New 50MB Upload Limit

[avantisu]

Hi all,

I have suddenly noticed a 50 MB upload limit for this month. It used to be I could upload over 300 MB at one time.

Any idea why this would happen?

Thanks,
Avantisu

[redsox9]

http://forum.bluehost.com/showthread.php?t=14162

[nitrocrzy]

Hi all,

I have suddenly noticed a 50 MB upload limit for this month. It used to be I could upload over 300 MB at one time.

Any idea why this would happen?

Thanks,
Avantisu

Hmmm,
Come to think of it.... I haven't been able to upload large files lately either. I would raise a ticket ASAP to support. My bet is they have capped file size uploads.

[Early Out]

I haven't been able to upload large files lately either.

With an FTP client, or only through the Control Panel?

[bobdog]

I'll chime in here.

I had a problem a few weeks ago with the same issue. I needed to upload a 600 meg zip file, and my FTP was unable to complete the task. Tried several times too. Finally I split up the file into 60-80 meg files and was successful.

I did contact BH via live chat- they said that there should be no problem uploading a large file.

Anyway, maybe my ISP? (comcast)

[GFX-Help]

I just tried uploading a 750MB zip and it worked no problem, although the upload speeds are either capped around 650KB or the network is over saturated.

[Early Out]

Anyway, maybe my ISP? (comcast)

Yes, perhaps some Comcast "traffic shaping" at work! I was on Comcast for years (the user forums over there are probably still recovering from me), but recently moved to Charter territory, and the upload speeds and stability are much better.

[GFX-Help]

Yes, perhaps some Comcast "traffic shaping" at work! I was on Comcast for years (the user forums over there are probably still recovering from me), but recently moved to Charter territory, and the upload speeds and stability are much better.

I've got comcast at home and it generally starts around 250KB and levels out around 100KB. Usually I can manage to upload large files without it breaking connection though.

[Early Out]

Well, 100KB works out to be close to 1 megabit per second (8 bits per byte, plus some overhead), which ain't bad for an upload speed. That's probably all they're promising, anyway.

[Eriksrocks]

Just for reference, I use Comcast (about my only choice) and I get 2.6 MBps download speed and my upload is clearly capped at around 122 KBps.

In fact, when running a speed test, you can see Comcast's bogus "PowerBoost" capping, as I like to call it, at work. At first my upload speed is about 225 KBps but then suddenly it flatlines to around 122. Yay!