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Plusnet Extra at £19.99 is 80/20, not 40/10, and even for people (unlike you) who use P2P the 2-hour per day restriction is irrelevant. Pro is no longer needed in regard to that aspect.
I'm not saying you should have gone for it, just disputing your statement that I quoted  . The choice for the vast majority is not only Infinity or Sky.
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I'm not saying you should have gone for it, just disputing your statement that I quoted . The choice for the vast majority is not only Infinity or Sky.
Agreed - with 250GB a month that is undisputed.
James be* pro (16.8/1.2) - Sky lied - BE disconnect 16th - BT infinity 19th Sept
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The "newsgroup throttling" is simply that the news server news.btinternet.com is throttled, not the nntp protocol.
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It's a well known fact that BT throttle torrents and usenet services. I believe its also in your terms of service that they throttle to improve the service for others.
On signing up I was told they throttle P2P services. Since I never use P2P that is fine by me. I use (text only) usenet but that isn't throttled. Other independent sites say the same.
The only real choices are Sky FTTC or BT FTTC unless you don't use very much or have lots of money.
sadly this bothers me, I am happy to accept the p2p shaping. The issue is tho I want a static ip and uk isp's are charging inflated premiums for them.
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sadly this bothers me, I am happy to accept the p2p shaping. The issue is tho I want a static ip and uk isp's are charging inflated premiums for them.
Yes, which makes no sense really on an always on 24x7 broadband connection! That said some ISPs with usage allowances are providing static IP for free or one off payment. Its the huge "consumer" focused brands (e.g. Sky, TalkTalk, BT) who are cheap are the ones with no static option. I've got over my static IP requirement with a VPS.
James - be* pro - 16.8 / 1.2 Mbps until 16th Sept - then BT Infinity from 19th Sept - 44.6 / 6.5 Mbps estimated
BQM 13 years of broadband - ntl:(512k/1M)/BTbusiness(2M)/Metronet(2M)/Bulldog(8M/16M)/BE(16M)
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Subscribe to a DynDNS type service perhaps?
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no is mainly to be useful for ACL's, tracking etc.
VPS is an idea I am considering, or using one of my own dedicated servers to proxy connections, although it adds complexity eg. if the VPS goes down.
I am ok with sticky ip services like virgin media where the ip rarely if ever changes but on FTTC I have read too many stories of people changing ip very regurly.
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no is mainly to be useful for ACL's, tracking etc.
Yes, my parents have this, one of my Dad's customers wants his traffic to come from a static IP, AND use their VPN software. :-/
James - be* pro - 16.8 / 1.2 Mbps until 16th Sept - then BT Infinity from 19th Sept - 44.6 / 6.5 Mbps estimated
BQM 13 years of broadband - ntl:(512k/1M)/BTbusiness(2M)/Metronet(2M)/Bulldog(8M/16M)/BE(16M)
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Its the huge "consumer" focused brands (e.g. Sky, TalkTalk, BT) who are cheap are the ones with no static option.
I have a static ip address on talktalk's plus package. They do offer them without charge if you ask nicely on the TT forums 
Edited by deleted (Wed 12-Sep-12 09:13:17)
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It's a well known fact that BT throttle torrents and usenet services. I believe its also in your terms of service that they throttle to improve the service for others.
Take a look on the BT forums and the many threads of people complaining about throttling speeds, here is one of many:
http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity/BT-throttling...
BT do throttle torrents, that much is true. However they do not throttle usenet at all.
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