Aquiss is my ISP. They resell the Enta network bandwidth which is "shaped" but only as a anti packet loss which will throttle everyones internet (not port specific) (see
here for how they do it) This is the most fairest way of doing it, so we get great pings all the time. This is here as a anti loss tool only. Enta are adding new bandwidth as fast as BT will allow them to.
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\sam>ping
www.bbc.co.uk
Pinging
www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.224.87] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.224.87: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.224.87: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.224.87: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.224.87: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=247
Ping statistics for 212.58.224.87:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 8ms, Maximum = 9ms, Average = 8ms
C:\Documents and Settings\sam>tracert
www.bbc.co.uk
Tracing route to
www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.224.82]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms chestnut.dsl.enta.net [84.45.242.68]
3 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms vlan4001.global-switch.dsl.enta.net [84.45.242.6
5]
4 9 ms 10 ms 10 ms telehouse-east.dsl.enta.net [84.45.242.50]
5 10 ms 11 ms 10 ms gi2-6.telehouse-east.core.enta.net [62.249.192.1
21]
6 10 ms 10 ms 9 ms te5-2.telehouse-east2.bdr.enta.net [87.127.236.3
4]
7 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms 212.58.238.177
8 10 ms 10 ms 11 ms 212.58.238.153
9 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms www31.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.82]
Trace complete.
Support are great, with a callback facility so you don't have to wait on the phone and they have a forum on their site, which once you sign up can get full access to. Aquiss and Enta pass on every piece of information onto the customer via noc.enta.net + the Enta staff are active over at adslguide forums.
I will only leave them for Be or another Enta supplier if I want a office package as it is slightly cheaper over at UKFSN.