In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I wonder if that means they have also removed the covert upstream P2P throttling that many people have suggested is running 24/7?

I just tested now and get.

Is your upload traffic rate limited?

Your ISP appears to rate limit your uploads.

Details:

* There is no indication that your ISP rate limits your BitTorrent uploads. In our tests, uploads using control flows achieved up to 18128 Kbps while uploads using BitTorrent achieved up to 18136 Kbps.

* Your ISP appears to rate limit uploads on port 6881. In our tests, uploads on port 6881 achieved up to 18128 Kbps while uploads on port 44061 achieved up to 1001 Kbps.
Is your download traffic rate limited?

Your ISP appears to rate limit your downloads.

Details:

* There is no indication that your ISP rate limits your BitTorrent downloads. In our tests, downloads using control flows achieved up to 47872 Kbps while downloads using BitTorrent achieved up to 46387 Kbps.

* Your ISP appears to rate limit downloads on port 6881. In our tests, downloads on port 6881 achieved up to 47872 Kbps while downloads on port 44061 achieved up to 14372 Kbps.

That is my first ever glasnost test that has not had full upstream throttling since I signed up, although port 6881 remained throttled. I havent recontracted.

ok interesting, I just recontracted.

The bad news is for new people like me still on 3 month discount that gets lost.

The good news is its a way to drop 6 months of the 18 month contract as the recontract is a 12 month contract. So it makes buying the contract out cheaper if leaving early.

So they aren't adding adding 12 months onto your existing contract then?
Are you saying essentially it's a new 12 month contract starting from today?

yeah I was surprised as its a loophole.

However I need to check my bill after because I can see potential for a mess.

I prepaid my line rental for a year and the email just came in shows a line rental of over £14 even tho the lady on the phone said nothing would change on the phone side.

Your contract is for: 12 months starting on 05 Feb 2013

Edited by Chrysalis (Sat 02-Feb-13 10:15:14)

Where does the show the contract length information?

In reply to a post by partial:

Hmm. Slower or more expensive. and an existing product that 'works well'

My money is on BT Retail retaining you with a deal when you are out of contract.

Since I'd also like a static IP (missing the one I had with BE for 5 years) changing ISP is fairly likely in early 2014

initially I was told on the phone but its also in the email receipt.

Do Sky do a static IP? I may be wrong but my sources tell me that they don't.

Its one reason I wanted to go to Sky, and will move from Infinity when my contract is up in 2014 - sad as the product itself works very well.

Since I'd also like a static IP (missing the one I had with BE for 5 years) changing ISP is fairly likely in early 2014

Edited by deleted (Sat 02-Feb-13 20:56:53)

In reply to a post by partial:

Do Sky do a static IP? I may be wrong but my sources tell me that they don't.

Nope but I'm expecting the market will change again by 2014. Today I'd probably consider PlusNet.