SIMBA Broadband (ISP) Throttle Torrent?

[gametester072]

I read from the megathread that
1) Viewquest=MyRepublic (almost no throttling) >
2) M1 >=Starhub (a bit of throttling) >
3) SingTel (pretty heavy throttling) > Whizcomms (worst); throttling of BT and things like Google Drive Download

How about SIMBA Broadband? Does this throttle at all? Which category?

 

[bert64]

For torrents its a bit more nuanced, as it will depend on where the peers are...

If the peers are local there shouldn't actually be any throttling, if the peers are foreign it may be intentionally throttled or it may just be slower due to distance, especially if they are in europe or the americas.

For torrent clients which encrypt traffic between peers and to the tracker, network based traffic management shouldn't be able to identify the traffic as torrents.

Consider however that Simba uses CGNAT which means you will not be able to receive inbound connections over IPv4. If other peers are also behind restrictive NAT which prevents inbound connections then you cannot peer with them. You will be able to peer over IPv6 with any peers that support it. This also means that you won't be peering with other Simba customers unless you're both using IPv6. Peering with local users on the same ISP is usually the fastest and won't usually be subject to any traffic management measures at all as the traffic remains internal to the ISP (ie they don't have to pay any transit fees).

Depending on what torrents you are downloading, being stuck behind CGNAT could severely reduce your speeds as a lot of other users will be stuck behind CGNAT and may not have IPv6, or even without CGNAT have not configured port forwarding for single level NAT.

 

[xiaofan]

I read from the megathread that
1) Viewquest=MyRepublic (almost no throttling) >
2) M1 >=Starhub (a bit of throttling) >
3) SingTel (pretty heavy throttling) > Whizcomms (worst); throttling of BT and things like Google Drive Download

How about SIMBA Broadband? Does this throttle at all? Which category?

SIMBA should be similar to M1. SIMBA claims no throttling to the extent that network capacity is enough.

1) Viewquest=MyRepublic (almost no throttling) >
2) M1 >= SIMBA > Starhub (a bit of throttling) >
3) SingTel (pretty heavy throttling) >= Whizcomms; throttling of BT and things like Google Drive Download

 

[xiaofan]

SIMBA FAQ

https://support.simba.sg/hc/en-us/articles/35089784292377-Does-SIMBA-impose-any-bandwidth-limit

No, we do not. SIMBA manages our network with a flexible traffic data prioritisation system. This means that as long as the SIMBA network has the capacity, your BitTorrent can run as fast as possible that your computer and connection allow.

 

[xiaofan]

M1 FAQ
https://www.m1.com.sg/support/faq/fibre-broadband-faq#accordion-fe8b6ec73a-item-5463d8c4f2

Does M1 practice any network management activities?​

No, M1 does not practice network management for any of our Fibre plans. However, other factors may affect download speed and the delivery of internet traffic. Some of these factors include:

• The broadband device/equipment used
• The load on local/international websites (the number of other people online and network-associated traffic)
• Your computer network configurations and software you're running, such as Outlook or Internet Explorer
• Your type of internet connection (wired LAN or wireless connection)
• The number of people your broadband connection is shared with
• Viruses, spyware, and file-sharing software

 

[bert64]

M1 FAQ
https://www.m1.com.sg/support/faq/fibre-broadband-faq#accordion-fe8b6ec73a-item-5463d8c4f2

Does M1 practice any network management activities?​

No, M1 does not practice network management for any of our Fibre plans. However, other factors may affect download speed and the delivery of internet traffic. Some of these factors include:

• The broadband device/equipment used
• The load on local/international websites (the number of other people online and network-associated traffic)
• Your computer network configurations and software you're running, such as Outlook or Internet Explorer
• Your type of internet connection (wired LAN or wireless connection)
• The number of people your broadband connection is shared with
• Viruses, spyware, and file-sharing software

M1 do have some strange http interception going on, only on legacy ip...
You will notice that if you try to download files from certain far away mirror sites (eg various linux distros) you will actually get an http redirect to a local mirror. Downloading over https is not affected.