Had enough and considering moving ISP

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Recently it seems Freedom 2 Surf have started to shape my Newsleecher Giganews SSL traffic to 15kb/s. I have been with them for 3 years and not had one issue until now. I average 70gig/month so not a ridiculous heavy user (although it can peak at 130gig at times).....however how much is downloaded is not the point.

I may be locked into a 12 month contract with them. I read in another thread that people suggest ADSL24 highly. Is there a way I can leave F2S for ADSL24? Could I say they are in breach of their contract as they said it is unlimited but yet they traffic shape, or does that open the can of worms of 'unlimited download but not unlimited speed' like in the current thread about this?

Will call them up tomorrow and have a moan - they are a nice bunch there.

While I am here creating a thread - Last Gadget Show they were going on about 'Writing a letter to your ISP complaining about this whole unlimited broadband issue'

Heres the link http://fwd.five.tv/gadget-show/blog/unlimited-broadband

I just may actually send this in....perhaps if enough of us do then we can perhaps get somewhere, especially in this age of streaming HD content and PS3 Network etc.
 
guys 130gig is like the most I ever downloaded - yes had a pron dl fest....the missus was away .....averaging 70gig is not a lot if you stream HD content and dl demos in PS3 store.

I recently called em up and they offered me a better package at a cheaper rate with a wireless router (but to get router I had to enter a 12 month contract)

faffed around and changed the default newsleecher port to SSL 443 instead of default NNTP port of 119....downloading again at max bandwidth ~ 600kb/s
 
is sky broadband any good tho...are they not going to be like virgin etc? I have sky so it would make sense to get their broadband too
 
siiiiiiiigh ok the saga continues: not sure if this update should go here or in the home cinema thread tbh.

Had sky HD installed today and since then my router only connects at 1.8mbps and its normally around 5.5mbps. (like always has been 5.5 on a 16mbps service)

So I kinda paro out and call F2S tech support @ 10p/min :/

Dude was really helpful and kinda laughed when I said I think im being traffic shaped as he says F2S dont do this.....anyway he was cool and friendly and said he can see something caining my router but he doesnt know what it is.

So I clicked *eureka* and thought maybe its the Sky Anytime TV getting updates? would it slow down the broadband connection that dramatically as it updates? (ill disconnect sky from the phone line tomorrow to isolate it) but that is proper turd if thats the case......Anytime TV kills BB...what a farce.

Perhaps Im wrong and perhaps F2S dont traffic shape but in fact perhaps their parent company ,Tiscali *gark phatooie* do? maybe the new microfilter type effort the sky installer installed is duff?

I dont know yet.. but im proper annoyed and wish I wasnt tied into such a long contract with F2S as reading about Sky BB its only £10/month with no activation fee and apparently no FUP.

Will try isolate issue tomorrow and report findings. This issue today ties in very well with the traffic shaping idea I had with F2S but it may be a red herring.

Oh and PS: seems all port 80 http traffic is limited to 15kb/s for me atm so browsing is slow its ridiculous
 
tolien said:
Is the Sky box actually filtered?
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Ok let me try explain to the best of my ability as Im not sure what the bits of kit are called....the rj11 cable that came supplied with the sky box was too short so the installer ran an extension cable from the phone box to the sky box so he could tack it along the wall.

looks like this cable plugs into a 'little box' into the normal bt phone box and the microfilter then plugs into the 'little box' itself

the microfilter has the connection to the phone and to the router.

now I just removed this 'little box' and plugged the micro filter directly into the bt box and now my router registers downstream as 6.2mbps.

what the heck is going on? lol....a dodgy sky connection he installed perhaps?
 
im such a noob...crysis averted

figured it out by plugging the microfilter into the bt box, the 'little sky box' into the microfilter and the phone into the 'little sky box'

not a neat looking solution however, there must be a neater way of doing this?
 
tolien said:
Sounds like it isn't filtered.
The box that the Sky installer used sounds like a doubler, with two sockets - one goes to the Sky box, and the filter goes into the other?

Switch the doubler and filter around so that the doubler's connected to the voice side of the filter, then plug your phone into the other socket on the doubler.
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awesome thanx for reply tolien :) I think thats what I just did, its not neat though but BB back up to speed and the sky and phone both work ok
 
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