Had enough...logging complaint against IS.

killadoob...I need to then play around with Grabit tonight and see if there's any improvement. Thanks for your input.

Proff
 
bwana said:
You're going off the wrong end if you want to absolve IS from providing a decent level of service simply because of a presumption of what people are using it for. :)
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Nope, not at all. I am all for making them accountable but be careful what you wish for. There is every likelyhood that they cancel such a service if it provides then with too many headaches. A better solution would be to work constructively with your ISP to resolve the speed problems. Bringing something into the public view that is most certainly predominantly used for illegal purposes can only serve to hinder it in the future. Although newsgroups are used for legitimate purposes (I know because I use them for support etc), the majority of people use them for distribution of illegal content and to a lesser extent p0rn. I would hazzard a guess of less the 1% of bandwidth on "legitimate" purposes. Pretending otherwise is just hiding behind "semantics", for want of a better word.

Athough I don't personally agree with the way it is used, I am not judging the practice or for that matter how the vendor is providing the service, in this discussion. I am simply warning against bringing the spotlight onto it.
 
You're going off the wrong end if you want to absolve IS from providing a decent level of service simply because of a presumption of what people are using it for.
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If you were using news servers for news you *should* be satisfied with sub 10kb/s.
 
Equinox said:
If you were using news servers for news you *should* be satisfied with sub 10kb/s.
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What an odd argument. For the record I'm absolutely using them for binaries - you know those things that have been around since at least the late 80's?

These days newsgroups are synonymous with them so 10kb/s isnt something to be lauded.
 
My personal opinion is that if you want to make a stand because you feel you need 400k to download your "binaries", then you need to combat the guys who are downloading illegal content. The IS news server is capable hardware on one of the biggest "free" bandwidth pipes in the country. IS have provided a perfectly reasonable service for free and it is being abused. Whats funny is that those people who are abusing it, feel they have a right to complain for more bandwidth...which of course, IS must cough up for free.

The IS news server is a resource blackhole. Whatever bandwidth is provided will swiftly be used up by a handful of 4meg lines sharing content of dubious legality.

You cant expect them to use their resources there, when there are more pressing issues affecting their network.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not out to get file sharers. I'm sure you have full copyright on every file you are downloading and as such, its your right to download them. But when you expect the engineers and hardware who are working on routing and international bandwidth to start using their time catering for your filesharing needs, it seems silly. ISPs have a hard enough job in the industry as it is, without more problems being made by people who expect the upstream provider to fund their illegalities.
 
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Equinox and Bwana

Will you two who are making the most sense in this thread, please get back in your sound proof boxes. :D

Equinox, I'm glad its your personal opinion, otherwise many of us Mr Beep calls "friends" may well have had some kind of restrictions placed on us by now.

Oh, but OPENWEB makes money when I need another 30G local account! :) :D ;)
 
I agree with killadoob. I only have had my adsl for 8 days, and I really love downloading from the news server.Please dont never ever take it away. I BEG U ! :D

It seems to me that the speeds of my downloads have increased a bit over the past 20 mins, avg about 20-22kb/s. Not lightning speed, but its waaaaaay better than any torrent and I am loving it.

OPENWEB and IS for the WIN !

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Shouldn't we be complaining about IS's dodge _INTERNATIONAL_ speeds instead of a VAS we get for free?
 
dude we use routesentry and use saix for our international so i dunno what problems IS has with int but i dont use it

their local is just as good as saix

i only use around 1-2 gig int the rest is all local

openweb is saving alot for my online gaming and illegal kuk :)

now i get free everything with cheap bandwidth life is great
 
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