Coms versus Vivaciti

I'm in the process of moving several accounts over and away from Coms.

One of them will be moved to Vivaciti.

Currently I am able to log in to both services and that's probably because they both use TTB backhaul.

Just out of interest I fired up usenet and compared speeds.

Coms: 20KB/s
Vivaciti: 1400KB/s (limited by my sync).

Vivaciti only 70 times faster than Coms then.

Well done Coms, you've managed to ruin what was once a good service.

In reply to a post by VWGolfman:

I'm in the process of moving several accounts over and away from Coms.

One of them will be moved to Vivaciti.

Currently I am able to log in to both services and that's probably because they both use TTB backhaul.

Just out of interest I fired up usenet and compared speeds.

Coms: 20KB/s
Vivaciti: 1400KB/s (limited by my sync).

Vivaciti only 70 times faster than Coms then.

Well done Coms, you've managed to ruin what was once a good service.

I guess COMS must be extending their throttling test then (probably indefinitely by the looks of it)
I think I'll be off within the next few weeks, I'm even considering BT Infinity 2, despite the dire BT support I reckon the actual connection would be a big step upwards from COMS.

I only use peer to peer around once every couple of months and I'm a light user so the throttling doesn't really affect me. I just find it objectionable the way COMS keep their customers in the dark and announce nothing. They just wait until users notice something has changed and then come out with indifferent statements as to why.

I'm not too technical but does that mean that Coms statement about a select number of users, 'bad boys' hogging their network capacity is BS?
I would have thought that if they use the same backhaul then both Coms and Vivaciti should be seeing similar speeds? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?

In reply to a post by ross1701:

I would have thought that if they use the same backhaul then both Coms and Vivaciti should be seeing similar speeds? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?

What they do with the traffic once back-hauled to their respective networks will differ - same with any BT-based service.

Matt

In reply to a post by DooGie:

I'm even considering BT Infinity 2, despite the dire BT support I reckon the actual connection would be a big step upwards from COMS.

Why BT Infinity with its dire support? (And apparently dodgy Home Hub 5).

Almost every ISP in the country can supply the FTTC service, just like they can ADSLx.

So which ISP would you recommend?
One deciding factor is that SWMBO is wanting BT Sport.

Well ..., there's this possibility .

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Well ..., there's this possibility .

Been looking at that option today RobertoS.
However we don't have a Sky box and I can't find anyreference to getting a BT TV box on the PlusNet site.

I shall make a post elsewhere for info .

Thanks RobertoS