Bandwidth being throttled during the day ?
mmmm Maybe BT can reduce the price it charges itself then, or maybe Plusnet could be unlike every other ISP despite what BT does? Now that would be a step forward and unlike any other ISP - or maybe those that don't reach the UP TO speeds could get a refund, or a larger usage allowance? 
However, it is all BT at the end of the day - so - service will always be poor, speeds always rubbish, and things will always go wrong! 
However, it is all BT at the end of the day - so - service will always be poor, speeds always rubbish, and things will always go wrong!
Quote from: TicnTac mmmm Maybe BT can reduce the price it charges itself then
It is BT Wholesale who charge for the capacity. OFCOM rules say BTw must treat BT Retail (and their subsidiaries such as Plusnet) exactly the same as all other ISPs so they cant reduce the charges without OFCOM approval.
Quote from: TicnTac because most PN customers won't have a chance in hell of ever being able to download that in such a short period of time;D Sorry, still feeling sore over my saga with BT
I'm up to 104Gb this month and still have almost 2 weeks before my connection is reset. In fairness I do connect at 8Mb and schedule my downloading to take place off peak, also in fairness I'm on a grandfathered product which has my "peak" hours at 4pm-midnight. I am however strongly thinking of stopping downloading until my bandwidth is reset because I sort of feel like I'm taking the [censored]
140Gb 750k download
try about 22.3kps or less goes to a huge 3.2kbs sometimes
I can't even have a decent Skype! I've had better dialup speeds and faster ISDN speeds than what we're playing with now.
Still, for our little fault and a half we'll just have to wait and see
750k download try about 22.3kps or less goes to a huge 3.2kbs sometimes I can't even have a decent Skype! I've had better dialup speeds and faster ISDN speeds than what we're playing with now.
Still, for our little fault and a half we'll just have to wait and see
Thing is, it is proof, that it is a lottery when joining BT for an ISP (Plusnet Included) - or any ISP that uses BT, which is almost everyone unless they are an LLU or have the name Virgin in their company name!
It also goes to shows how unfair it can be, for the same money, you can download, stream, make phonecalls, reach your Gb limit, or for the same money, you can't phone, have a decent phone conversation, have drop outs, low sync speed, no chance of downloading or streaming, or surfing the Internet in an efficent manor
Really does suck.So red rag or not, it has highlighted an important fact, that life on the net is just totally unfair!
Esp. if you're a
Got a friend who married and now lives in Canada, $15 / month for 50Mb TV Phone all inclusive of phone calls too Saying that, I have a friend working with VSO in Uganda, 2Mb connection, always stable, when there is power that is The UK just seems backwards compared to the rest of the world 
Saying that, I have a friend working with VSO in Uganda, 2Mb connection, always stable, when there is power that is The UK just seems backwards compared to the rest of the world
Quote from: TicnTac Got a friend who married and now lives in Canada, $15 / month for 50Mb TV Phone all inclusive of phone calls too
What part of Canada ? I'm almost tempted to move there
I have seen all sorts of costs and speeds (sometimes high cost, low speed) in North America. As for Hong Kong (earlier post), I thought theirs was 100 Mbps with a limit of 40 Mbps for anything international (not that they might ever get that speed, of course, just a cap in case there was no other international traffic, perhaps).
