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11. November 2005 @ 09:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Feel like letting off some steam? Just want to tell everyone how much the world sucks today? Or how wonderful it is? Go ahead!
damn right i do,
just signed up for a yearly subscription with uk-online,and what a load of bull

download speeds of 20 kb/s,on my connection thats a joke,and i want my money back
have done daily adsl speed checks,rsults come in a measly 300 kbp/s
and on a 2 mb,thats what i call a rip off

just wanted to let the world know that i am pissed,..big style



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11. November 2005 @ 10:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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rsults come in a measly 300 kb/s
and on a 2 mb,thats what i call a rip off
But 300kb/s is a good speed for 2meg.

How long ago did you sign up? sometimes it can take a few days to 'configure' itself and get running smoothly - mine did

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11. November 2005 @ 10:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
nah,300 kb/s was the speed test,
it should come in about 2000 kb/s
are you on uk-online?



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11. November 2005 @ 10:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No, but a friend of mine is and has had no probs. Do you mean the communication speeds or the download speed?

Do you mean 300kbps?

Because 300kb/s is download speed

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11. November 2005 @ 11:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah,shite,my bad
300 kbps,
its actually just tested in at 450
showing a potiental downkload speed of 56 kb/s



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11. November 2005 @ 12:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well that's an improvement - give it 2-3 days. Trust me. Mine was cutting out, doing 4kb/s when i first switched to AOL. But after it sorted itself out, it was kool. Give it time Hursty ;)
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11. November 2005 @ 12:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is what I got on http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/



I have a 1meg connection

So by the time yours is sorted you should be kickin at about double that.

Lethal

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11. November 2005 @ 19:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah man,the speeds do improve,like first thing in the morning,came in at about 900,but come the evening,the speeds are like so slow
you can expect some sort of slow down,whe the lines are busy,but not to this extent

those b*****s are throttling the bandwidth,its just proving it

watch this space,see if things improve

thanks for the link :)



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11. November 2005 @ 22:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
why the hell are you guys bothering complaining.i've got a 16kbs modem getting a 11.5kbs connection and lucky to get downloads speeds of more than 2kbs.i tryed with a 56k modem but could only get 32kbs connection.in my area i cant even get broadband either.

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12. November 2005 @ 02:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
why i am complaining??????????????????????

cause its costing me £25 a month,thats why

and this is the safety valve forum,and i can say what the hell i like

!!!!!!!!!!



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12. November 2005 @ 03:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
im sure your rich and can afford it.you probably had 2working parents bring you up.you could be given $100000000 and still not be happy.i can say what the hell i want this is safety value.

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12. November 2005 @ 03:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Come on boys, let's not start a flamer here ;)

Xboxdevil, if you don't have any useful suggestions, please move on.
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12. November 2005 @ 03:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
its not my fault,you have a poxy connection
i dont,and i expect to get what i am paying for

you are paying for what you have and you cannot expect anymore.

and btw its not my fault you are a bastard child,just because i have 2 parents,what phucking difference that makes,i beg to ask???
wtf has having 2 parents bringing you up got to do with anything,least at all this thread,and most of all,wtf has it got to do with you??

dont start with the smart ass remarks,take your crap somewhere else.

end of,
next time i will post hundreds of pictures in this thread,so it will take you 3 weeks to reply,after you have finished downloading the images

hehehe



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12. November 2005 @ 03:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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next time i will post hundreds of pictures in this thread,so it will take you 3 weeks to reply,after you have finished downloading the images
LOL. Anyway I wish BT would upgrade the telephone system in this country (England) so we could get better speeds. In Japan and South Korea a 2 Meg connection to them is like a 56 K connection to us. Bog standard. Bulldog advertise an 8 Meg service but it only reaches that speed in London.



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12. November 2005 @ 03:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the service sucks in this country,
i was happy to plod away with wanadoo,but they were about to kick me off for downing 100 gb a month on a 2 gb limit

hehehe

just been waiting on hold for 1 1/2 hrs for technical support with uk-online,the message says,10 mins max

what year is this????

1956???,you would have thought so,with this service,some old guy pluggin in the connection pin....

same old rip off britain

high speeds are mainly available in the inner parts of london,and uk-online have the cheek to advertise 22 mb speed

no one is offering true unlimited downloads with the true connection they offer

ntl/bt/tiscali/wanadoo....the list goes on....all the same limited downloading



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12. November 2005 @ 04:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I am on AOL and I get unltd dloads. But I only live 5 miles away from London and the max I can get here is 1.1 meg, but I suppose the closer you are to London, the sooner they will upgrade your connections.

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12. November 2005 @ 04:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That's so true hursty. The phone line's in this country are from like the 40's. We need our telephone system to be underground so we can acheive cable speeds like Japan and South Korea. I always read the small print on broadband offers as there's always a catch somewhere.



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12. November 2005 @ 04:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hey hursty you post heaps of picture i will report you to the moderators.by the way im not a bastard my dad left when i was 6 so get your facts right.im not trying to start a flame war im just saying be happy with what you got.people are complaining and my speeds arn't anywhere near as fast as theirs.

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12. November 2005 @ 05:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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hey hursty you post heaps of picture i will report you to the moderators
Heh...

O.K, so your speeds aren't great. Just because somebody else can get better speeds, doesn't mean you have to start moaning about yours. Hursty has a problem which we are trying to put positive input into. If all you are going to do is whine that you have bad speeds, do it on the phone to your ISP
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12. November 2005 @ 06:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@ xboxdevil
Why don't you look into satellite broadband. It might be ideal for you if your telephone system can't cope with broadband.



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12. November 2005 @ 07:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@ xboxdevil

you are totally missing the point of this thread,

like i said,i am paying for a service from which i am not happy with,
i have every right to complain as i am not getting the speeds for which i am paying good money for

if i go into mac'donalds,and ask for a plain big mac with no sauce etc,and i get one with gerkins covered with tomato sauce,.....what i am supposed to do....???

be happy with the food i have been given,after all,there are starving people in africa with nothing???,so i should be grateful and eat it,even though i dont like it
what would you do???,i bet your ass you would take it back and ask for a replacement or your money back

i know what i would do,i work damn hard for the money in my pocket,and expect good value for what i pay for

let this be the end of it



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13. November 2005 @ 03:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
if i got a mcdonalds burger with sauce when i asked for one without sauce i would take it back and get what i order.money doesnt come easy.if i had order 10000 burgers and one of them had sauce when i ordered no sauce i wouldnt care.if i had enough money to get satellite broadband or cable i wouldnt complain if it wasnt as fast as everyone elses in the world.i'd just be happy that i've got a fast connection and that i could afford it.do you pay for everything you download or are you downloading pirated material.you can still get movies,mp3s,pictures ,games,software for free so dont complain.i didnt even have a computer until march lastyear.

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13. November 2005 @ 03:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@ xboxdevil
It sucks for you that you are unable to get a fast connection but don't try to make other users feel bad because they can enjoy a service you can't. This thread is about Hursty who signed up for an internet service and he isn't getting what he paid for. He has every right to complain. Other people in the same situation would do the same thing.



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13. November 2005 @ 03:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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bottle of bacardi(depending on how drunk i am sometimes the bottles empty)
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Xboxdevil - all depends what you really want to spend your money on...doesn't it...
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13. November 2005 @ 08:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@Lethal_B weazel200


just signed up for a months trial on newsgroups,cost me £7

got maximum speeds now,even though its costing me more,but happy

@xboxdevil,
what i do with my bandwidth has got bugger all to do you with you,i am grateful for what i have got,and bad luck you probably havent had the same privledges as me,but thats not my fault,so dont take your anger and resentments on others who are more fortunate than yourself
i dont know why you starting having a go in the first place,as i am perfectly in my rights to complain

if this carries on,i will report this to the mods myself,and get it closed




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