slow upload speeds hindering p2p projects, like running a full node

[Daily Anarchist]

My DSL provider, of which there is only one in my area, has been providing me with 3 Mbps down and 800 Kbps up for the last two years. I run Bitcoin-core, but port 8333 is closed because my internet, including download, grinds to a standstill if I try to run a full node.

Today we got our long awaited DSL upgrade. I now have 7 Mbps down and... wait for it, 800 Kbps up. That's right. Zero improvement in my upload speed. I tried again to run a full node by opening up port 8333 and sure enough, standstill internet. So, back to being a leach again with no hope of ever getting to help the network for years to come.

Doing a little research online today I learned that why doing speedtests online we usually only get fractions of upload speed in practice. For example, while my speedtest shows I'm getting 800 Kbps, in reality while running Bitcoin-core with port 8333 open, my internet came to a standstill even though my network resource monitor showed I was only uploading about 90 Kbps. That's right. Only about 10 percent of 800 Kbps up and my internet is maxed out.

This really sucks. I know that in the past ISP's were mostly concerned with high download speeds and very little upload speeds because back in the day "nobody uploaded" but nowadays all of the cool internet things to do involve uploading. Bittorrents, Bitcoins, Bitmessage, hell, hosting my own website!!! Anything! And yet I don't feel I can do any of those things, which means the internet remains more centralized than I'd like it to be. Very frustrating!

Does anybody know what is being done to solve this problem, if anything? Are ISP's getting more demand from customers to increase the upload speeds? Are the internet gurus of the world recognizing this problem and working to fix it? What can I do to work towards faster upload speed? To be honest, I would have preferred a doubling of my upload speed today over a doubling of my download speed.

Any thoughts or info you can provide would be greatly appreciated. I'd really like to know how this "problem" is ever going to get "fixed."

[jimbobway]

Your router might have settings that prioritize traffic.  Look for QoS settings to lower the priority of bitcoin.  All other traffic will take precedence over bitcoin traffic and will not slow down your network when surfing.

[sd]

I'm sorry your DSL sucks. I take it cable isn't an option.

You have the option of running a full node on a dedicated or virtual machine. they normally come with serious bandwidth but they do cost some money. You can get virtual machines from Linode or Digital Ocean quite cheaply. You can get dedicated machines from Ovh or Hetzner fairly cheaply. Amazon web services are an option but they win big on flexibility and not so much on price.

Sadly all my solutions involve spending money.