Why is PlusNet now so slow?

Especially with Torrents and filesharing?

"Dave Boomhauer" <daveboomhauer@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in news:456f2394$0$8711
$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net:

Packet shaping. I moved to Zen a week or so ago and the difference is
amazing, like when we first had MaxDSL enabled.

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"cw" <usenet@fidei.DEADco.uk> wrote in message
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What do people think of Namesco or Newnet? They seem to score highly on
ADSLguide....

cw wrote:
When I got my code to move to Zen, I got the obligatory phone call from a
Plusnet drone trying to persuade me to stay who insisted that everybody else
including Zen packet shape just as severely. Lying bustard. I can't describe
how glad I am to have escaped that gaggle of poltroons.


Ian

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Probably won't be long before Zen start shaping as well.
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Jon

Jon <spam@jonparker.plus.com> wrote in
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I didn't even get the phone call, just an additional note on the ticket
along with the MAC key. The difference with PlusNet and Zen is the cost
meaning they have more funds available to pay for more backbones rather
than cramping everyone into one.
I believe there is traffic management in place on Zen anyway however this
isn't even noticeable to me and it certainly doesn't seem to get it wrong
all the time like the Ellacoyas that PlusNet use did.

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"Jaxtraw" <jax@knickersjaxtrawstudios.com> wrote in message
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Yes. But - and there is a but. As of today Plusnet p2p connectivity seems to
be back to near normal - currently 69KB/s.

The sad thing about Plusnet is that it used to be a great service. The
prospective BT takeover is very bad news for any prospect Plusnet had of
finding its own distinctive and once great way again.

The funny thing is that all ISPs would probably have to do is to charge a
premium to moderate p2p users in order to keep their custom (say 4 or 5 Gig
a month for £10 or so).

Gareth.

"Gareth" <hotmail.com@dgareth.spm> wrote in
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PlusNet managment have always made business decisions which resolved
their problems quickly but caused problems for customer support and
users. Ranging from the 0800 numbers to when BT limited the number of
SurfTime ports through to the recent broadband issues.

Now that the company is stock market driven, it seems like the directors
are going for the biggest money making options and just charging through
the fray that it causes - as it has always done. I don't expect that to
change anytime soon which is why I finally left after 8 years or so.

As to the takeover, what's actually happening with that? Last I heard,
BT bought ~32% then sold some off so they were below 30% because of some
'implications'. I never saw it explained properly and haven't heard
anything else since..

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"cw" <usenet@fidei.DEADco.uk> wrote in message
news:Xns988CCBDBE1E40cwfidei@212.23.3.119...
Seems like someone fucked up big style. Instead of buying <30% of the
issued share stock, they've gone in and bought 32.4% - which under the rules
of the game (The City Code), they can't do. Nice try though <g>
Even their pathetic bleating to the Takeover Panel didn't work )

http://moneyextra.uk-wire.com/cgi-bi...14594936M.html

Full set of rules for the game:
http://www.freshfields.com/publicati...2006/15139.pdf
They breached Rule 9