UKFSN users in plz

LoadsaMoney said:
I hope i can still get my MAC and get on UKFSN, im phoning next week for it, i knew i should have done it sooner. :(

Spose if im synching at 7648, then i should be able to get about 7mb on UKFSN anyway.

Nope im wrong, i am in training now, im now down to 7200 up, i thought my speeds would have been going up in bits all day while i was training, but im locked at 2mb still while they getting my sync rate or summit.
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Just out of interest.. I've noticed that I'm still on 2mb, but...

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RCO? Anyone?

Perhaps I should have rung AOL sooner too.
 
stopsign104 said:
oh right - you need to leave them soon!
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I know, i dont know what to do now though, all this about its only the heavy downloaders who are going to get traffic managed etc... and im not a heavy downloader so it may not affect me, but they may just slap a shape on all p2p full stop to 20k or summit for everyone 24/7 365, oh man what to do eh. :(

Don't know what that RCO is in the above mind.

Im synching at 7200 down now with about 0-3db on the noise margin, but im only supposed to be getting about 4mb anyway seen as Golds gone as said, they moving the 1mb silver to 2mb, and the 2mg Golders are going up to 4mb.
 
I was activated on Thursday on UKFSN and i can't say i noticed any probs, getting the 4 meg speeds i used too on nildram, around 480kbs download i went for the office 90 so have 832kup load which i getting 80kbs mark, all good so far.
 
Im still in 2x minds here, i need to decide quick, one hand i think, they say its only the heavy users/abusers who are going at it 24/7 downloading etc... that are gone be affected, but on the other what if i say right im gona stay, and then the same happens as to what happened to me on Tosscali, i was downloading perfectly fine one Friday as normal, following day (the Saturday, obviously lol) i went to download, it was 20k down 0 upload all day as they kicked the shaping in so i had to get out, luckily i was on them for about 5 years or so so me contract was well and truly up.

Only trouble with the AOL side is though, if i stay and it happens, then im stuck till me contracts up in August, so if it does go like that im ****** till then, i just cant decide, i just think as well, nah they wont screw it up, as AOL have millions of customers, if they do screw it up they'll get out in their droves, but its the CPW so i just do not know, im not a heavy downloader at all, its just when i want to go and download something i want to be able to get it at my proper speeds, not some 20k or whatever they may decide to do, even if im only getting about 30gb a month, least you know where you stand on UKFSN, you know yer caps, yer times etc... but as i said what if AOL do only hit the heavy users and not everyone, arghh what to bloody do. :(
 
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will they go to the effort of throttling certain users or will they just throttle the whole group or users?

I know there are roumers and stories of UKFSN about to throttle certain times and services etc, but it's not like you're tied in forever! You can cancel after 1 month!

must admit, i've had a few issues with UKFSN and dropped connections but i updated my router firmware this morning and it seems much more stable and the connection sync has even increased a little!

I pay £20 per month and so far it's great!

Just do it...you won't lose anything. you can always go elsewhere after a month if you don't like it.
 
Reality Bites said:
Just do it...you won't lose anything. you can always go elsewhere after a month if you don't like it.
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Yeah thats true with it being monthly (forgot about that), i was thinking of jumping on UKFSN till May, as Be Unlimited is supposed to be going on my exchange then, but if im still happy with UKFSN then i may just stay, and as you say i can jump anytime really seen as its a monthly contract, think ill just get my MAC and go for it, id hate to be stuck on AOL and they start shaping etc... 24/7 like a lot of others are doing. :)
 
to be honest,if you don't download that much anyway....even if they do throttle people to 2mb download, you'll still be getting 150-200kbs....which isn't exactly bad.

most P2P sites won't get you much than that anyway per download.

The caps are fair enough.....i stick to downloading anything i want at the weekend now and use my peak bandwidth for browsing and gaming.

the 1 month contract really is great.....i had to pay an activation charge which hurt, as i'm cancelling my second line which has my DSL on now.

if you get a MAC code and migrate, you'll have 1 month notice to give if you want to jump.

people on here seem to worry too much over one story or another. Unless you pay lot of cash for a service i reckon a vast majority of home packages will get throttled at peak/busy times anyway.

I think it will be great....will stop the pron downloader form doing it 24/7 and maybe getting a gf :p
 
Well im on 2mb now, and getting upped to 4mb seen as they getting rid of the 2mb Gold im on now, and no 2mb download speeds are fine, that wouldn't matter to me, what concerns me is if they do what Tosscali/Pipex etc... started doing, shape it to 20k, and seen as AOL have never given any details of the FUP apart from saying there is going to be one, and saying 'traffic management' then they could do that to everyone across the board wether you download 1gb a month or 500gb a month, they may just shape all p2p full stop, i don't downlaod much but when i do i don't want to have to wait for days as they will only allow me 20k or something whatever time day of night i try as they are fully shaping it, if they just gave us details of it before the 1st so we know whats going to happen, not just go into it blind thinknig ahh it'll be ok, then boom 1st feb you can't download anything as they have slapped shaping on all p2p 24/7 like others.
 
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WotDa said:
Just out of interest.. I've noticed that I'm still on 2mb, but...

dmt20070120_2024.png


RCO? Anyone?

Perhaps I should have rung AOL sooner too.
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Not sure on what RCO means, but basically you could be on 8meg ADSLMAX with no probs (terms and conditions apply :p )
 
just wait and see what happens? you can always switch if and when things go bad.

i think most providors will end up shaping to some degree, it just depends how much. UKFSN have had lots of hype about how they don't shape their traffic, but i see they have just changed their website.

I can only see it happening if people are hammering the network 24/7 and i'm sure they can see who those people are and cut it out.

i would only worry if you had to tie yourself into a 12/18 month contract with someone....1 month gives you an easy get out.
 
thats the thing though i can't switch, if i dont get out now before the 1st Feb then im stuck there till my contract is up in August. :(

UKFSN are not shaping though, they only drop everyones speed down at 10pm to stop packet loss, and help with latency for online gaming etc... as everyone jumps on and sets all their downloads away, as 10pm is when the off peak hrs start, it may not even go down to 2mb, it just drops incrementally untill the packet loss, and latency isn't affected anymore, and 2mb is the minimum it will go, and your speeds only drop for about 1hr or so, sometimes not at all, then when capacity drops and packet loss/latency isnt affected anymore your speeds go back up as said, its a brilliant idea imo, much better than the lets shape it to this speed for so many hrs of the day. :)
 
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hi guys, ive just set my migration off.

how long until my order is processed by bt?

also how long till my ukfsn webspace is enabled?
 
LoadsaMoney said:
thats the thing though i can't switch, if i dont get out now before the 1st Feb then im stuck there till my contract is up in August. :(

UKFSN are not shaping though, they only drop everyones speed down at 10pm to stop packet loss, and help with latency for online gaming etc... as everyone jumps on and sets all their downloads away, as 10pm is when the off peak hrs start, it may not even go down to 2mb, it just drops incrementally untill the packet loss, and latency isn't affected anymore, and 2mb is the minimum it will go, and your speeds only drop for about 1hr or so, sometimes not at all, then when capacity drops and packet loss/latency isnt affected anymore your speeds go back up as said, its a brilliant idea imo, much better than the lets shape it to this speed for so many hrs of the day. :)
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i think fromt he sounds of things it's a no brainer.

2mb download minimum is fine by me.....!

I've been downloading a few things this weekend. Started over 3gb worth at 12pm today.....they were all done by 4pm!
 
Hey all,

Just wondered if you guys could help with a few dilemmas... I have just recently got BT to put a new line in to my house, and so am looking to go with a new ISP for my broadband needs.

I've narrowed it down to UKFSN and BT Option 1.

I can only get a maximum of 1.5MBps on ADSLMAX according to the BT Wholesale checker, so I can't say the shaping @ 10pm issue is going to concern me (if at all) seeing as I'll never get 2MB anyway!

Question 1 - I already have a filtered ADSL faceplate which I'd want the engineers to put on when they came to do the install, would they mind? Who installs the BB, do they have their own engineers (UKSN) or is it through BT?

Question 2 - Which would you go for?

Thanks,

EVH
 
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Anyone tell me how you pay for UKFSN seen as they don't take cards, what happens, do they contact you every month or summit, whats the procedure ?

Thanks. :)
 
Ahh cool thanks, thats ok then, my mates on Aquiss and i was asking him about it and he says he has to use PayPal every month as they dont take cards or nowt, so i thought UKFSN would be the same seen as they are both resellers. :)
 
Going from memory, I'm sure after you sign up with ukfsn, enta, send you some info on paying, and your user and password for your control panel on their site. There you can change your payment details, and update cards you wish to use.

Been with them now for 8 months, and it's been fine. Even the new 10 pm degrade ain't bothered me to much, speeds have always been above the 2mbit stated, after about 1am, they sneak back to 6.7 mbit for me.
 
EVH said:
Hey all,

Just wondered if you guys could help with a few dilemmas... I have just recently got BT to put a new line in to my house, and so am looking to go with a new ISP for my broadband needs.

I've narrowed it down to UKFSN and BT Option 1.

I can only get a maximum of 1.5MBps on ADSLMAX according to the BT Wholesale checker, so I can't say the shaping @ 10pm issue is going to concern me (if at all) seeing as I'll never get 2MB anyway!

Question 1 - I already have a filtered ADSL faceplate which I'd want the engineers to put on when they came to do the install, would they mind? Who installs the BB, do they have their own engineers (UKSN) or is it through BT?

Question 2 - Which would you go for?

Thanks,

EVH
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bare in mind if you go with UKFSN you'll have a £55 connection charge.
 
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