loady
Inactive User
i am on telewest (virgin media) i have noticed my news service speed drop from a constant 10mb to less than half of that....i always swore by cable in that it always maintained the speed you pay for....i have been looking into this and i found this on my news service news page.....
We are getting many reports that Pipex (a UK isp) has begun aggressively throttling download speeds for heavy users. This is affecting other usenet services as well and is not localised to Astraweb. Please consider using another broadband provider that does not throttle or contact Pipex to lodge a complaint.
I think it is about time we take a stand and start complaining to our isps about this....i dont want to go into a debate about the wrongs and rights of people using cloned modems or using mutiple cloned modems...this problem is inherent in the system and adsl does not suffer from this....Basically WE are being cheated...they do not state in adverts that they will shape your connection speed if you download at top speed. MAKE A STAND, i am going to complain to my isp now and i am also interested to know in this thread of anyone else experiencing this throttling.
PLEASE CAN THIS BE MADE A STICKY....i feel that this is only going to get worse.
We are getting many reports that Pipex (a UK isp) has begun aggressively throttling download speeds for heavy users. This is affecting other usenet services as well and is not localised to Astraweb. Please consider using another broadband provider that does not throttle or contact Pipex to lodge a complaint.
I think it is about time we take a stand and start complaining to our isps about this....i dont want to go into a debate about the wrongs and rights of people using cloned modems or using mutiple cloned modems...this problem is inherent in the system and adsl does not suffer from this....Basically WE are being cheated...they do not state in adverts that they will shape your connection speed if you download at top speed. MAKE A STAND, i am going to complain to my isp now and i am also interested to know in this thread of anyone else experiencing this throttling.
PLEASE CAN THIS BE MADE A STICKY....i feel that this is only going to get worse.