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Yep back when I had Infinity I never had issues with P2P throttling. Can't comment any more as I've emigrated to Canada so obviously I no longer use BT.

Hi . Good to see you still watch this place. How's tricks over there?

Re the OP, looks like he's been rather unlucky . See the thread this post is in.

Pop in from time to time.

Lots of snow and ice at the moment but it is Canada after all. Got married in August and working in web design at the moment. Earning more than ever did back home. Internet is a bit ropey...no such thing as universal ADSL here. Live 5 minutes from the edge of a reasonably large town and get "mobile" broadband in my house...works out about 60 quid if I dare to use more than 10GB a month. Takes a bit of getting used to after using whatever I liked on BT. Hopefully move into the city in a few months and then it's a bit more comparable to back home

Edited by orly (Tue 08-Jan-13 22:31:41)

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Pop in from time to time.

Lots of snow and ice at the moment but it is Canada after all. Got married in August and working in web design at the moment. Earning more than ever did back home.

Sounds really good!

Internet is a bit ropey...no such thing as universal ADSL here. Live 5 minutes from the edge of a reasonably large town and get "mobile" broadband in my house...works out about 60 quid if I dare to use more than 10GB a month. Takes a bit of getting used to after using whatever I liked on BT.

Shhh - don't say that! We all know that the worst possible place in the world to get a decent internet connection is the UK. You'll get burnt at the stake as a heretic if you ever come over to see anyone.

Hmm well I used to get throttled at peak 100kbps or so but the last few nights I've been getting 30Mbps or so strange.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

In reply to a post by orly:

Pop in from time to time.

Lots of snow and ice at the moment but it is Canada after all. Got married in August and working in web design at the moment. Earning more than ever did back home.

Sounds really good!

Internet is a bit ropey...no such thing as universal ADSL here. Live 5 minutes from the edge of a reasonably large town and get "mobile" broadband in my house...works out about 60 quid if I dare to use more than 10GB a month. Takes a bit of getting used to after using whatever I liked on BT.

Shhh - don't say that! We all know that the worst possible place in the world to get a decent internet connection is the UK. You'll get burnt at the stake as a heretic if you ever come over to see anyone.

The UK does generally excel when it comes to internet speeds / usage / availability. Of course it's easy to say "But in Holland..." or "But in Korea...". Compared to the vast majority of countries it's pretty decent.

Internet usage and availability is far lower here. Rather than tell me what services I can get, Most ISPs here are actually unable to find my address in their databases. I'd understand if I was truly in the middle of nowhere but I actually have what is classed as an "urban" post code here. Quite ridiculous when you consider BT has been able to tell you how fast your connection should be for like a decade. I've determined I'm about 7KM from the phone exchange and it's pretty much a straight road the entire way there. Won't even attempt to supply ADSL to me. Even getting a home phone line was met with "hmms and hahs". Nearly farcical but nowhere can be perfect If I moved into town I might be able to get a 175Mbit symmetrical connection which sounds very nice. Unfortunately further analysis revealed a 300GB usage allowance and the bargain price of $230/month (about 140 quid). I think I'll pass.

People here actually prefer to visit stores in person still. I find that a bit alien as I'm happier using Amazon, Netflix, Spotify etc. Not sure the government has grasped the importance of super fast infrastructure moving forward.

Edited by orly (Wed 09-Jan-13 14:48:38)

There are many people that I know in the Toronto area that buy all their stuff online and have high speed broadband. The most popular ISP for high speed is Rogers: http://www.rogers.com/web/link/hispeedBrowseFlowDefa...

That's if you can afford it though.

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There are many people that I know in the Toronto area that buy all their stuff online and have high speed broadband. The most popular ISP for high speed is Rogers: http://www.rogers.com/web/link/hispeedBrowseFlowDefa...

That's if you can afford it though.

Yea but Rogers generally suck for phone/internet. Their TV plans are better than Bell though. It's basically a cartel here...all the companies offer pretty much the same things for roughly the same prices.