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Download Speeds.

Urien
Dabbler
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Registered: ‎12-05-2008

Download Speeds.

Are you satisfied with PlusNet download speeds?
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pierre_pierre
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Registered: ‎30-07-2007

Re: Download Speeds.

very Cool
Oldjim
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Registered: ‎15-06-2007

Re: Download Speeds.

very as well
Strat
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Registered: ‎14-04-2007

Re: Download Speeds.

No complaints here Smiley
I can't vote in your poll Urien as I don't monitor my download speed as a rule.
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VileReynard
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Registered: ‎01-09-2007

Re: Download Speeds.

Are negative speeds possible?
Or do we subtract upload from download.

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kelcou
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Registered: ‎02-04-2008

Re: Download Speeds.

I don't want to hijack someone else's thread but seeing as you asked: Am I happy with my download speeds? Well, no tbh.
I'm sure it's coincidental, but since downgrading to a cheaper monthly option - I wasn't using anywhere near my allocated usage - the net seems very slow and lethargic at times. (Often between 10pm and midnightish).
For example, very often it is virtually impossible to watch bbc iplayer. It's like watching occasionally changing still photos with commentary! Hopeless.
Never had a problem before...  Undecided
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matthewk1971
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Registered: ‎30-09-2007

Re: Download Speeds.

My line speed is generally 6-7mb.
Today it is only 5, not too much of a problem, but....every day at tea time plusnets traffic managment kicks in, and it can't be very well managed.
The last two evening I have spent 90 minutes downloading the latest MSN live update, and tonight, 3 hours after I started trying I am still trying to download the update for football manager live.
It is not a huge file, and I totally understand p2p or usenet managment, but why the hell is http download so heavily restricted, after all, almost everything you do online uses it.
Tonights attempt actually shows me the speed it has, and while a speed test shows 5mb, the file I am downloading spends most of it's time coming in at 2-5kb/s, and sometimes gets up to 24kb/s......
Dial up was faster than this rubbish!
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Re: Download Speeds.

Never had a speed issue since migrating in Jul '08 - very happy with PN  Cool
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pierre_pierre
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Registered: ‎30-07-2007

Re: Download Speeds.

in general M$S downloads are in a class that is one of the worst to be throttled they come from download servers see http://www.kitz.co.uk/isp/plusnet_shaping.htm