All of you know that BSNL has Bandwidth contention ratio of 1:25 which means that 25 people may share a connection and compete for international bandwidth. That is why some people like me are experiencing less download speeds between 11:30 am to 7:30 pm.
I subscribed to 4 Mbps plan but the speed drops to as much as 256 kbps during peak hours.
An important point is local bandwidth used by sites like youtube.com and other CDN powered sites are not affected. So I still get great speeds at youtube.
But downloading from many other sites is affected a lot. So to avoid this problem use the following IP proxies to get your full subscribed bandwidth.
14.139.225.90:3128
220.225.4.250:3128
14.139.225.83:3128
124.124.93.155:3128
202.131.100.202:808
41.217.215.238:3128
61.12.25.167:3128
109.123.126.253:8080
188.165.249.205:3128
112.217.228.212:8080
To use these proxies effectively, initially load the webpage containing the desired video without the proxy enabled. After the webpage has loaded and if the video buffers while playing then just switch on the proxy and then replay the video or refresh the page.
Use browser plugins like Foxy Proxy, Proxy Anywhere, etc. for fast and easy switching between proxies.
I have thought a lot about this problem and I think that this problem is due to poor BGP routing issue from BSNL. All the BGP paths are passing through a selected few New York based international routers which face increased load at peak time.
The above proxies use Tata's or Reliance's BGP transit path and also their international bandwidth which have greater network capacity so I get high speeds.
Tested in Kalyan telecom region.
It should work for MTNL, Sify, Tikona, Meghbela, Hathway, Railtel and Fivenet too.
Do post your comments on this...
Since these proxies keep dying within a few days of posting and also because this post receives the maximum no. of views, I would like to share the technique to find the right proxy if anyone is interested to find more on their own.
1. Go to http://www.xroxy.com/proxylist.php?port=&type=&ssl=&country=IN&latency=1000&reliability=9000#table
and check each ip at http://bgp.he.net/ for a peer entry of TATA COMMUNICATIONS/VSNL.
2. Now you may test the proxy status and speed by downloading some file or at http://speedtest.net.
3. You may see the results for yourself by selecting a distant server like Honolulu(HI) at speedtest.net and running the test with and without the proxy and then compare the two results.
4. If there are no proxies in the xroxy list, try increasing the latency time but never compromise on reliability.
5. Spectranet, Tikona, Hathway and Railtel users may use the above procedure with additional benefit of selecting proxies which have peering with BHARTI AIRTEL.
6. If highly reliable foreign proxies are required then go to http://www.xroxy.com/proxylist.php?port=&type=All_http&ssl=&country=&latency=1000&reliability=9000#table in step 1.
You will get a much longer list (more work!) but at least those found by following rest of the steps wont die within a month.
I subscribed to 4 Mbps plan but the speed drops to as much as 256 kbps during peak hours.
An important point is local bandwidth used by sites like youtube.com and other CDN powered sites are not affected. So I still get great speeds at youtube.
But downloading from many other sites is affected a lot. So to avoid this problem use the following IP proxies to get your full subscribed bandwidth.
14.139.225.90:3128
220.225.4.250:3128
14.139.225.83:3128
124.124.93.155:3128
202.131.100.202:808
41.217.215.238:3128
61.12.25.167:3128
109.123.126.253:8080
188.165.249.205:3128
112.217.228.212:8080
To use these proxies effectively, initially load the webpage containing the desired video without the proxy enabled. After the webpage has loaded and if the video buffers while playing then just switch on the proxy and then replay the video or refresh the page.
Use browser plugins like Foxy Proxy, Proxy Anywhere, etc. for fast and easy switching between proxies.
I have thought a lot about this problem and I think that this problem is due to poor BGP routing issue from BSNL. All the BGP paths are passing through a selected few New York based international routers which face increased load at peak time.
The above proxies use Tata's or Reliance's BGP transit path and also their international bandwidth which have greater network capacity so I get high speeds.
Tested in Kalyan telecom region.
It should work for MTNL, Sify, Tikona, Meghbela, Hathway, Railtel and Fivenet too.
Do post your comments on this...
Since these proxies keep dying within a few days of posting and also because this post receives the maximum no. of views, I would like to share the technique to find the right proxy if anyone is interested to find more on their own.
1. Go to http://www.xroxy.com/proxylist.php?port=&type=&ssl=&country=IN&latency=1000&reliability=9000#table
and check each ip at http://bgp.he.net/ for a peer entry of TATA COMMUNICATIONS/VSNL.
2. Now you may test the proxy status and speed by downloading some file or at http://speedtest.net.
3. You may see the results for yourself by selecting a distant server like Honolulu(HI) at speedtest.net and running the test with and without the proxy and then compare the two results.
4. If there are no proxies in the xroxy list, try increasing the latency time but never compromise on reliability.
5. Spectranet, Tikona, Hathway and Railtel users may use the above procedure with additional benefit of selecting proxies which have peering with BHARTI AIRTEL.
6. If highly reliable foreign proxies are required then go to http://www.xroxy.com/proxylist.php?port=&type=All_http&ssl=&country=&latency=1000&reliability=9000#table in step 1.
You will get a much longer list (more work!) but at least those found by following rest of the steps wont die within a month.
