My ISP hates me.

I'm really starting to get annoyed with my ISP, they're limiting my broadband speeds from 8Mbs to under 500Kbs during peak times.

I have been with Orange now for about 3 years and never had a problem until a few months ago and while I pay a lot more than any of the deals they offer now. They happen to think my bandwidth usage will impair other users experience, when I'm using it for browsing, gaming and downloading a game every few weeks through steam. I'm not running a server from my house?

I was wondering if anyone else is in the same boat, limited, and doomed to have stupidly high pings from 6 till 12?

I'm not in the same boat. My internet speeds are fantastic. 8)cybrcatter

my download speed is 10-20 KB/s , is it bad ?gubrushadow

Yeah that's quite bad, but other things can factor in.

This should test what you have:

http://www.speedtest.net/

File a complaint or seek another provider! Such poor treatment is simply unacceptable.GswSir

Yes, yes it is.

I tried to file a complaint and got nothing back, so I think it's time to move on.

What is the rated speed of the plan you are paying for?

What is the rated speed of the plan you are paying for?

Alter_Echo

Well if your bill/plan lists 8Mb down your DL speeds will be 1/8th of that. So you would max out at 1MB. Minus line quality and traffic and a 500-600 DL speed wouldnt be entirely out of the question weven without being throttled.

Unless im totally understanding you wrong and you have actually been downloading at 8Mb/sec which would mean you are paying for roughly a 64Mb connection.

Well if your bill/plan lists 8Mb down your DL speeds will be 1/8th of that. So you would max out at 1MB. Minus line quality and traffic and a 500-600 DL speed wouldnt be entirely out of the question weven without being throttled.

Unless im totally understanding you wrong and you have actually been downloading at 8Mb/sec which would mean you are paying for roughly a 64Mb connection.

Alter_Echo

That sucks.

If I ever get bad D/L speeds I usually run them through an accelerator, like DAP.

But my speeds are usually around 1 Mb/s for d/l's.

Definitely get off that plan. Having a cap that low on a connection that fast almost makes it worthless. I go through that much bandwidth twice a week if not more and my plan isnt that much higher than yours.

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Well if your bill/plan lists 8Mb down your DL speeds will be 1/8th of that. So you would max out at 1MB. Minus line quality and traffic and a 500-600 DL speed wouldnt be entirely out of the question weven without being throttled.

Unless im totally understanding you wrong and you have actually been downloading at 8Mb/sec which would mean you are paying for roughly a 64Mb connection.

zanelli

Definitely get off that plan. Having a cap that low on a connection that fast almost makes it worthless. I go through that much bandwidth twice a week if not more and my plan isnt that much higher than yours.

Alter_Echo

What? 8GB a week download limit? That's pathetic man, you gotta switch.Gallion-Beast

Yeah you guys are right, why I'm gonna change. I can't believe they'd do it in the first place.

Orange? so your in the UK? If you can get Virgin Media Fibre Optic, I recommend it... I'm on the 20mb unlimited package. And because it's fibre optic there is no usage cap. Its awesome.

Orange? so your in the UK? If you can get Virgin Media Fibre Optic, I recommend it... I'm on the 20mb unlimited package. And because it's fibre optic there is no usage cap. Its awesome.

joesh89