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From: chris on 2 Apr 2010 04:07
On 01/04/10 16:32, Woody wrote:
> David Kennedy<davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Peter Ceresole wrote:
>>> David Kennedy<davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Plusnet throttles depending on source and type, thereby prioritising
>>>>> interactive stuff such streaming of web browsing.
>>>>
>>>> If however you're up to your download limit then the throttling is
>>>> across the board at peak times.
>>>
>>> Hang on... If I'm up to my limit on downloads (which at 60GB in thirty
>>> days' rolling total I have never reached), then all my traffic is
>>> throttled during peak times, which is right. Unlimited at off peak
>>> night, which is also right.
>>>
>>> The other thing is traffic shaping. I really wouldn't want to be with an
>>> ISP that did that. If your interactive stuff is screwing up my part of
>>> our shared connection, you bet I'd want it limited...
>>
>> They restrict P2P and binary groups at peak times also some other stuff.
>>
>> <http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/speed_guide/download_speeds.shtml>
>>
>> It's never affected me but it does seem pretty general from what I can
>> see regardless of which ISP you choose. Some, of course, are more open
>> about admitting it than others.
>
> And some dont do it:
>
> <http://www.zen.co.uk/support/adsl/usage-allowance-faq.aspx#slowspeed>

Yup. You get what you pay for...

Like David my usage pattern doesn't really justify the additional cost,
although I'm at the other extreme: I get plusnet for �5.99pm.

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