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[Marks DTM Calib]

AOL kept dropping out, but that is apparently due to me paying for an 8mb connection when my line would only take 2.5mb max.

That smells of BS for a start. ADSL will drop back to whatever speed the line will support transparently. Drop outs sound more like the ISPs network being flakey. (or did the ADSL connection actually drop?)

Kevin

I think i first heard about it from the Gadget show which is why i checked the max speed my line would take, it has something to do with the connection my end trying to up/download at a faster rate than the exchange/ line will accept so it 'trips out' (although i may have been dreaming and its all cobblers). The fact AOL were charging me for 8meg and knew the line wouldn't take it is what relly peed me off with them!!

Its cobblers....line speed is contoled by the head end and the modem will not be able to over subscribe the link

[TheBoy]

I left demon to go to Zen a good few years ago.
I had 512K, and that was all my line would alledgedly support due to line length (well over 5k)
I discovered a neighbour had been given 1meg on a new install.

Started ringing and complaining, but demon wouldnt even try a regrade to 1 meg, rang various others the same.

Zen said, we will ask for a manual regrade or something, they will try and make it work.

So I migrated, and they subbed the regrade request, week later I had double the speed.

Due to my distance, with current technologies I really dont think I will get any more speed if I regrade, I am very happy with the connection I get, so am staying put.


Also a much better service than I had, much better newsgroup access etc.

My usage isnt as much as it once was, so the 8000 Active would probably normally be enough usage allowance for me, the 8000 pro would be better, but getting a bit dear.

The legacy packages have the advantages of using a different VP, which is not under utilised (with everyone moving to MAX products), so should be able to get full speed across BT's part even at peak times.

[TheBoy]

For those praising the virtues of Virgin/NTL - they are the bain of my life running this site.  You don't know it as a user, but you go through proxies (which cache sites to improve speed, as Virgin do not have the capacity to provide internet to everyone).  No issue there, one or 2 others do it (rare now though), but Virgins are bloody awful and unreliable, sometimes seeing a significant proportion of the proxy cluster all simultneously asking for the same page.  Thrashes my disks, sends server resources through the roof, often crashes the OOF server....

[Turk]

i changed to tiscali just before christmas and really cannot fault it ,,, the speed is consistent and i have had no drop outs ( unlike my previous supplier BT)

Me too ! Tiscali with up to 8m and un-limited downloads. (Mine falls just short of 7m.) Inc. Phone line rental with free w/end calls...£14.99.
Not had one problem.