>Why switch the router off? Just leave it running, it's not like it uses much power...
I'm eccentric. I switch off the electricity, gas and water when leaving the house for longer than an overnight stay.
I'm also dubious: I've had this connection running for 4 years with the same use pattern and this 'profiling' thing has only been happening for the last couple of months. I'm also not clear why if it is software controlled rate limiting, someone can't just go and click a button somewhere!
It is surprising what I can do on 0.24Mbit/s/40mS latency. It makes fat Web pages slow, and YouTube silly. RDP is the killer, my work Windows 7 desktop is just painful to use. I pop down-town to a coffee shop.
Why switch the router off? Just leave it running, it's not like it uses much power...