Impressed with IDNet

faircot · Mar 29, 2010, 09:27:44

Apologies if this isn't the right section to post this.
I migrated to IDNet two weeks ago and I thought I would share with you my joy (

) at these stats. They are astonishingly consistent showing, I suppose, that not only is our little country exchange not overloaded but that IDNet's network is running well within capacity.
Well done all.

29/03/10 09:22    6614.66 Kbps   378.22 Kbps
   26/03/10 07:13    6638.45 Kbps   378.35 Kbps
   24/03/10 02:44    6647.82 Kbps   378.01 Kbps
   23/03/10 07:09    6645.57 Kbps   378.11 Kbps
   22/03/10 07:37    6628.88 Kbps   377.23 Kbps
   21/03/10 07:55    6517.57 Kbps   378.32 Kbps
   20/03/10 06:58    6642.53 Kbps   377.12 Kbps
   19/03/10 07:12    6646.53 Kbps   378.34 Kbps
   18/03/10 06:43    6644.58 Kbps   378.08 Kbps
   17/03/10 06:39    6645.46 Kbps   375.82 Kbps
   16/03/10 23:02    6443.81 Kbps   378.27 Kbps
   16/03/10 07:23    6639.75 Kbps   378.36 Kbps
   15/03/10 22:33    6235.64 Kbps   376.75 Kbps
   15/03/10 19:03    5888.21 Kbps   378.28 Kbps

Rik · Mar 29, 2010, 09:29:44

I'd kill for those stats.

Glenn · Mar 29, 2010, 09:32:25

It does look good Rik. You get them every other day, just add the previous 2 days together.

Rik · Mar 29, 2010, 09:36:52

faircot · Mar 29, 2010, 09:38:28

Quote from: Rik on Mar 29, 2010, 09:29:44
I'd kill for those stats.

I was amazed when I first signed up to broadband five years just how good the line here was. We live a mile away from the local exchange, outside the village, up a country lane with overhead wires. The only issues we have is that when it rains hard the underground BT culvert at the bottom of a hill 1/2 mile away floods causing a tremporary blip in these speeds. I don't think BT appreciated that water runs down hill and was likely to flood their box!

Rik · Mar 29, 2010, 09:42:57

BT are good at that kind of planning.

Simon · Mar 29, 2010, 10:25:38

Thanks for letting us know. It's nice when people not only post to complain.

adamr8965 · Mar 30, 2010, 20:13:14

i get slighty higher speeds not that im bragging.

Rik · Mar 30, 2010, 20:14:38

adamr8965 · Mar 30, 2010, 20:27:16

riks jelous due to his rubbish speeds.

Rik · Mar 30, 2010, 20:31:46

True.

Anyway, time I went and ate.

adamr8965 · Mar 30, 2010, 21:00:03

Not good eating at this time rik should eat early on in the evening gives it time to digest.

Bill · Mar 30, 2010, 22:31:12

Just to annoy Rik:

Though that was a one-off before my router re-sync'd, this is more typical:

sobranie · Mar 31, 2010, 01:00:32

Bit sluggish here tonight!

Bill · Mar 31, 2010, 01:03:39

Hoist with my own petard

Rik · Mar 31, 2010, 08:24:19

I know my place.

Rik · Mar 31, 2010, 08:24:53

Quote from: adamr8965 on Mar 30, 2010, 21:00:03
Not good eating at this time rik should eat early on in the evening gives it time to digest.

I know, but there were a few things going on earlier.

adamr8965 · Mar 31, 2010, 19:09:58

like ? snacks?

Rik · Mar 31, 2010, 19:12:21

I usually snack at 4, doctor's orders, but was at the hospital yesterday, so didn't. Oddly, that meant I wasn't too hungry last night. Confused? I am.

adamr8965 · Mar 31, 2010, 19:16:24

what do u snack on? fruit and veg?

Rik · Mar 31, 2010, 19:17:16

Or pasta, jacket potatoes etc. Mid morning it's dried fruit.

adamr8965 · Mar 31, 2010, 19:18:10

jp's as a snack thats a main meal, if you add tuna or bean and cheese.

Rik · Mar 31, 2010, 19:20:43

Or coronation chicken, or coleslaw or...

adamr8965 · Mar 31, 2010, 19:23:36

blimey, whats your main meals then.

Rik · Mar 31, 2010, 19:26:10

How long have you got?

adamr8965 · Mar 31, 2010, 19:36:46

a while cant be more than me

Rik · Mar 31, 2010, 19:46:39

Well, on ordinary days, we have a mixture of pastas, some with meat, some veg, some fish - plus tortellini, ravioli, lasagne and cannelloni (all home made), curry & chinese (ditto), pizza (ditto), casseroles, stir fries, homemade sausages (to keep the salt levels down, steaks, roasts etc.

On dinner parties, Sue really lets rip. We also make our own bread to control salt levels (plus, it tastes nicer).

adamr8965 · Mar 31, 2010, 19:47:47

noone can eat all that in one day its not possible

Rik · Mar 31, 2010, 19:48:43

Oh, that's not a single day. Sue, typically, has about a fortnight of menus planned...

adamr8965 · Mar 31, 2010, 19:49:34

blimey i choose wot i want about 30 mins before i eat.

Rik · Mar 31, 2010, 19:50:41

I'm allowed to vary things.

Simon · Mar 31, 2010, 21:26:04

Quote from: adamr8965 on Mar 31, 2010, 19:49:34
blimey i choose wot i want about 30 mins before i eat.

With me, it's about 4 minutes, or as long as it takes to do in the microwave.

adamr8965 · Apr 01, 2010, 06:15:26

very nice simon

DorsetBoy · Apr 01, 2010, 06:24:15

Quote from: Simon on Mar 31, 2010, 21:26:04
With me, it's about 4 minutes, or as long as it takes to do in the microwave.

I'd rather go without than eat anything that has been in a microwave oven.

zappaDPJ · Apr 01, 2010, 06:37:40

I use the micro wave a lot. scrambled eggs, vegetables, particularly things like spinach and it's great for reheating stuff I've previously cooked and stored.

Rik · Apr 01, 2010, 09:26:40

Likewise, except the eggs.

adamr8965 · Apr 01, 2010, 20:06:55

microwaved eggs, thats really lazy.

zappaDPJ · Apr 01, 2010, 20:36:12

Well yeah, it saves washing a pan, it's quicker plus they scramble better

Gary · Apr 02, 2010, 10:07:52

Quote from: Simon on Mar 31, 2010, 21:26:04
With me, it's about 4 minutes, or as long as it takes to do in the microwave.

We don't have a Microwave, its something neither I or Justina has never found a need for as if we defrost we take out as needed as far as cooking, we have a cooker, that's enough..

Tacitus · Apr 02, 2010, 10:27:22

I love how a thread which starts with some connection statistics and a compliment to iDNet, shades into a discussion of diets and, ends with a discourse on the merits (or not) of microwaves.

Only on iDNetters.......

Simon · Apr 02, 2010, 11:02:19

Rik · Apr 02, 2010, 12:02:46

It's our special charm, Tac. :

adamr8965 · Apr 02, 2010, 18:11:16

im amazed how we can wander off topic after 4 posts.

Rik · Apr 02, 2010, 18:11:53

We practice a lot.

quandam · Apr 02, 2010, 18:55:40

Sorry Rik (and other Admins), I realise that you are all happy with going off topic but it can also be annoying by not achieving the full answers and tone required by some. I know that I am in the minority (of active posters here) that feels this way but there may be many (of non active posters) who could be put off by the frivolous 'tone' of the forum in some serious threads and dismiss it as a 'jokey' and without foundation (wrongly) method of getting a useful and informative solution to their post.

I draw your attention to: http://www.idnetters.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=12686.0 which was clearly posted to hopefully to reduce the number of 'jokey' posts.

There is a place for fun here and there are many outlets within the forum that provide for this, these should be used as such and more serious threads should be used for their purpose.

I really enjoy Netters but this frivolous tone in 'serious' threads is, to my mind, non productive.

adamr8965 · Apr 02, 2010, 19:04:51

Quote from: quandam on Apr 02, 2010, 18:55:40
Sorry Rik (and other Admins), I realise that you are all happy with going off topic but it can also be annoying by not achieving the full answers and tone required by some. I know that I am in the minority (of active posters here) that feels this way but there may be many (of non active posters) who could be put off by the frivolous 'tone' of the forum in some serious threads and dismiss it as a 'jokey' and without foundation (wrongly) method of getting a useful and informative solution to their post.

I draw your attention to: http://www.idnetters.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=12686.0 which was clearly posted to hopefully to reduce the number of 'jokey' posts.

There is a place for fun here and there are many outlets within the forum that provide for this, these should be used as such and more serious threads should be used for their purpose.

I really enjoy Netters but this frivolous tone in 'serious' threads is, to my mind, non productive.

how much of riks 140k posts are non productive?

Simon · Apr 02, 2010, 20:17:22

Quote from: quandam on Apr 02, 2010, 18:55:40
Sorry Rik (and other Admins), I realise that you are all happy with going off topic but it can also be annoying by not achieving the full answers and tone required by some. I know that I am in the minority (of active posters here) that feels this way but there may be many (of non active posters) who could be put off by the frivolous 'tone' of the forum in some serious threads and dismiss it as a 'jokey' and without foundation (wrongly) method of getting a useful and informative solution to their post.

I draw your attention to: http://www.idnetters.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=12686.0 which was clearly posted to hopefully to reduce the number of 'jokey' posts.

There is a place for fun here and there are many outlets within the forum that provide for this, these should be used as such and more serious threads should be used for their purpose.

I really enjoy Netters but this frivolous tone in 'serious' threads is, to my mind, non productive.

I don't see any problems or technical queries being raised in this thread, Quandam, which merely started as a complimentary comment on the service a user has received from IDNet. Your personal dislike of 'off topic' posts has been noted, on several occasions, but the post to which you refer, does refer to technical help threads, so in this case, I feel you have used it out of context. The VAST majority of members like the way we do things here, and it is part of the nature of the forum for threads to progress to different topics. There are many forums where members are lambasted for going 'off topic', and personally, I find these unfriendly, and unwelcoming. We are not about to adopt that ethos here.

adamr8965 · Apr 02, 2010, 20:38:20

just changing the subject weres my fish and chips?

zappaDPJ · Apr 02, 2010, 20:48:48

To be fair I thought this thread had run its course long before I replied and I did so to purposely bump the thread because it's positive and people rarely post to say they are happy with a service but often post when they are not.

Simon · Apr 02, 2010, 20:50:21

Very true, Zap.

Steve · Apr 02, 2010, 23:21:16

I start to read a thread hungry for information and by the end I am nearly always end up hungry for food. Why is that I wonder? We perhaps should have a health warning Dieters beware.

Gary · Apr 03, 2010, 10:07:17

Quote from: DorsetBoy on Apr 01, 2010, 06:24:15
I'd rather go without than eat anything that has been in a microwave oven.

I totally agree with you there

Gary · Apr 03, 2010, 10:11:13

Quote from: Steve on Apr 02, 2010, 23:21:16
I start to read a thread hungry for information and by the end I am nearly always end up hungry for food. Why is that I wonder? We perhaps should have a health warning Dieters beware.

I have definitely put weight on since I joined this forum.....hmmm, could this be the work of Rik?

Rik · Apr 03, 2010, 10:24:42

Quote from: adamr8965 on Apr 02, 2010, 20:38:20
just changing the subject weres my fish and chips?

It's too soon, Adam, surely.

Rik · Apr 03, 2010, 10:25:50

Quote from: Gary on Apr 03, 2010, 10:11:13
I have definitely put weight on since I joined this forum.....hmmm, could this be the work of Rik?

If it is, I have set a personal example for you to follow. I'm the round one at the front.

Gary · Apr 03, 2010, 11:29:18

Quote from: Rik on Apr 03, 2010, 10:25:50
If it is, I have set a personal example for you to follow. I'm the round one at the front.

Lets roll

Rik · Apr 03, 2010, 11:34:48

But never rock, except for Den.

Gary · Apr 03, 2010, 11:40:43

Quote from: Rik on Apr 03, 2010, 11:34:48
But never rock, except for Den.

Paper and scissors as well?

Rik · Apr 03, 2010, 11:58:11

Definitely.