CaseyBob

I had not intended to take part in this discussing because of your opening premise, i.e. Broadband throttling had not been discussed in this forum. I, myself, have taken part in (and contributed to) many such discussions simply because broadband throttling is just not a US problem it is a worldwide problem. If you check this forum carefully, you will find that people from all over the world are complaining about this and asking what they can do about it.

Now that you have been shown some discussion links, by the ever resourceful Wondering Why, you will now understand that this forum has deeper, more informed discussions than you first gave us credit for.

JohnyBoy

Like you, I am a UK Limewire user and I also feel hard done by the British ISPs, you see I originally moved from Virgin to Bulldog to escape broadband throttling. However, now bulldog has been taken over by Pipex (who have an anti-P2P policy)and NTL, who was the only other UK ISP not to throttle P2P usage, has now been taken over by Virgin.

A friend of mine, who is still with NTL, says that Virgin plan to start, what they call, “User Profiling”, which probably means throttling high-usage customers.

And I also agree with you when you said: It flies in the face of our “Sale of Goods Act”. But it seems that unless someone is willing to take on an ISP in court, like that chap who took on the banks over their excessive bank charges, they will continue to advertise unlimited service while throttling P2P usage.

Finally, I would like to know Ofcom’s position on P2P throttling, after all, they are the body that is supposed to regulate ISPs and protect the consumer from misleading adverts and arbitrarily imposed regulations.

I feel an email to Ofcom coming on.



UK Bob

PS. OFCOM is a UK regulatory body covering TV and Radio broadcasting, telecommunications and wireless communications services.