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Verizon FiOS slow upload (via HTTP server)

Jan 28, 2008 7:03AM PST

Not sure if this is the right place to get this info, but figured I had to start somewhere.

I'm running a web server from my home PC and am seeing some concerning upload speeds when I connect from outside of the LAN.

First some quick specs:
-Windows XP SP2
-AMD Athlon 2400+ | 1.5GB ram
-Web server: Both Apache and IIS (same results)
-FTP server: Filezilla
-FiOS plan 15mbps/15mbps

I'm not sure why, but whenever I connect to my web server from the internet, the page and all downloads go much slower than I anticipated (read: upload speeds seem to be lagging). I have tested my connection speed at speedtest.net and consistently see 16 mbps down and about 14.5 mbps up. However, when I download a file via my http server I can not seem to get past about 75KB/s (when I'm expecting closer to 1500KB/s). I'm accessing my home network from another network that I've consistently gotten 700-800KB/s downloads on...but still can't break the 75KB/s mark from my home web server. One of the quirky things about this is that whenever I hit my FTP server (on the same PC), I can download files from it at closer to 600KB/s which I'd be more than satisfied with on the web server too.

At this point I'm not sure where else to look as there is no place that I can find in the router or the http configurations that would cap throughput.

Any ideas? Any additional information needed?

Thanks,
Ryan

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Just one idea.
Jan 28, 2008 10:48PM PST
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unfruitful search
Jan 29, 2008 12:15AM PST

Yes, unfortunately I did some searching before asking and could not find anything similar to my situation.

As I stated, my speedtests from multiple sites show that my bandwidth is right up there with what I'm paying for and like I also stated, when downloading files from my FTP server, my upload bandwidth is great, it's just when I dowload from my http server that I'm seeing slow speeds (which is where I really need it).

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You may be out of luck on upload speed.
Jan 29, 2008 1:36AM PST

The service you signed up for is likely for "home use" and not for "serving web pages." In fact some get their service shutdown if they call in and gripe about upload speed.

Be sure you have the right service for what you are attempting to do. 99.99% of home users will be furnished with asymmetric connections...

Also some of these ISPs are now throttling or "shaping" the bandwidth. To test this, try other than port 80...

Bob

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Verizon blocks port 80
Jan 29, 2008 3:09AM PST

I'm actually already running it on port 8080 as a workaround to the fact that verizon seems to block port 80. I've tried a number of different ports as well but all to no avail.

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Sounds like traffic shaping.
Jan 29, 2008 3:20AM PST

Move to non-http serving.

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https?
Jan 29, 2008 3:34AM PST

are you suggesting https?

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I suggest you test such...
Jan 29, 2008 4:21AM PST

You know what doesn't work.