PIPEX ISP ! UK ! Slow ass speeds for the price we are paying !

ViRuS2k · Oct 19, 2006, 01:24 PM

Sheesh pipex the no1 UK isp is ment to be sweet but shit, i shit you not that its dam slow...

during the day i get speeds of 400kb average. bouncing up and down all over the place.
at night i get about 500kb average speeds

and after 12:00midnight to 8:00am i get my max speeds of 830kb
wich is beyond the joke

who has the time to download things fast at those times.

i pay £35 for Unlimited 8meg broadband and im getting creepy slow speeds during the days and even slower speeds during the weekend days...

is there anyone else with pIPex that is getting creepy slow speeds becuse i find it rediculess...

also did anyone see the report on the news tonight about broadband nation UK talking about ISPS and the problems others are getting.

i found it amuseing that you see a massive 8MEG in red and underline at the bottom very small text says UP TO lol i fell for that one aswell.

pr0digal jenius · Oct 19, 2006, 01:50 PM

I pay $59.99 a month for "1.5 Megabit" and never see above 250 kb/sec

so you and your 800 can shush

PS - if it's DSL based service, it's limited by line distance, and if it's cable based, it's limited by local saturation

ViRuS2k · Oct 19, 2006, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

I pay $59.99 a month for "1.5 Megabit" and never see above 250 kb/sec

so you and your 800 can shush

PS - if it's DSL based service, it's limited by line distance, and if it's cable based, it's limited by local saturation

lol :P just seems weird that i get my max speed from 12:00mn to 8:00am
and at any other times its completely halfed infact lower than half lol

Tinkerhell · Oct 19, 2006, 03:42 PM

What's do you guys use to check your speeds?

Judas · Oct 19, 2006, 04:00 PM

www.speedtest.net

riles9262 · Oct 19, 2006, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ViRuS2k

lol :P just seems weird that i get my max speed from 12:00mn to 8:00am
and at any other times its completely halfed infact lower than half lol

No it doesn't. That's not the peak usage time. It sucks that your speed gets drained by half, but it is normal to be slower during the daytime (probably even slower from 8-10am and 5-7pm).

***Zardon*** · Oct 19, 2006, 05:17 PM

I always get around 1100-1200k, never changes. then again im in a pretty quiet area and I dont use ASDL, which is shit in the UK - unless you live on top of the exchange.

LordofDoom · Oct 19, 2006, 06:51 PM

I got about 4000m DL and about 350k UL

SexPistoL · Oct 19, 2006, 07:44 PM

M8 I have the same problem with "Tosscalli

It's there damn "Fair User Policy." (FUP) It limits how much you can DL during pesk periods, it's only fair to little old grannies who serf the net for knitting patterns ! www.freepatterns.com OOOh you can get some real beauties, i'm off ! L8rs