ljr2004
30th April 2006, 21:35
Hi everyone,
I am going to be migrating from EvolutionDSL 8MB Office max product asap and i have a couple of questions about Multiplay:
1. How long has the company been going / providing broadband services?
2. I understand there is a problem with bt capping the line @ 2MB and this is what i have been getting in general web browsing etc or 220k-ish d/l speed despite being synced @ 6500kbps and I am now past the 10 day training period. I guess i am asking if this will increase. i know its based on my line but I'm only 750 metres away from the exchange and my line has always been good quality?
I'm going to bust on Evolution here, sorry but i need to explain the circumstances. Basically my problem with evo is a) poor customer service and lack of any kind of support, 2) bad communication with customers, we are never informed and when we are its the same rubbish spurted out every time which makes me feel undervalued as a customer, 3) problems with there servers so nobody can access the net. its definitely an evo problem because it happens to every evo customer @ the same time, 4) "assumed" traffic shaping despite them saying they don't do that (i can't prove it but the evidence suggests its true). This is based on extremely poor speed the majority of the time. starts of well, then a couple of mins later slows down, until it reaches 15k. this has happened to lots of evo customers and due to the step down like nature of the speed decreases suggests traffic shaping.
I am basically worried that MAX DSL is nothing more than a glorified 2MB connection where i will occasionally see the high rate but only for a short period of time.
Back to the questions:
3) My biggest issue is only getting 15k when using Usenet regardless of port, have tried changing it. occasionally i got 200k for about 10 mins then back to 15k for the rest of the day. I'm not a 24/7 leecher, i don't d/l excessively from Usenet, but i do expect the same speeds as i get from everything else. what are peoples experiences of Usenet access on multiplay? at present it takes days to d/l a couple of gig @ 15k. i want to d/l @ full speed, get it over with and turn my PC off.
I jumped onto evo from feedom2surf because of what they said on their site and the price for the product, pretty much what multiplay are saying. I have been researching to migrate to another ISP and so far have come across multiplay and ukfsn as viable options for a good price. ukfsn have a 300GB off peak limit which i will never come close too but its as good as unlimited imo which is what i want (i hate the poxy caps some isp's put on their products, makes me feel like they are telling me what to do, lol).
I could d/l @ 220k non stop on my old 2MB connection and from what i gathered ADSL max is supposed to be an upgrade so i would at least like my new "up to 8MB" (i understand that bit) connection to outperform my old 2MB connection if that's possible or as a worst case scenario equal it (i don't mind paying for the higher upload speed and no usage cap). when i got 512 i was amazed, then i got 1MB and my speed doubled. then i got 2MB and my speed doubled again. now I've upgraded and all i want is for it to be faster, but I'm not expecting the full speed, between 400-600k will put a smile on my face. :)
I apologise if I'm ranting or babbling I'm just wary of a company I've never heard of before, especially after the evolution fiasco, i really should have done my research better and they are driving me crazy, d'oh. :rolleyes:
I am going to be migrating from EvolutionDSL 8MB Office max product asap and i have a couple of questions about Multiplay:
1. How long has the company been going / providing broadband services?
2. I understand there is a problem with bt capping the line @ 2MB and this is what i have been getting in general web browsing etc or 220k-ish d/l speed despite being synced @ 6500kbps and I am now past the 10 day training period. I guess i am asking if this will increase. i know its based on my line but I'm only 750 metres away from the exchange and my line has always been good quality?
I'm going to bust on Evolution here, sorry but i need to explain the circumstances. Basically my problem with evo is a) poor customer service and lack of any kind of support, 2) bad communication with customers, we are never informed and when we are its the same rubbish spurted out every time which makes me feel undervalued as a customer, 3) problems with there servers so nobody can access the net. its definitely an evo problem because it happens to every evo customer @ the same time, 4) "assumed" traffic shaping despite them saying they don't do that (i can't prove it but the evidence suggests its true). This is based on extremely poor speed the majority of the time. starts of well, then a couple of mins later slows down, until it reaches 15k. this has happened to lots of evo customers and due to the step down like nature of the speed decreases suggests traffic shaping.
I am basically worried that MAX DSL is nothing more than a glorified 2MB connection where i will occasionally see the high rate but only for a short period of time.
Back to the questions:
3) My biggest issue is only getting 15k when using Usenet regardless of port, have tried changing it. occasionally i got 200k for about 10 mins then back to 15k for the rest of the day. I'm not a 24/7 leecher, i don't d/l excessively from Usenet, but i do expect the same speeds as i get from everything else. what are peoples experiences of Usenet access on multiplay? at present it takes days to d/l a couple of gig @ 15k. i want to d/l @ full speed, get it over with and turn my PC off.
I jumped onto evo from feedom2surf because of what they said on their site and the price for the product, pretty much what multiplay are saying. I have been researching to migrate to another ISP and so far have come across multiplay and ukfsn as viable options for a good price. ukfsn have a 300GB off peak limit which i will never come close too but its as good as unlimited imo which is what i want (i hate the poxy caps some isp's put on their products, makes me feel like they are telling me what to do, lol).
I could d/l @ 220k non stop on my old 2MB connection and from what i gathered ADSL max is supposed to be an upgrade so i would at least like my new "up to 8MB" (i understand that bit) connection to outperform my old 2MB connection if that's possible or as a worst case scenario equal it (i don't mind paying for the higher upload speed and no usage cap). when i got 512 i was amazed, then i got 1MB and my speed doubled. then i got 2MB and my speed doubled again. now I've upgraded and all i want is for it to be faster, but I'm not expecting the full speed, between 400-600k will put a smile on my face. :)
I apologise if I'm ranting or babbling I'm just wary of a company I've never heard of before, especially after the evolution fiasco, i really should have done my research better and they are driving me crazy, d'oh. :rolleyes: