My roommate recently downgraded his service plan to the 1MB starter package. I can go to any broadband speed test site and get a steady 1-1.2Mbps download speed but when I do ANYTHING in the real world like downloading a file, streaming video or audio, Bittorrent P2P, applying system updates, etc., my download speed is limited to exactly 128kbps - always. Even if I have multiple connections/downloads going they all have to share that tiny 128k slice. Hours on the phone with Verizon tech support have failed to even convey the problem to them, much less get a resolution. They just don't get it. Has anyone heard of this issue before? I'd appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction as it's obvious that I'm going to have to figure this one out without Verizon's help. Thanks in advance, tgeer p.s. My roommate is running Vista with a direct ethernet connection to the modem and I'm running Ubuntu Linux 9.10 with a wireless connection. Both machines have the same 128kbps limit problem.
