Had enough and considering moving ISP
- Thread starter Oxide™
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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
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
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?
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.
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.
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?
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?
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