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Chrysalis · 17-11-2012, 01:05

I can only go on what user's opinions I have read on forums, although I do have past experience of the easynet network (now sky network).

Sky give out a poor hub device, thats a real put off for me, doesnt even have gigabit ports. No equivelent to modem mode on it, there is a wireshark method that can be used to get the user/pass which would then allow using a ddwrt router in its place. Other then that the sky service looks a decent bet. Also a min 12 month contract shorter than most isp's.

BT even tho it has p2p shaping seem much better at protocol shaping than VM, I havent read any stories of false positives or unclassified traffic been shaped, things like youtube all seem to work well on BT infinity according to reports.

I am not the best person to ask, but in general I believe pretty much all FTTC based isp's will be superior to VM unless the line itself is poor which is always a possibility.

The problem with VM they only sell based on peak downloading performance, they dont respect the importance of latency, jitter and consistency.

17-11-2012, 01:05	#33
Chrysalis Inactive Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: Utilisation Issues? I can only go on what user's opinions I have read on forums, although I do have past experience of the easynet network (now sky network). Sky give out a poor hub device, thats a real put off for me, doesnt even have gigabit ports. No equivelent to modem mode on it, there is a wireshark method that can be used to get the user/pass which would then allow using a ddwrt router in its place. Other then that the sky service looks a decent bet. Also a min 12 month contract shorter than most isp's. BT even tho it has p2p shaping seem much better at protocol shaping than VM, I havent read any stories of false positives or unclassified traffic been shaped, things like youtube all seem to work well on BT infinity according to reports. I am not the best person to ask, but in general I believe pretty much all FTTC based isp's will be superior to VM unless the line itself is poor which is always a possibility. The problem with VM they only sell based on peak downloading performance, they dont respect the importance of latency, jitter and consistency.