Seamless Migration

quandam · Feb 16, 2009, 13:50:37

Hi!

Achieved a seamless migration to IDNet this morning. Nice to have an email telling me that the line had been activated.

Everything running smoothly so far, onward and upward I say!

Thanks IDNet.

Lance · Feb 16, 2009, 13:51:21

That has to be worth a karma!

Enjoy!

Ray · Feb 16, 2009, 13:59:08

Welcome and enjoy.

Sebby · Feb 16, 2009, 14:02:47

That's great to hear, Quandam. Enjoy.

Rik · Feb 16, 2009, 15:14:02

Welcome home, Quandam.

quandam · Feb 16, 2009, 18:41:35

Thanks Rik.

Everything ticking over nicely as I type. Hopefully things will remain so over the coming months? I think they will.

Rik · Feb 16, 2009, 18:45:07

Simon · Feb 16, 2009, 22:03:07

Great news, Quandam.

vitriol · Feb 17, 2009, 17:12:44

Welcome Back

quandam · Feb 17, 2009, 19:14:30

Thanks for the comments guys.

Having returned to IDNet after the serious excuse for an ISP that is Sky Connect after 5pm each night the internet has become enjoyable once more.

I do stress that the Sky Connect package has nothing to do with the LLU packages offered by Sky that appear to be a very good service and exceptional value.

Sky Connect is the service offered to customers who are not LLU enabled and are unlikely to be in the near future. After 5pm every evening and most weekends speeds are throttled to below 1Mb, at the moment I am touching 7Mb download speed with IDNet 24/7 which is a breath of fresh air indeed.

IDNet, please, please, do not throttle it is a pain in the proverbial and most are prepared to pay the extra for this uninterrupted service from an ISP.

Good to be back!

Rik · Feb 18, 2009, 10:13:19

There's no chance of IDNet throttling, Quandam, they know they would lose their customers by doing so.

Sebby · Feb 18, 2009, 12:55:12

I've heard very bad things about Sky Connect also.

gyruss · Feb 18, 2009, 13:21:40

The guy on the desk in front of me at work is constantly complaining about his sky broadband package.. and he's had considerable downtime and low throughput too.

I passed him the URL for idnet, so hopefully he will see the light soon too

It will be more peaceful at work when he does

David · Feb 18, 2009, 13:33:34

Quote from: Rik on Feb 16, 2009, 18:45:07

Thats being a tad over cautious Rik

David · Feb 18, 2009, 13:34:46

Welcome Quandam..

you have great taste and chosen well Grasshopper

Sebby · Feb 18, 2009, 17:09:15

Quote from: gyruss on Feb 18, 2009, 13:21:40
The guy on the desk in front of me at work is constantly complaining about his sky broadband package.. and he's had considerable downtime and low throughput too.

I passed him the URL for idnet, so hopefully he will see the light soon too It will be more peaceful at work when he does

He must be on Sky Connect as well. Their LLU service is supposedly excellent.

quandam · Feb 18, 2009, 18:44:07

Quote from: Sebby on Feb 18, 2009, 17:09:15
He must be on Sky Connect as well. Their LLU service is supposedly excellent.

Sebby

You are quite right. Sky's LLU product seems to be cutting the mustard with very few complaints from punters. The price and the service seems to be very acceptable to most.

However, the Connect package (rebadged BT product) is, after 5pm, attracting many, many complaints. Up until 5pm my speeds were superb (outstanding in fact) with Sky Connect, but once 5pm arrived it went downhill dramatically, in fact a simple view of a YouTube clip was impossible and anything that 'moved' was a real pain in the proverbial to enjoy properly. This would last until around 11.30pm ish when, as if by magic, the flood gates opened again and super speeds were experienced.

Clearly, too many customers requiring too much bandwidth over a certain period. Sky's solution? Throttle everyone, heavy and light users treated the same.....a complete and total disaster.

Sebby · Feb 18, 2009, 21:27:38

But, if Sky throttle on BT and not on LLU, they must feel it's necessary due to the inadequate BT structure.