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Retrovertigo · 03-02-2009, 23:01

Things seemed to have gotten better a while back after I had had some serious speeds problems, but they are back with a vengeance.

I'm on 20meg and last night at 2am I was getting 250k while trying to grab Lost off the newsgroups. I'm currently trying to get something else off the newsgroups and am getting less than 200k.

I have given up ever trying to speak to tech support when it gets bad like this because they admit my area is oversubscribed and that they are going to be doing something with UBR's? or something "soon" - soon having now lasted almost a year!

I can't believe it could even be considered legal to sell someone a 20meg line and be only providing 2-300k at best.

I have given up on playing games on Xbox Live because the lag was so bad. And demos that once downloaded in a matter of minutes now take hours.

Surely I'm not alone. Manchester is a big place and I am surprised on coming here tonight that there aren't more threads. Or are people just as fed up as I am now and have given up on hoping something will be done about this.

03-02-2009, 23:01	#1
Retrovertigo Inactive Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 481	Appalling speeds in Manchester Things seemed to have gotten better a while back after I had had some serious speeds problems, but they are back with a vengeance. I'm on 20meg and last night at 2am I was getting 250k while trying to grab Lost off the newsgroups. I'm currently trying to get something else off the newsgroups and am getting less than 200k. I have given up ever trying to speak to tech support when it gets bad like this because they admit my area is oversubscribed and that they are going to be doing something with UBR's? or something "soon" - soon having now lasted almost a year! I can't believe it could even be considered legal to sell someone a 20meg line and be only providing 2-300k at best. I have given up on playing games on Xbox Live because the lag was so bad. And demos that once downloaded in a matter of minutes now take hours. Surely I'm not alone. Manchester is a big place and I am surprised on coming here tonight that there aren't more threads. Or are people just as fed up as I am now and have given up on hoping something will be done about this.