In reply to a post by Pindi:

I was wondering why gaming online on the xbox has been so bad these past few days. At first I thought it was just the bad connections of those I was playing against however improbable considering how many games on FIFA I tried playing; they couldn't all have had poor connections? I guess it was my connection that made FIFA completely unplayable. Just now, attempted three games online, all three were a stuttering mess that disconnected halfway in. Usenet is slow, xbox live is ruined. Not good

Noticed this last night on Fifa and was stuttering from when I came on at 8 until around 10pm at which point everything was fine. Tried doing some seasons games tonight and it's unplayable. It's worth noting that I was able to play Titanfall fine before hopping onto Fifa and I was also able to play Fifa fine this morning.

Ive had no issues with Forza online and streaming video through xbox (plus the speedtest on the machine says im getting full speeds)

That's why I'm thinking it's a Fifa only issue as I was able to play Titanfall just fine too. EA runs their own servers after all while Forza and TF are on the Azure ones.

More than likely. Back when i used to play Fifa on the 360 used to get poor connections. Dont think its a coms issues just EA being EA

In reply to a post by partial:

Hi Vivaciti.

From what I can make of it, filing of your annual return and accounts are somewhat overdue. Am I looking at the right company and if I am, when do you expect to get your filings up to date?

New company name

J AND V DATA SERVICES LTD
358 LONDON ROAD
HADLEIGH
ESSEX
ENGLAND
SS7 2DD
Company No. 08555127

Accounts not required til 2015.

In reply to a post by theADDict:

having chatted with Customer Service
who else is similar ADSL24 prices, unlimited off peak, no throttling ??

Why not try contacting some of the established enta resellers who sell more than enta connections ? aquiss, vivaciti and xilo/uno
Vivaciti was my choice almost a year ago with no regrets.

In reply to a post by PaulComs:

Good Morning Everyone

In response to concerns raised on this forum relating to stability, we can confirm that our team are testing some traffic management tools between the hours of 16:00 and 01:00.
In effect, this slows down data which isn�t speed-critical, such as P2P and NNTP, to make sure that time-dependent services such as streaming run more smoothly. Please be clear that this has been done in order to improve the interactive user experience for all of our customers.

Probably not the news that some of you want to hear but we have a duty to thousands of customers and need to balance this with the reality that some people will want to download the entire internet whilst others just want to game, watch iPlayer and have a service that is stable.

The intention is to get a balance for Coms xDSL users and we will continue to work hard on getting that right. If you can bear with us whilst we continue to work on the right profiles then you will reap the benefit so thanks in advance for those prepared to work with us.

Thanks,
Paul

So a decision was effectively taken NOT to inform customers that service on certain platforms would be extremely handicapped for several days (they are still testing) ?

[censored] me. That's all I need to know really.

Edited by deleted (Wed 19-Mar-14 16:51:31)

I'm on fibre so snr shouldn't be a problem for me right? I'd be inclined to believe it's just a FIFA EA problem but since the shaping came into play, I've not managed to finish a single game online. Of probably 15-20+ matches, every single one has stuttered horribly before completely disconnecting and kicking me out of the game.

So people recommend Xilo as a good alternative to ADSL24?

Is your fifa problems consistent throughout the day? I'm able to play it just fine in the mornings and at lunch time.. in fact I had a few games at about 1pm today without any problems. Last two nights trying to play games at 8pm though was stuttering so bad it disconnected me either at the start of a game or right at the beginning. Never had problems with the EA servers before and was fine playing it a few weeks back in the evening.

Yeah, I've tried morning, afternoon and evening and it's all been the same. I've contacted ADSL24 support about this and I'll see what they say.

On another note, I've been looking at Plusnet unlimited fibre and it looks to be a great alternative to ADSL24 and at a much lower price than what I'm paying now. I've spoken to Plusnet and checked their site and it seems you get line speed on all traffic on unlimited tariffs:

http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/speed_guide/do...

Anyone know of any reason not to go with Plusnet? I've always been concerned about going with a 'big', well known ISP but on the face of it, I can't see any downsides.