Download restrictions on Verizon DSL?

[thejollyroger]

http://www.theopencd.org- .iso file.

 

 

 

Tested methods: BitTorrent (utorrent), FTP

 

 

 

Security tests: configured for ZoneAlarm, configured for Windows Firewall with a clean uninstall of ZA, briefly disabled all firewalls (after clean uninstall of ZA)

 

 

 

HJT log:

 

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1

 

Scan saved at 10:06:20 PM, on 8/12/2006

 

Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

 

MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

 

 

 

Running processes:

 

C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\system32\services[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\CDAC11BA[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\System32\snmp[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\Explorer[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\PROGRA~1\KEMailKb\KEMailKb[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\PROGRA~1\KEMailKb\KPDrv4XP[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\Program Files\ULI5289\ALi5289[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\CMPDPSRV[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Album Starter Edition\3.0\Apps\apdproxy[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\system32\RUNDLL32[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.0\program\soffice[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.0\program\soffice.BIN

 

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\Program Files\Gaim\gaim[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\Program Files\SmartFTP Client 2.0\SmartFTP[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\Documents and Settings\Jonathan\Desktop\utorrent[Caution: Executable File]

 

C:\Documents and Settings\Jonathan\Desktop\HijackThis[Caution: Executable File]

 

 

 

O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll

 

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll

 

O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll

 

O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll

 

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KEMailKb] C:\PROGRA~1\KEMailKb\KEMailKb[Caution: Executable File]

 

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KPDrv4XP] C:\PROGRA~1\KEMailKb\KPDrv4XP[Caution: Executable File]

 

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ALi5289] C:\Program Files\ULI5289\ALi5289[Caution: Executable File]

 

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [soundMan] SOUNDMAN[Caution: Executable File]

 

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CMPDPSRV] C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\CMPDPSRV[Caution: Executable File]

 

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Photo Downloader] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Album Starter Edition\3.0\Apps\apdproxy[Caution: Executable File]"

 

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask[Caution: Executable File]" -atboottime

 

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sunJavaUpdateSched] C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched[Caution: Executable File]

 

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32[Caution: Executable File] C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup

 

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz[Caution: Executable File] /install

 

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32[Caution: Executable File] C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit

 

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc[Caution: Executable File] /STARTUP

 

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched[Caution: Executable File]" -osboot

 

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon[Caution: Executable File]] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon[Caution: Executable File]

 

O4 - Startup: OpenOffice.org 2.0.lnk = C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.0\program\quickstart[Caution: Executable File]

 

O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\reader_sl[Caution: Executable File]

 

O8 - Extra context menu item: Copy to Semagic - C:\Program Files\Semagic\copy.htm

 

O8 - Extra context menu item: Semagic - C:\Program Files\Semagic\link.htm

 

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll

 

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll

 

O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs[Caution: Executable File]

 

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs[Caution: Executable File]

 

O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupda ... 1238946014

 

O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftup ... 5271348750

 

O18 - Protocol: livecall - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\MSGRAP~1.DLL

 

O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\MSGRAP~1.DLL

 

O20 - Winlogon Notify: WgaLogon - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WgaLogon.dll

 

O21 - SSODL: WPDShServiceObj - {AAA288BA-9A4C-45B0-95D7-94D524869DB5} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\WPDShServiceObj.dll

 

O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr[Caution: Executable File]

 

O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc[Caution: Executable File]

 

O23 - Service: AVG E-mail Scanner (AVGEMS) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc[Caution: Executable File]

 

O23 - Service: C-DillaCdaC11BA - C-Dilla Ltd - C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\CDAC11BA[Caution: Executable File]

 

O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT[Caution: Executable File]

 

O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32[Caution: Executable File]

 

 

 

I'm beginning to believe things are restricted at the ISP level.

 

 

 

Thoughts?

[blade995]

I have verizon DSL (1.5mbs) and never had any problems with them. Net Neutrality Act passed so Internet providers can not filter internet traffic anymore.

 

 

 

However it could be parental controls on your computer that are blocking downloading or just torrent downloading. You did say you disabled your firewall for a little while so it can't be that blocking the download.

 

 

 

Have you tried another torrent client? Bitcoment is a good one. Can you download other torrents? Try a torrent off another site.

[Cruiser]

Net neutrality was about ISPs charging companies extra for "priority" connections, so if they didn't pay up, they got throttled over other companies that did pay. It was basically charging a 3rd time for something the user and company had already payed for. User pays to access the content, companies pay for bandwidth to serve the content, and another company in the middle wants a 3rd chunk for extra speed. If it did pass (I havn't seen any news on it :? ), it just means all ISPs have to route packets without looking at who sent it or who it's going to, so they can't throttle specific companies/users.

 

 

 

Verizon on the other hand, might be throttling the entire port range/protocal on their own network, in and out, without looking at where it's going or who it came from. It's their pipes, they can throttle is as they see fit to keep it running smoothly. :(

 

 

 

Anyway, you can usually get around it by changing your listen port to something outside the 688x range. If that doesn't do it, you could always try calling verizon or looking through their website to see if they intentionally throttle torrents. I opened up the torrent you listed and quickly jumped to well over 250k/s downloading, so the seeds are good.

 

 

 

Editted for grammatical junkets I noticed. :anxious:

[Anesthesia]

and another company in the middle wants a 3rd chunk for extra speed.

 

 

 

Not even speed that is above normal, just priority over others. Basically they'd be charging for not downgrading the speed:roll: