I`m currently with pipex who supply my broadband but recently they have introduced some kind of software at their end that can detect when you are using P2P programs such as E donkey,Emule,limewire to down load films ect. The result is, whilst you are using the mentioned programs they are restricted to a maximum speed of 20.0 when before they would run at around 60+. Limewire would run at 120+. Pipex are not restricting my usage per-say as when i`m not using p2p software i still get the same great service i always had and when i do bandwidth tests i get way over the 2meg i`m paying for. Its just that their software makes the P2P programs run slow. Does anyone know of a way around this? Or does anyone know of a GOOD ISP that allows unlimited broadband/down load usage and dont restrict the use of P2P programs?
that would depend on what speed you want. unlimited 8 meg is very hard to come by nowadays - people like aol and tiscali i believe do do unlimited 8 meg. but they have fair usage policies - meaning they will restrict you speed if they see fit. i am currently with nildram - who also have a fairusage policy - but theres is a little differnt. you are restricted to 50gb a month but... between the hours of 00.00 and 08.00 whatever you download does not affect your usage allowance - so its like partly unlimited. zen used to run 2mb unlimited - and it was considered to be one of the best available. but sadly they no longer offer the service. you can check out http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ for isp comparison hope this helps
just info How to Take Back 20% of Your Bandwidth From Windows XP May 31, 2006 Microsoft reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for its own purposes (suspect for updates and interrogating your machine etc..) Here’s how to get it back: Click Start–>Run–>type “gpedit.msc” without the “ This opens the group policy editor. Then go to: Local Computer Policy–>Computer Configuration–>Administrative Templates–>Network–>QOS Packet Scheduler–>Limit Reservable Bandwidth Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the ‘Explain’ tab : “By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default.” Source: Google Community http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3113
