New ISP? - Page 6

Mark · 25-01-2007, 02:02

Ooh, bonus. I'm getting more and more impressed by them despite their site.

mejinks · 25-01-2007, 02:26

I have to be honest that even though they have their fair share of cockups, I am pretty happy with PN at the moment. I downloaded about 48Gb of stuff last month over BT and it was pretty reasonable speed.

One thing that annoyed me was them cutting all binary newsfeed, but tbh I don't really use it any more. I opted to stay on 2mb and its been fine.

Desmo · 25-01-2007, 14:37

I'll be swapping accounts on 6th Feb and PN will be downgrading my account to dial-up PAYG so I can still run the old email address

Mark · 25-01-2007, 15:07

Sorted. That's what I'd have done too.

Desmo · 25-01-2007, 15:12

Eventually we'll move all mail over to pigmo.co.uk but this just means we can still get all our current mail too

Desmo · 25-01-2007, 15:14

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Originally Posted by Mark

Haven't heard much about the BT stuff recently so I wonder if that's still happening.

Just had this from a PN email...

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You might also have heard about BT Retail making an offer to buy PlusNet. This offer has now been accepted and the deal completed. There will be no changes to your Internet service and we will continue to operate under the PlusNet brand from our offices in Sheffield.

Mark · 25-01-2007, 15:14

You can set up PN to forward mail to the right place.

As for BT, I'll believe it when I see it. I'll give it a month. Right now PN is still cheaper, and if it isn't (currently) broke etc...

UKFSN is on my list if they screw up again though.

LeperousDust · 25-01-2007, 16:46

Wish i'd seen this earlier, Desmo, isn't it possible to connect to newsgroups through ports other than default, thus possibly eliminating the problem. Also you can set up secure connections to them (without paying extra like other newsgroup providers!) and surely that makes throttling *just* newsgroup access out of the question? As you say the rest of your connection is fine its just the newsgroup access they have you on, but if you were to mask that then it should be fine?

I'd be interested to know if that works, because im probably going to have the same problem next year...

Mark · 25-01-2007, 16:49

PN's systems aren't entirely port-based (though they do rely a lot on ports).

The 2007 announcement looks kinda interesting. Extra capacity already ordered, etc. Not sure about the BT products (if they start forcing routers on people then I'm history), but we'll see.

LeperousDust · 31-01-2007, 12:16

But my point is surely if you connect securely, via ssl with a non standard port (easynews support a fair few if i remember) you should be able to avoid trafic shaping measures? All except they just limit your bandwidth in total rather than QoS...

25-01-2007, 14:37	#53
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	I'll be swapping accounts on 6th Feb and PN will be downgrading my account to dial-up PAYG so I can still run the old email address __________________

25-01-2007, 15:12	#55
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Eventually we'll move all mail over to pigmo.co.uk but this just means we can still get all our current mail too __________________

25-01-2007, 15:14	#57
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	You can set up PN to forward mail to the right place. As for BT, I'll believe it when I see it. I'll give it a month. Right now PN is still cheaper, and if it isn't (currently) broke etc... UKFSN is on my list if they screw up again though. Last edited by Mark; 25-01-2007 at 15:16.

25-01-2007, 02:02	#51
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Ooh, bonus. I'm getting more and more impressed by them despite their site.

25-01-2007, 15:07	#54
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Sorted. That's what I'd have done too.

25-01-2007, 16:46	#58
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Wish i'd seen this earlier, Desmo, isn't it possible to connect to newsgroups through ports other than default, thus possibly eliminating the problem. Also you can set up secure connections to them (without paying extra like other newsgroup providers!) and surely that makes throttling just newsgroup access out of the question? As you say the rest of your connection is fine its just the newsgroup access they have you on, but if you were to mask that then it should be fine? I'd be interested to know if that works, because im probably going to have the same problem next year...

25-01-2007, 16:49	#59
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	PN's systems aren't entirely port-based (though they do rely a lot on ports). The 2007 announcement looks kinda interesting. Extra capacity already ordered, etc. Not sure about the BT products (if they start forcing routers on people then I'm history), but we'll see.

31-01-2007, 12:16	#60
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	But my point is surely if you connect securely, via ssl with a non standard port (easynews support a fair few if i remember) you should be able to avoid trafic shaping measures? All except they just limit your bandwidth in total rather than QoS...