[Merged] M33/Manchester area issues.

[Rone]

Seems everyones more interested in the speed gain, rather than in the reliability of it.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Rone

Seems everyones more interested in the speed gain, rather than in the reliability of it.

A point I have been making for a while....

[Ignition]

Speed gain and reliability are totally unrelated to each other, the only thing the speed gain could affect reliability wise is download rates.....

People like a service to be v quick most of the time, most don't actually care if their service is only up 99.5% of the time so long as it's quick to be honest. (Most customer modems I've seen have uptimes in the 99.9% or higher range).

Not entirely sure what your comment means Neil. Although you're probably right, that and price, which will be why Pipex is getting a sweet churn at the moment from people whose special offers on 1Mbit are running out or who want 2Mbit cheaper than the Pipex business service price of over £70 a month

[Rone]

Sorry i should have been clearer.
I,m on almost my second year with the 1 meg, and in all that time, [except gaming pings and e-mail] the connection has been great. Almost no downtime worth mentioning and constant speeds when tested. BUT after the dead smooth transition to 1.5 meg, there are lots of little disconnections, ie: i,m browsing then a page fails to display, check my conn, and its gone down, then back-up almost immediately.
Something its never done before. Just that if its going to be the norm from now on, i,m going to have to go elsewhere.

[Rone]

Ok its been ok all day, now its cutting off every 5 mins, then nothing for a while.
Its pathetic.

[Kliro]

Possibly tonights is from this storm?