Throttling speeds

What methods are usually used for throttling up/download speeds of users? Is this generally done with a software app and at what level? Just wondering.

Reply to
hurdygurdy
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Software:

For VoIP:

How it's done in a small wireless router:

What problem are you trying to solve and what equipment/OS/software do you have to work with?

Reply to
Jeff Liebermann

Jeff Liebermann wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

speeds

equipment/OS/software do

I was just wondering if the open (public?) AP I am using is throttling me or just too far away. Probably throttling since upload speeds much greater than down. Wondering how it's done, prolly just need to buy a better antenna. Thanks.

Reply to
hurdygurdy

Meanwhile, at the alt.internet.wireless Job Justification Hearings, hurdygurdy chose the tried and tested strategy of:

Wireless speeds drop off with distance so if you're far enough away it might not be deliberate throttling [although it wouldn't be asymmetrical].

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alexd

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