Originally by: Miss Anthropy

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Originally by: Ghost Goat

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i am not a tiscali customer , and yet experiencing the same thing ,
i have spoken with my ISP and they do not block or throttle ,
but some server along the route to TQ apparently does , and im f*****.

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Your ISP is probably lying to you. All ISPs in the UK use a "Fair Use Policy" these days (as it's the law now) and most interpret this to include throttling common Torrent ports (which unfortunately a lot of online games use).

I switched to Pipex nearly 3 years ago after moving from AOL. I have to say that AOL's speed was far better than Pipex's during peak time. The reason I left AOL was because their software was like a virus and I couldn't stand it anymore. When I spoke to Pipex about the slow speed they told me it was a technical fault on my end, possibly line noise. After reading a thread here I realised that Pipex throttle.

Last August I stupidly upgraded to a limitless cap limit from 15 Gigs a month. Yesterday I decided to call it quits with Pipex so I can move to IDNet (after some advice from another Goon). So I phoned up for my MAC code and the guy asked me why I was leaving. I told him that his company throttle ports during peak time and he agreed. So they lied to me when I called up a few years back. As an additional stab in the back for leaving, they're going to charge me ú130 because I'll be breaking a 12 contract I apparently agreed to when I upgraded my service back in August. All I did was click a few buttons to upgrade from the 15 Gig cap limit. As far as I can recall I was never notified that I'd be entering into a 12 month contract.

So just in case you Tiscali guys are thinking of switching to Pipex; don't. They're bastards and I hope they all die in house fires. Go with IDNet. More expensive (for their premium home service) but they don't throttle.

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