Zen speeds? as people say Pipex 1/2 Mb/s is like having 512

Just wonder how good Zen's speed's really are, and how good their NG's
are, as I am thinking of migrating to their 2Mb/s package, which costs
quite a bit at £45. BT Yahoo's 2Mb/s is great - might not max out all
the time but damn close.

Thanks.

I am with Zen on 1 Mbit and I max out on speed, over 122 Kbs. don't know
about new groups as I do not use them but it seems a lot do from Zen forum
posts.


"narcissu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Just wonder how good Zen's speed's really are, and how good their NG's
> are, as I am thinking of migrating to their 2Mb/s package, which costs
> quite a bit at £45. BT Yahoo's 2Mb/s is great - might not max out all
> the time but damn close.
>
> Thanks.

On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 22:57:56 +0100, "It's Me" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I am with Zen on 1 Mbit and I max out on speed, over 122 Kbs. don't know
>about new groups as I do not use them but it seems a lot do from Zen forum
>posts.

Thanks.

>"narcissu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Just wonder how good Zen's speed's really are, and how good their NG's
>> are, as I am thinking of migrating to their 2Mb/s package, which costs
>> quite a bit at £45. BT Yahoo's 2Mb/s is great - might not max out all
>> the time but damn close.
>>
>> Thanks.
>

Well, some people might say Pipex's speeds are slow but you normally only
hear from those with problems.
FYI my Pipex connection is running nicely at 256kB/s (2Mb/s).

--
Laurie

"It's Me" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I am with Zen on 1 Mbit and I max out on speed, over 122 Kbs. don't know
> about new groups as I do not use them but it seems a lot do from Zen forum
> posts.
>
>
> "narcissu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > Just wonder how good Zen's speed's really are, and how good their NG's
> > are, as I am thinking of migrating to their 2Mb/s package, which costs
> > quite a bit at £45. BT Yahoo's 2Mb/s is great - might not max out all
> > the time but damn close.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
I'm on Zen's 1Mbit line as well and use Newsgroups all the time, but given
recent (seems like years now) problems with there news server I will be
leaving Zen soon to find a cheaper ISP (paying Zen £35pm right now) and get
a separate news server, as an ISP Zen are fairly good, but news server seems
to be ok for 2-3 weeks then goes tits up big time and have to wait for them
to fix it, just not good enough IMO.