One other thing to note here is customer base and company size too.

Companies like IDNet have a smaller customer base than the 'big hitters' like Sky, O2, BT, etc. because they are less well known and don't spend millions on TV adverts, the company founderd/Directors also tend to be enthusiasts and take a 'hands on' approach to building and maintaining the network whereas the big ones will let the network overload and react by speed capping rather than upgrading equipment or link capacity in order to retain a healthy prodit margin.

In reply to a post by Linc:

Mine may have been a bad analogy but the point is still there and you are doing little to answer it by suggesting I was trying to change the point of the thread. You made the statement that it did not matter how many people 'voted'. Of course it does. Just the same as it matters if a small percentage of disgruntled IDNet users indicated that IDNet was the worst ISP.

And before you suggest that there are no disgruntled IDNet users, I really do suggest you take off those rose tinted spectacles. One only has to read through the IDNet Forum here in the past and you will find them. I don't support them. As I have said, I personally will not fault IDNet but I am not naive enough to believe that they never make errors and, I would suggest, neither would Simon although he does his level best to please everyone.

I thought your analogy was great. I was going to say the same thing but use a brand of car for my analogy, yours is far more poignant. Well done.
If it weren't for fanatical replies such as the "xyz are the best because we say so... oh and here's an obscure test result that proves us right" I probably wouldn't feel the need to have posted here.
I'm quite happy with what Idnet does for me, ok there are ups and downs but no one's perfect... despite what the fanboys tell you.

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In reply to a post by JNeuhoff:

It is the responsibility of the ISP to choose the right backhaul provider and to make sure things work.

It's a nice sunny day here today, what's the weather like on your planet?

Shocking post from a 'mod' that discredits the BBS.

I would have thought that you would be in London, protesting!

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In reply to a post by billford:

In reply to a post by JNeuhoff:

It is the responsibility of the ISP to choose the right backhaul provider and to make sure things work.

It's a nice sunny day here today, what's the weather like on your planet?

Shocking post from a 'mod' that discredits the BBS.

Why is it shocking?

Do the mods on these forums abdicate the right to fair comment about something that is nothing to do with their moderation responsibilities?

Not only that, but normally I would have expected you to agree with anyone posting that reply. You are certainly one of the people that knows the poster was talking bunkum, something which you often decry.

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In reply to a post by RandomJointer:

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It's a nice sunny day here today, what's the weather like on your planet?

Shocking post from a 'mod' that discredits the BBS.

Why is it shocking?

Do the mods on these forums abdicate the right to fair comment about something that is nothing to do with their moderation responsibilities?

They should do. The role of a mod is to moderate discussions, not to join in and antagonise with the sole aim of banning someone.

They should do. The role of a mod is to moderate discussions, not to join in and antagonise with the sole aim of banning someone.

Why? Do you run this forum? Do you have any administrative rulings over this forum? No. So if the moderators wish to pass a comment they are allowed to here, because they are also members of the forum.

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They should do. The role of a mod is to moderate discussions, not to join in and antagonise with the sole aim of banning someone.

Why? Do you run this forum? Do you have any administrative rulings over this forum? No. So if the moderators wish to pass a comment they are allowed to here, because they are also members of the forum.

In that case they should have a different non-mod ID they can use to join in discussions.

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In reply to a post by cavillas:

They should do. The role of a mod is to moderate discussions, not to join in and antagonise with the sole aim of banning someone.

Why? Do you run this forum? Do you have any administrative rulings over this forum? No. So if the moderators wish to pass a comment they are allowed to here, because they are also members of the forum.

In that case they should have a different non-mod ID they can use to join in discussions.

But that is your opinion not necessarily shared by all. You can always start your own forum with your own rules.

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In reply to a post by BatBoy:

In reply to a post by cavillas:

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Why? Do you run this forum? Do you have any administrative rulings over this forum? No. So if the moderators wish to pass a comment they are allowed to here, because they are also members of the forum.

In that case they should have a different non-mod ID they can use to join in discussions.

But that is your opinion

That's right. All of my posts are my opinion.