UsetServer slow Downloads

[the_wid]

Ive been pulling my hair out on this for weeks, but after reading some of the articles on here relating to this it seems I'm not the only one.

I'm on a 10mb connection and normally get about 1200kbs download from UNS.

Now I will sometimes get this in the morning time but by evening this slows to about 200 to 300kbs.

UNS say that I've probally been placed in an Ip block for high users, as I've read on here. apparently unlimited use for my £35 does not mean unlimited.

Sky are releasing a 10mb service in my area soon and that might be time to jump ship if NTL are going to do this and not have the courtesy to inform me of their actions.

This has to be illegal?

The Wid

[anduin]

LMAO, Its legal for you to download copyrighted material all day long is it ? yet somehow you want to say it may be illegal for NTL to stop you from doing it... Thats just too funny.

I hope sky move into your area soon, thats one less person leeching from newsgroups all the time and ruining the service fcor the rest of us.

bye

Originally Posted by the_wid

Ive been pulling my hair out on this for weeks, but after reading some of the articles on here relating to this it seems I'm not the only one.

I'm on a 10mb connection and normally get about 1200kbs download from UNS.

Now I will sometimes get this in the morning time but by evening this slows to about 200 to 300kbs.

UNS say that I've probally been placed in an Ip block for high users, as I've read on here. apparently unlimited use for my £35 does not mean unlimited.

Sky are releasing a 10mb service in my area soon and that might be time to jump ship if NTL are going to do this and not have the courtesy to inform me of their actions.

This has to be illegal?

The Wid

I am a very very heavy user and i can get full speed off giganews at any time of the day. NTL are not from the information i have been given and from my knowledge of how cable modems work putting users on different ip's for bad users. I can tell you now if they were i would be the first to be put on one.

At the moment Newshosting are so slow i dumped my account with them and signed up with giganews there is also a thread about this HERE and HERE

Now you can chose not to believe me but why is it i can get full speed from giga news and not from Newshosting ?.

[the_wid]

Thanks for that reply Bill, I think I might give the Giganews Free trial a go, as for the other Guy, not that I should justify myself, I have a 10mb connection because I'm one of those lucky *******s who work from home and make loads of money doing it, I don't own a games console, only listen to classical music and like to watch my movies how they are meant to be watched..on the big screen.

I and the rest of my family do like our TV though and Desperate Housewives Scrubs Lost and all the other good shows are about 1 year ahead of us in the US and I like to download the new episodes as they come available.

So now I don't sit here downloading all day, I do however like to get what I pay for.

Regards

[Gareth]

Yep, like Bill says, I get excellent speeds from GigaNews - nearly always maxing out my 10Mb, and if it's not at max, it's very close to it.

If you fancy giving it a try, sign-up to their 3-day free trial. You can sign up here http://www.giganews.com/?c=gn359139 (using my account as a referral, but costs you nothing) or at www.giganews.com (without any referral).

Originally Posted by the_wid

Thanks for that reply Bill, I think I might give the Giganews Free trial a go, as for the other Guy, not that I should justify myself, I have a 10mb connection because I'm one of those lucky *******s who work from home and make loads of money doing it, I don't own a games console, only listen to classical music and like to watch my movies how they are meant to be watched..on the big screen.

I and the rest of my family do like our TV though and Desperate Housewives Scrubs Lost and all the other good shows are about 1 year ahead of us in the US and I like to download the new episodes as they come available.

So now I don't sit here downloading all day, I do however like to get what I pay for.

Regards

Indeed i too like my movies and TV shows. Hope giganews works out for you.

[RXP]

Originally Posted by anduin

LMAO, Its legal for you to download copyrighted material all day long is it ?

Why yes, yes it is.

yet somehow you want to say it may be illegal for NTL to stop you from doing it... Thats just too funny.

Yes, yes it is although this is a matter of debate and interpretation.

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Also this whole giganews pwns speed anytime of the day is flat out weird. I just signed onto them, I was getting 2mbps from all the speed tests I could, and other news servers. But giganews was running at >10mbits. They have some awesome routing going on. Conversely NTL's routing to the rest of the internet is awful. But that works fine outside of peak times. So why giganews so fast 24/7??

[Down the Pub]

Originally Posted by RXP

Also this whole giganews pwns speed anytime of the day is flat out weird. I just signed onto them, I was getting 2mbps from all the speed tests I could, and other news servers. But giganews was running at >10mbits. They have some awesome routing going on.

are you meaning dl of >10mb/s? possible? how?

signed up with giganews yesterday and can finally get some decent speeds, at the mo im getting not much under 2.5mb/s so a decently sized file eg film or something come in at about 25 mins not bad compared to something like an hour or so from newsdemon, a little bit more expensive than others but although i've only had them for just over a day i think it's worth it.

Originally Posted by RXP

Why yes, yes it is.



Yes, yes it is although this is a matter of debate and interpretation.

---------- Post added at 20:00 ---------- Previous post was at 19:58 ----------

Also this whole giganews pwns speed anytime of the day is flat out weird. I just signed onto them, I was getting 2mbps from all the speed tests I could, and other news servers. But giganews was running at >10mbits. They have some awesome routing going on. Conversely NTL's routing to the rest of the internet is awful. But that works fine outside of peak times. So why giganews so fast 24/7??

Originally Posted by Down the Pub

are you meaning dl of >10mb/s? possible? how?

signed up with giganews yesterday and can finally get some decent speeds, at the mo im getting not much under 2.5mb/s so a decently sized file eg film or something come in at about 25 mins not bad compared to something like an hour or so from newsdemon, a little bit more expensive than others but although i've only had them for just over a day i think it's worth it.

Don't go shouting about it or NTL will slow it down.

[RXP]

I'm on the 20mbit trial, I presume that's why? I'll go check giganews now at true prime time and report back in a bit.

[Down the Pub]

Originally Posted by Bill C

Don't go shouting about it or NTL will slow it down.

just nice to be able to make use of hard paid for connection bill, gotta do something other than gaming as er' indoors keeps moaning about

Originally Posted by RXP

I'm on the 20mbit trial, I presume that's why? I'll go check giganews now at true prime time and report back in a bit.

Try this

[RXP]

OK just tried it, getting 8-9mbit from giganews. And from speedtest.net:



Dunno why this is, from speed test in the morning it's always over 10mbits.

Originally Posted by RXP

OK just tried it, getting 8-9mbit from giganews. And from speedtest.net:



Dunno why this is, from speed test in the morning it's always over 10mbits.

Believe it or not that speed test will give you different results depending on what proxy you are on

[RXP]

Yah, but it's with all sites and speed tests. Not just one. What proxy do you use Bill to get good web speed?