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Mutantius
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PostPosted: Tue, 14th Nov 2006 10:00    Post subject:
Laughing I can only afford a 2 mbit... Quess being a student makes your internet range bad these days.


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Jenni
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PostPosted: Tue, 14th Nov 2006 10:29    Post subject:
AnimalMother wrote:

You're lucky someone is, otherwise your precious newsgroups would be worthless.


Most obvious comment on the forum.

C'mon AM you're better than that.


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snoop1050
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PostPosted: Tue, 14th Nov 2006 14:23    Post subject:
upload speed on 20mb blueyonder is 768k
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Basil-Brush




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PostPosted: Tue, 14th Nov 2006 18:47    Post subject:
Jenni wrote:
Never been interested in uploading. Download ftw.


There's a sense of satisfaction that comes from seeing a rip done on your computer make it too the lesser networks like emule.
Something that downloaders never experience.
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PostPosted: Tue, 14th Nov 2006 19:42    Post subject:
Jenni wrote:
AnimalMother wrote:

You're lucky someone is, otherwise your precious newsgroups would be worthless.


C'mon AM you're better than that.


I guess thats a compliment. Very Happy

It's just this whole 'leeching is cool' mentality that seems to be spreading could be detrimental to the community as a whole. Although I get the impression thats not what you meant by your post, just that download speed is much more important to you then upload speed when picking an internet connection. Smile


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JickMager




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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Nov 2006 01:28    Post subject:
Your gonna need 100mb, with blue-ray coming out all these 4gb files are gonna start turrning into 50gb.
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Markieman234




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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Nov 2006 04:50    Post subject:
am on blueyonder 10mbit for 35quid / month with basic tv thrown in.. a bit crap on bittorrent as the upload rates are limited to 768k.. look forward to february when the local cable exchange gets the 20meg upgrade Smile
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Jenni
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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Nov 2006 08:18    Post subject:
Then don't use torrents. I'm on the same package as you and I'm not limited to 768k/second. Infact I get a bit higher than 1.10mb/second.


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IpwnU
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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Nov 2006 19:12    Post subject:
who the fuck needs 100mbit connection anyway?
i don't , my poor old harddrive won't be able to write 12.5mb/sec anyway so 10mbit is fine for me.

llalallallaaa lala lala
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poullou




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PostPosted: Wed, 22nd Nov 2006 10:15    Post subject:
I hope EU gets hard on their fines because I can't see our ISPs here giving anything more than 2mbs for the next year...I'm still with 1mbit
*yes, my fucking HDD can write at higher speeds!!*
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hitman26




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PostPosted: Sun, 26th Nov 2006 19:57    Post subject:
i live in kent and am one of the few lucky ones to test this 50 meg connections and it is fast but as other people have said it is for hardcore downloaders and gamers who like to do them both at the same time but im sure people will get it what with the web soon to introduce hd films to your hard drive great for those who have a media centre package
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Macknu




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PostPosted: Sun, 26th Nov 2006 20:02    Post subject:
hitman26 wrote:
i live in kent and am one of the few lucky ones to test this 50 meg connections and it is fast but as other people have said it is for hardcore downloaders and gamers who like to do them both at the same time but im sure people will get it what with the web soon to introduce hd films to your hard drive great for those who have a media centre package


Not only for them, you get cabletv through internet here aswell, it requires some speed to keep streaming channels in good quality.
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Jenni
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PostPosted: Sun, 26th Nov 2006 20:15    Post subject:
Can you give me a screenshot of you downloading something Hitman?


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Macknu




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PostPosted: Sun, 26th Nov 2006 21:54    Post subject:
Jenni wrote:
Can you give me a screenshot of you downloading something Hitman?


Jealous of mere 50meg? or not just trusting him? Laughing
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Jenni
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PostPosted: Sun, 26th Nov 2006 22:01    Post subject:
Both. Very Happy


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Macknu




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PostPosted: Sun, 26th Nov 2006 22:25    Post subject:
Jenni wrote:
Both. Very Happy


I can take pic at how 100mbit is if its gonna turn you on Wink Laughing
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Jenni
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PostPosted: Sun, 26th Nov 2006 22:43    Post subject:
How about I get your cable and use it to dangle you from the nearest lamp post?
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Midget85--^




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PostPosted: Mon, 27th Nov 2006 20:16    Post subject:
http://www.theregister.com/2006/11/21/blueyonder_gets_throttled/

I've noticed the throttling with Usenetserver, although the blueyonder newsgroups seem to be fine, still limited to like 4 days though.

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flib




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PostPosted: Mon, 27th Nov 2006 23:58    Post subject:
Noooo!

I did wonder why my Usenet downloads have been jumping all over the place, some days it down to 200 KB/s. Makes me think why I should even pay for 10mbit if the throttling happens, and this is before 20mbit and 50mbit which is going to be insanely hard to not get throttled.

Edit:
Actually reading up on the throttling more, it seems to be mostly for peak times. Although that still sucks when you work all day and get home around 6:00 PM and are in bed by 11:00 PM (and apparantly it's throttled on weekends).
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snoop1050
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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Nov 2006 04:26    Post subject:
ihad some letter from blueyonder the other day saying some crap about "heavy usage on my services" Laughing
i only downloas a few gb/week which should be peanuts on 10mb Neutral
prison break , lost , bsg , sg1 , sg:a , masters of horror , the odd porno = heavy usage Rolling Eyes
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Reg67




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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Nov 2006 10:22    Post subject:
snop1050 wrote:
ihad some letter from blueyonder the other day saying some crap about "heavy usage on my services" Laughing
i only downloas a few gb/week which should be peanuts on 10mb Neutral
prison break , lost , bsg , sg1 , sg:a , masters of horror , the odd porno = heavy usage Rolling Eyes


Really? Sad Im on Yonder aswell and i usually d/l a damn site more than you by the sounds of it..

I grab loads of documentaries, nearly all ps2,xbox games for my nipper.. and ive had no letter off the bastards.. anyway the sefvice is not bloody cheap so might aswell make the most of it
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Markieman234




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PostPosted: Sat, 2nd Dec 2006 16:34    Post subject:
we've got a yonder 10meg connection shared between 6 PCs..me and one housemate, greg, are haevy downloaders, getting usually a couple GB every day each. That makes 120GB a month, then you've got to add on the stuff the girls download as well.. add another 100GB a month betweem them.
And so far, no letter or evidence of bandwidth throtelling.. if it happens we'll tell them that theres 7 people living in the house so they just have to live with it.. from what I remember their T&C's of service don't make any mention of possible throtelling, so maybe even a court case against Telewest if they get imposed?
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