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J.D · 09-05-2006, 21:35

I just wish a house would come up so my mum could move out and I can get my 16meg line & 1meg uploads.

Don't slate me for downloading (t.v shows) but I was downloading some series of something the past few weeks and my speeds have very rarely shot past 200kb/s. I only download for a few hours a night, well I pay for my line lol. I like my bandwidth free for surfing and I play a lot of Call of Duty online and other games. I'm not a network hogger.

The thing is with my speeds being at 200kb/s. I know of Torrents you should never expect anything near your top speeds but 200kb/s constant for weeks is a little strange. At least when my friend from Birmingham phones me up telling me about a letter he had just received from his ISP (UK Online). My friend has a 20meg line and uses his Newsgroups quite often. I think he downloaded 16gb in a 12 or 14 hour peroiod one time and now his ports for p2p and newsgroups has been limited to 200kb/s. The letter stated that he has been limited to the said speed for torrents and Newsgroups. Lmao we had an arguement about ISP's. I said that I've been with Telewest for nearly 5 years now and at times I've downloaded like the entertainment of the world had been stolen and had NEVER received a letter to limit my speeds. In the end I was just telling him that my "Unlimited" contract seems to be more stable than his uk online's policy. He never took it well and we screamed facts to and forth for a while. Damn all I said was my "Unlimited" Means unlimited (so far) Even funnier he phones me back 20 minutes later and claims his brummie missus was at work and one of her colleagues had mentioned that he was with Telewest and downloads all the time (nearly 24/7) and received a similar letter. Funny coincidence 20 minutes after a debate (fancy name for an argument lol)

Do you think that might be in place with Telewest? Especially as a lot of people just download every movie, tv show and game like they are going to evaporate 2moro.

I definately haven't hogged anything at all. I've used the free blueyonder newsgroups twice. Yeah I was getting about 5gb an hour (1,260kb/s) but I only used it twice. I have downloaded a lot in the past but thats been before Telewest had 10meg lines. I download T'V series now and would like my bandwidth back. I hope this isn't true and Telewest have already put traffic shaping software in the network as this will be a final cutting to go to Bulldog.

Saying this also I've been getting the same speeds with my 8meg Bulldog line.

I'm going to setup newsgroups again (new install of OS) and give it a test.

So am I just listening to too much or is there a bit of truth in what I hear?

09-05-2006, 21:35	#22
J.D Inactive Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Age: 44 Services: 10 Meg and 24/7 calls Posts: 91	Re: Next upgrade's. I just wish a house would come up so my mum could move out and I can get my 16meg line & 1meg uploads. Don't slate me for downloading (t.v shows) but I was downloading some series of something the past few weeks and my speeds have very rarely shot past 200kb/s. I only download for a few hours a night, well I pay for my line lol. I like my bandwidth free for surfing and I play a lot of Call of Duty online and other games. I'm not a network hogger. The thing is with my speeds being at 200kb/s. I know of Torrents you should never expect anything near your top speeds but 200kb/s constant for weeks is a little strange. At least when my friend from Birmingham phones me up telling me about a letter he had just received from his ISP (UK Online). My friend has a 20meg line and uses his Newsgroups quite often. I think he downloaded 16gb in a 12 or 14 hour peroiod one time and now his ports for p2p and newsgroups has been limited to 200kb/s. The letter stated that he has been limited to the said speed for torrents and Newsgroups. Lmao we had an arguement about ISP's. I said that I've been with Telewest for nearly 5 years now and at times I've downloaded like the entertainment of the world had been stolen and had NEVER received a letter to limit my speeds. In the end I was just telling him that my "Unlimited" contract seems to be more stable than his uk online's policy. He never took it well and we screamed facts to and forth for a while. Damn all I said was my "Unlimited" Means unlimited (so far) Even funnier he phones me back 20 minutes later and claims his brummie missus was at work and one of her colleagues had mentioned that he was with Telewest and downloads all the time (nearly 24/7) and received a similar letter. Funny coincidence 20 minutes after a debate (fancy name for an argument lol) Do you think that might be in place with Telewest? Especially as a lot of people just download every movie, tv show and game like they are going to evaporate 2moro. I definately haven't hogged anything at all. I've used the free blueyonder newsgroups twice. Yeah I was getting about 5gb an hour (1,260kb/s) but I only used it twice. I have downloaded a lot in the past but thats been before Telewest had 10meg lines. I download T'V series now and would like my bandwidth back. I hope this isn't true and Telewest have already put traffic shaping software in the network as this will be a final cutting to go to Bulldog. Saying this also I've been getting the same speeds with my 8meg Bulldog line. I'm going to setup newsgroups again (new install of OS) and give it a test. So am I just listening to too much or is there a bit of truth in what I hear?