For about two weeks now I've been unable to achieve my full upload speed (10mbit/s -- premiere tier) with anything besides speed tests. Any speed test -- including the encrypted one here on DSL-R -- will report my full speed but I can't actually achieve that speed with any useful application.
Google Drive: Caps out at 3.5MBit/s. Formerly achieved full 10MBit/s speed.
Cox's Cloud Drive: Caps out at 2MBit/s. Never tested it prior to these problems.
HTTP/HTTPs Media Server: Caps out at 1.5MBit/s to Verizon Wireless and AT&T U-Verse connections.
Regarding the last, I discovered this when my private media server stopped working. My server is nothing fancy -- just Apache on a non-standard port -- and it was working without issue for months. I use it to stream media on the road (Verizon Wireless) and at my GF's house (AT&T UVerse), using Apple TV and Chromecast, and I never had an issue with it until about two weeks ago.
The reason I ask about throttling, I crossed my "data allowance" into overage territory during this bill cycle. I first thought it was a peering issue but I would presume (perhaps incorrectly?) that Cox's Cloud Drive is on their own network and shouldn't have to cross a peering point. Oddly, I can get to and sustain 10MBit/s with multiple TCP streams, which is probably why speed tests max out, but I can't do it with a single TCP stream.
Any thoughts?
Tech stuff: Cisco DPC3010 Modem. Formerly SB6190. The issue occurs on both. There is no router, the modem is plugged directly into PC. Time of day does not seem to matter; I have tested this at 3AM and 9PM with the same results. Aside from the modem my configuration has not changed, so I'm baffled as to why it worked until recently.
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