Throttle problem with Skype??

Throttle problem with Skype??
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MaynardKrebs @ 2nd Nov 07:11PM:
Throttle problem with Skype??

When doing screen sharing with somebody via Skype I often (during evening hours only) wind up seeing the other person's screen all pixellated and as a result cannot easily work with that person.

It makes sharing mathematical equations and drawings (via a tablet) virtually impossible.

Is anyone else seeing this type of behaviour when screen sharing via Skype in the evening? It works fine for me during weekday business hours.
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twizlar @ 2nd Nov 07:31PM:
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Skype is P2P traffic and as such gets caught by the DPI boxes quite frequently.
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Noname @ 2nd Nov 08:22PM:
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You should use it's hidden vpn which is free that will bypass the dpi boxes since it's encrypted.

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evil_gusgus @ 2nd Nov 11:41PM:
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Ive had this happen altho Bell denies it 110%
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MaynardKrebs @ 3rd Nov 06:40AM:
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This has serious implications for distance education and tutoring on-line.

Effectively it means that students and their instructors cannot reasonably access the internet and interact with one another during prime tutoring hours.

Way to go Bell - here's your new marketing slogan:

"Bell - we go to extraordinary lengths to ensure that Canadians are last in the world of distance education."

Time for a t-shirt campaign.
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Davesnothere @ 3rd Nov 07:05PM:
The Problem with BHell Execs

The Problem with BHell Execs is that THEY get to make the policy decisions at their company, yet the ONLY tool which they seem to understand how to use is (yes, you guessed it) a SLEDGEHAMMER !

Hence, we, the public, have to bear such sheer utter stupidity as this 10 hour 'peak' period of BHell's of unnecessarily heavy fixed bandwidth throttling (BW is the correct term), rather than an realtime load sensitive method such as is in place over at Primus.

If BHell would only consult with their field techs and CS reps about what is really going on out here (of course, why would a communications company such as Bell feel the need to communicate, especially internally ? :uhh:), they would gather the basis for a much fairer policy, whether it be for throttling, or for anything else in the operation of 'their' network.
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