22mb slower than my old 2mb connection

[lobster]

On the site under exchange list
Middlesex
Harrow Harrow Live

According to http://www.broadbandchecker.co.uk
I have ADSL and Satellite available in my area, no mention of adsl2+.

 

[DarthSydodyas]

No. UK Online isn't capped.

Not sure about the 22mb service but my 8mb uk online service is capped to 500gb per month.

 

[tom k&e]

Not sure about the 22mb service but my 8mb uk online service is capped to 500gb per month.

Half a terabyte a month sounds like a challenge rather than a limit.

3 DVD isos a day!

 

[Iam]

Half a terabyte a month sounds like a challenge rather than a limit.

 

[Lava]

Not sure about the 22mb service but my 8mb uk online service is capped to 500gb per month.

Pity me with 8Mb and a 2Gb monthly cap.

 

[marts69]

This is a copy of the email all us ukonline folks got 2 days ago, should answer a fews questions.

Dear Customer

Just a quick note to let you know that we've made a few changes to our terms and conditions.

The changes we've made include helping you understand what happens when you move house and also letting you know about our Fair Usage Policy www.ukonline.net/fup which will make sure that you always have the best possible service by us treating every customer fairly.

The terms will apply to you from the date of this email and you will be bound by them. You should read them in full and you can do so at www.ukonline.net/terms.

If you feel that you have been disadvantaged by the changes you have the right to terminate your agreement with us by notifying us at [email protected] within thirty days of the date of this e-mail. Otherwise we will assume that you are happy with the changes and agree to comply with the updated Terms and Conditions.

Kind Regards


Marts...

 

[Radar]

This is a copy of the email all us ukonline folks got 2 days ago, should answer a fews questions.

Ulp, That sounds nasty. Welcome to p2p purgatory

Looks like new ISP or change your surfing habits time

 

[tom k&e]

Oh great, an open ended AUP. What cunts.

At least plus net have the good grace to set specific limits.

 

[marts69]

Oh great, an open ended AUP. What cunts.

At least plus net have the good grace to set specific limits.

Exactly why everone is pissed by it what are the limits???

Marts...

 

[DarthSydodyas]

If any of their sites experience contention, they ought to have the good sense to increase the bandwidth rather than throttling (pardon the pun) peoples connections. BB should be unlimited. It's certainly fucking advertised that way.

 

[dogmatique]

He said because ADSL2 is new, it takes a couple of days for the line to reach full speed. He told me I should be getting 18.5mb once it's up and running.

That's the biggest crock of shit i've heard in a long time.

I'm on ADSL2 and I connect at 18.5 meg down, 1.3 up. - But I know other people that are getting less than 4meg with the same supplier. The biggest problem with ADSL2 as far as I can tell is background noise on your line, and the decreasing strength of signal over a distance (attenuation). If your attenuation rate is high, your speeds will be low. And no, it doesn't take time to "warm up."

 

[PacificOcean]

I have fixed the problem if anyone is intrested. Turns out I needed to update the firmware on my router.

I am now downloading at 2mb/s!

Hurrah!

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

The fuckers who I got my connection from told me it was 1 meg per second, but it's only 522kps, according to a test I just did.



Still, it was only 40 quid for a year so I guess I can't moan too much