tiscali is shite!

Ians98VTR · Post by **Ians98VTR** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 10:30 pm

thanks Kaz,thought it was my computer,used to be fast,last few weeks just seems to be getting slower all the time,really crap in the evenings,doing my head in now!!

yellafella · Post by **yellafella** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:04 pm

I believe it is called the contention ratio, theres only so much bandwidth or summat ? And the more people you get slows it all down.
They never offer this information, you have to ask. i thought they were pretty similar, obviously not !

logan7 · Post by **logan7** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:52 am

my nildram is running fast as feck at any time of day

only slower on torrent site at tea time, but talking a few secs for a page to load not 2 mins

i moved from wannadont . nildram is fastter and cheaper

xxxrated · Post by **xxxrated** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:15 am

i moved from aol to plusnet a few weeks back and wish i never. my own stupid fault though for not reading the small print. i got capped within a week for downloading to much. just put in a migration order for freedom 2 surf

stevieVTR · Post by **stevieVTR** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:15 pm

Totally agree about tiscali. Last few weeks have been a nightmare, can't eben get online sometimes and then lose the connection randomly from time to time. Never had this problem with Ntl, sheme they don't serve my area

Ians98VTR · Post by **Ians98VTR** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:04 pm

been on to tiscali customer services today,they say they have no faults with the broadband service,and at peak times you can expect a slight reduction in bandwidth[speed]

Post by **sirch345** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:18 pm

All you guys with Tiscali broadband, what firewall are you using

Chris.

logan7 · Post by **logan7** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:25 pm

http://www.nildram.net/

yellafella · Post by **yellafella** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:28 pm

Uh Oh !!!!!!!!!!!

Ians98VTR · Post by **Ians98VTR** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:34 pm

windows xp,s own firewall,been great up til last few weeks,why you ask chris,have tried without firewall,but still crap

Post by **sirch345** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:51 pm

Ians98VTR wrote:windows xp,s own firewall,been great up til last few weeks,why you ask chris,have tried without firewall,but still crap

I wondered after talking to a mate today who had experienced the same problems as you guys and it was due to incompatibility problems between Tiscali and his firewall, but if you've already tried it with the firewall turned off then as you said it can't be that.

Chris.

Ians98VTR · Post by **Ians98VTR** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:06 pm

cheers chris,tried most things,and settings now,even reset wireless router,but still no better,sure tiscali must have problem.

Post by **sirch345** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:15 pm

OK Ian, I hope you can get it sorted very soon,

Chris.

Post by **sirch345** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:50 am

Ians98VTR wrote:cheers chris,tried most things,and settings now,even reset wireless router,but still no better,sure tiscali must have problem.

You don't think you may have picked up some kind of virus or spyware

which is slowing down your computer,

Chris.

Adding to the above. I take it you do run regular anti-virus checks. Also disk clean and disk defrag

Ians98VTR · Post by **Ians98VTR** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:12 pm

well chris,been thinking along them lines,til spotted thread from kaz,but tonight it seems fine again,really quite fast,even for peak time as it is now,be interesting to hear if kaz has got same improvement