just make sure.