plusnet slow speeds

Last 3-4 days has been slow downloads on plusnet. Never had a problem
before but this has gone right down.
After being max'ed I was getting a steady 240KB/sec, now its back down to
around 60KB/sec. Plusnet speedtest has confirmed my slow speeds.
I have sent in a ticket. I have a friend also having the same problem,
anyone else here?
Nothing on status pages to show a problem.

"Beck" <beck@none> wrote in message
news:457aefbd$0$8753$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Last 3-4 days has been slow downloads on plusnet. Never had a problem
> before but this has gone right down.
> After being max'ed I was getting a steady 240KB/sec, now its back down to
> around 60KB/sec. Plusnet speedtest has confirmed my slow speeds.
> I have sent in a ticket. I have a friend also having the same problem,
> anyone else here?
> Nothing on status pages to show a problem.

Not surprised. I was only ever getting 1.5Mbps with MinusNet on their "ADSL
MAX" product before moving to Freedom2Surf. I now get 2.8Mbps which is the
maximum for my exchange/location.

Terry.

In article <457aefbd$0$8753$(E-Mail Removed)>, Beck
<beck@none> wrote:

>Last 3-4 days has been slow downloads on plusnet. Never had a problem
>before but this has gone right down.
>After being max'ed I was getting a steady 240KB/sec, now its back down to
>around 60KB/sec. Plusnet speedtest has confirmed my slow speeds.
>I have sent in a ticket. I have a friend also having the same problem,
>anyone else here?
>Nothing on status pages to show a problem.

There's a rumour that they've been losing so many customers that they
de-activated one or more pipes. They're denying any shortage of
bandwidth however and blame their own mismanagement of their notorious
Ellacoya data analysis/throttling equipment - plus a handful of users
who have allegedly been abusing the system.

According to PN, things were due to start getting better by today. But
a lot of customers posting in their forums can only see things getting
worse unless PlusNet buy more bandwidth - which they are refusing to do
until customer numbers increase (fat chance) or wholesale prices come
down in the spring.

The data-busy Christmas holiday is looming and PlusNet's network looks
to be disintegrating already.

Stan

Stan The Man wrote

> In article <457aefbd$0$8753$(E-Mail Removed)>, Beck
> <beck@none> wrote:
>
> >Last 3-4 days has been slow downloads on plusnet. Never had a problem
> >before but this has gone right down.
> >After being max'ed I was getting a steady 240KB/sec, now its back down to
> >around 60KB/sec. Plusnet speedtest has confirmed my slow speeds.
> >I have sent in a ticket. I have a friend also having the same problem,
> >anyone else here?
> >Nothing on status pages to show a problem.
>
> There's a rumour that they've been losing so many customers that they
> de-activated one or more pipes. They're denying any shortage of
> bandwidth however and blame their own mismanagement of their notorious
> Ellacoya data analysis/throttling equipment - plus a handful of users
> who have allegedly been abusing the system.
>
> According to PN, things were due to start getting better by today. But
> a lot of customers posting in their forums can only see things getting
> worse unless PlusNet buy more bandwidth - which they are refusing to do
> until customer numbers increase (fat chance) or wholesale prices come
> down in the spring.
>
> The data-busy Christmas holiday is looming and PlusNet's network looks
> to be disintegrating already.
>

It'll all fall over on Tuesday. It's M$ update day. There's no way
pussnet will be able to cope with all of its customers downloading 5Mb
of files.

>> Last 3-4 days has been slow downloads on plusnet. Never had a
>> problem before but this has gone right down.
>> After being max'ed I was getting a steady 240KB/sec, now its back
>> down to around 60KB/sec. Plusnet speedtest has confirmed my slow
>> speeds.
>> I have sent in a ticket. I have a friend also having the same
>> problem, anyone else here?
>> Nothing on status pages to show a problem.
>
> There's a rumour that they've been losing so many customers that they
> de-activated one or more pipes. They're denying any shortage of
> bandwidth however and blame their own mismanagement of their notorious
> Ellacoya data analysis/throttling equipment - plus a handful of users
> who have allegedly been abusing the system.
>
> According to PN, things were due to start getting better by today. But
> a lot of customers posting in their forums can only see things getting
> worse unless PlusNet buy more bandwidth - which they are refusing to
> do until customer numbers increase (fat chance) or wholesale prices
> come down in the spring.
>
> The data-busy Christmas holiday is looming and PlusNet's network looks
> to be disintegrating already.

Yet another another malicious rumour started by Stan hinself!

Peter Crosland

Peter Crosland wrote:

> >> Last 3-4 days has been slow downloads on plusnet. Never had a
> >> problem before but this has gone right down.
> >> After being max'ed I was getting a steady 240KB/sec, now its back
> >> down to around 60KB/sec. Plusnet speedtest has confirmed my slow
> >> speeds.
> >> I have sent in a ticket. I have a friend also having the same
> >> problem, anyone else here?
> >> Nothing on status pages to show a problem.
> >
> > There's a rumour that they've been losing so many customers that they
> > de-activated one or more pipes. They're denying any shortage of
> > bandwidth however and blame their own mismanagement of their notorious
> > Ellacoya data analysis/throttling equipment - plus a handful of users
> > who have allegedly been abusing the system.
> >
> > According to PN, things were due to start getting better by today. But
> > a lot of customers posting in their forums can only see things getting
> > worse unless PlusNet buy more bandwidth - which they are refusing to
> > do until customer numbers increase (fat chance) or wholesale prices
> > come down in the spring.
> >
> > The data-busy Christmas holiday is looming and PlusNet's network looks
> > to be disintegrating already.
>
> Yet another another malicious rumour started by Stan hinself!
>
> Peter Crosland

No doubt you're entirely unaffected by this as ever Peter.

Graham

Peter Crosland wrote:
<SNIP>
>> The data-busy Christmas holiday is looming and PlusNet's network
>> looks to be disintegrating already.
>
> Yet another another malicious rumour started by Stan hinself!

You obviously haven't been reading "plusnet.service.customer-feedback"
The whole service has been colapsing bit by bit. First p2p went, then
external news, then FPT and now it seems http is going!

Slatts
(who's got his MAC and is off next week :-)

In article <457b13f2$0$8739$(E-Mail Removed)>, Peter
Crosland <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>> Last 3-4 days has been slow downloads on plusnet. Never had a
>>> problem before but this has gone right down.
>>> After being max'ed I was getting a steady 240KB/sec, now its back
>>> down to around 60KB/sec. Plusnet speedtest has confirmed my slow
>>> speeds.
>>> I have sent in a ticket. I have a friend also having the same
>>> problem, anyone else here?
>>> Nothing on status pages to show a problem.
>>
>> There's a rumour that they've been losing so many customers that they
>> de-activated one or more pipes. They're denying any shortage of
>> bandwidth however and blame their own mismanagement of their notorious
>> Ellacoya data analysis/throttling equipment - plus a handful of users
>> who have allegedly been abusing the system.
>>
>> According to PN, things were due to start getting better by today. But
>> a lot of customers posting in their forums can only see things getting
>> worse unless PlusNet buy more bandwidth - which they are refusing to
>> do until customer numbers increase (fat chance) or wholesale prices
>> come down in the spring.
>>
>> The data-busy Christmas holiday is looming and PlusNet's network looks
>> to be disintegrating already.
>
>Yet another another malicious rumour started by Stan hinself!
>
Tsk, tsk... Here's the source - if you can get into the Usergroup forum:

http://usergroup.plus.net/forum/inde...674.html#msg48
674

Stan

Stan The Man wrote:
> In article <457b13f2$0$8739$(E-Mail Removed)>,
> Peter Crosland <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>>> Last 3-4 days has been slow downloads on plusnet. Never had a
>>>> problem before but this has gone right down.
>>>> After being max'ed I was getting a steady 240KB/sec, now its back
>>>> down to around 60KB/sec. Plusnet speedtest has confirmed my slow
>>>> speeds.
>>>> I have sent in a ticket. I have a friend also having the same
>>>> problem, anyone else here?
>>>> Nothing on status pages to show a problem.
>>>
>>> There's a rumour that they've been losing so many customers that
>>> they de-activated one or more pipes. They're denying any shortage of
>>> bandwidth however and blame their own mismanagement of their
>>> notorious Ellacoya data analysis/throttling equipment - plus a
>>> handful of users who have allegedly been abusing the system.
>>>
>>> According to PN, things were due to start getting better by today.
>>> But a lot of customers posting in their forums can only see things
>>> getting worse unless PlusNet buy more bandwidth - which they are
>>> refusing to do until customer numbers increase (fat chance) or
>>> wholesale prices come down in the spring.
>>>
>>> The data-busy Christmas holiday is looming and PlusNet's network
>>> looks to be disintegrating already.
>>
>> Yet another another malicious rumour started by Stan hinself!
>>
> Tsk, tsk... Here's the source - if you can get into the Usergroup
> forum:
>
> http://usergroup.plus.net/forum/inde...674.html#msg48
> 674

Nothing in the thread to substantiate the rumour at all. Just ex customers
like you with an obsessive hatred of Plusnet.

Peter Crosland

Do what I did and get over to another ISP.I went to Virgin and noticed
immediately better speeds.Plusnet has gone from been one of the best ISP to
the worst in a little over 18 months.God knows what things will be like when
BT start meddling following their takeover.Next up will be call centres in
Calcutta or Delhi no doubt!!

"Peter Crosland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:457b3835$0$8749$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Stan The Man wrote:
>> In article <457b13f2$0$8739$(E-Mail Removed)>,
>> Peter Crosland <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Last 3-4 days has been slow downloads on plusnet. Never had a
>>>>> problem before but this has gone right down.
>>>>> After being max'ed I was getting a steady 240KB/sec, now its back
>>>>> down to around 60KB/sec. Plusnet speedtest has confirmed my slow
>>>>> speeds.
>>>>> I have sent in a ticket. I have a friend also having the same
>>>>> problem, anyone else here?
>>>>> Nothing on status pages to show a problem.
>>>>
>>>> There's a rumour that they've been losing so many customers that
>>>> they de-activated one or more pipes. They're denying any shortage of
>>>> bandwidth however and blame their own mismanagement of their
>>>> notorious Ellacoya data analysis/throttling equipment - plus a
>>>> handful of users who have allegedly been abusing the system.
>>>>
>>>> According to PN, things were due to start getting better by today.
>>>> But a lot of customers posting in their forums can only see things
>>>> getting worse unless PlusNet buy more bandwidth - which they are
>>>> refusing to do until customer numbers increase (fat chance) or
>>>> wholesale prices come down in the spring.
>>>>
>>>> The data-busy Christmas holiday is looming and PlusNet's network
>>>> looks to be disintegrating already.
>>>
>>> Yet another another malicious rumour started by Stan hinself!
>>>
>> Tsk, tsk... Here's the source - if you can get into the Usergroup
>> forum:
>>
>> http://usergroup.plus.net/forum/inde...674.html#msg48
>> 674
>
> Nothing in the thread to substantiate the rumour at all. Just ex customers
> like you with an obsessive hatred of Plusnet.
>
> Peter Crosland
>