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The 3BB internet service provider in Thailand has a habit of not
allowing frequent pings or packets of data being sent to a destination
outside of Thailand, including FTP.

Recently I sent a large number of small data packets of around 15k to
a web site in the USA by FTP once every 5 seconds.  When a certain
number of packets was exceeded, I was limited in the bandwidth at
which I could upload and download by 3BB.  This continued for the rest
of the day, until I reset my modem.

I'm not sure whether Thai ISPs True or TOT also follow this policy.

I was told by a 3BB representative that if I was to upgrade to their
highest package (I have their lowest service now, at 6 Mbps download),
the "3BB Premier" package, that this restriction is not present.  As
the rep explained, 3BB Premier is for overseas data transfer, and
allows frequent FTP and email outbound transfers.

I have heard about ISPs like AOL also limiting the number of emails
one can send out in an hour, but I did not think it applied in
Thailand with FTP and was not expecting such bandwidth throttling.

This limit on messages sent outside of Thailand does not appear to be
based on the volume of data sent, but the number per hour, as I was
only sending about 10.8 Mb per hour, not that much data.

John