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[Mark07]

Thanks for the explanation 

[kitz]

Sorry if the above reply was a bit blase.   I'm not exactly quite sure what happened, but we knew what the limits were.  These were posted in a couple of places including the Zen training doc.    Then sometime around the ASSIA case last year, it became extremely difficult to find out anymore information and since then we dont know if anything has changed.   We know for a fact that they they did some twiddling of DLM around that time but what it was afaik hasnt ever been disclosed what they did.   

From what AndyH has posted, I can only assume - and its the only logical reason I can think of  - that sometime between then and G.INP they reduced the MBTR and now we know theyve put it back again and using practically the same figures,  because it appears to have been too low and catching too many people.   

[kitz]

In response to the remarks on another forum about 'cockroaches' and click through. 

The site cannot use any form of shared/cloud hosting.  No host will touch me for any service other than dedicated.  Its my choice to use UK hosting as I dont want crappy overseas hosting and I need decent 24/7 support.  Check out how much that costs.

I'm well aware I could do more on the ad side but I deliberately try and keep any ads to a minimum.  I dont use tower scraper ads which are the most profitable and most tech users use ABP anyhow.  This site is non-profit making and there has been many a time when I've funded from own pocket, and times when Ive had to borrow from a friend to cover hosting costs. Another personal  friend who has nothing to do with the site always donates to hosting costs   

I'm thinking deleting the 'shop' as only once has it generated any income.  There's a clear record on the site of donations and in response to 'click through' those defamatory words are treated with the contempt it deserves.

You try balance the books with this income - Ad generation income for the past 7 days.  I think that makes it a long way off being a click through for profit site. It doesnt even begin to cover hosting.

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Im removing image as this post was originally made before I'd twigged what the cockroach reference was all about.  Don't see why I should have to justify for something that I hadn't said or post site stats.    Enough people have viewed it already anyhow to verify that that aim of this site isnt for profit.

[kitz]

[Further info added ] 

I just noticed that webif's post has been changed and everything has now become clearer.  TBH from his first posting I thought it was him making a reference to someone on this forum. 
 
I 100% didn't even have the slightest clue from his first post what the reference to cockroaches was on about.  I viewed via mobile last night and hadn't s even seen the post by someone else. I'd responded straight to Mark & then my response came up on was on top of another page so I'd totally missed that post and why it never twigged what webif or anyone else's reference to cockroaches meant.   Even at the time of making my post above I still didn't know what he was on about.

Said post has now been removed. (which now takes my post last night to the bottom of the page in position of the deleted one).   It was NOT anything that I had said like the quote may give the impression of.  It should be clear from my first reply to Mark that I was hurrying last night and I didnt have time to explain further until today which is precisely why I'd used the reference blase - because I knew my reply to him last night was in haste.   

That post has not been removed now because of any threats -  I genuinely had not seen it until it was brought to my attention a few moments ago.

[Chrysalis]

kitz I have no idea what you on about.

if others elsewhere are trying to slander your site dont stress too much over it, none of us will leave because of it.

[simoncraddock]

I'm not sure what's been said but this is and hopefully will always be my first port of call for help/advice/news. I used to run forums myself Newnetter/Metronetter and appreciate how much it costs first-hand when it's coming out of your own pocket. If I could afford to donate (current employment status restricts) I would gladly.

Your doing a great job so don't let some moron tell you otherwise Kitz.

[Mark07]

Also not really sure what's happened, but as above kitz you're doing a great job, keep it up we all appreciate it! 

[kitz]

>>> Also not really sure what's happened

Someone calling this site a click through.   By displaying the most minimal ads I can,  hardly makes it that - TBB shows way more ads and much larger ads than I do.   Is he going to make the same accusation against them too. 

and also the suggestion "desperately want to be part of a circle" is laughable.   
Im not even sure what circle that is supposed to be, because its only certain people within ISPs and one other that appears to have access to the ISPforum.   
My info comes from elsewhere within BT and other places such as SINET.  I have my own contacts in BTw but just dont pester them or abuse that privilege and I know for a fact that the site is well respected within BT.  In fact I recently had a long personal one-to-one with someone very high up in Openreach who should know what is going on and far more aware of matters such as g.inp than the ISPForum.  I may not have anything in writing, but we weren't wrong.

Just because my info doesn't come from the ISPForum or certain others dont get the same info as me, isnt my fault.   BT don't release all info to ISPs and other depts perhaps dont get some info that the ISP does.   It most does not give certain people on another forum the right to talk down to me and diss any info that comes from here.

OK so Im not part of this mythical circle, but I'm happy with the way things are, knowing that BT are well aware of what we do and respected enough to take note if there is a serious issue.  By being outside of the circle means that I dont have to say black is white when I can clearly see that perhaps something is grey.   I will respect things told in confidence and if there's things they don't want disclosing for obvious reasons, but OTOH I will also continue to dig for information so that EU's can continue to 'self help' which is the whole aim of the site. 

Time is often a limitation with me, because I cant sit here 24/7 posting,  still do admin, site upgrades, tutorials and a million other things.   

[Chrysalis]

its the boys club, BT have the weirdest NDA setup ever if what ignition said is true, apparently bog standard things that should be reported to end users are all NDA O_o  Also why hasnt revk been cutoff for I guess breaching the NDA everytime he gets annoyed with BT.

It seems more likely that those working for these isp's seem to enjoy witholding the information and do it for that reason instead.

Whats commercially sensitive about telling end users if a problem will be fixed or not.

[kitz]

[npr]

Thanks for the guidance kitz.
My contract with PN has another 6 months so I've lots of time to gather this info and try to understand it and the implications before I need make the decision of where to go next.

The main reason I'm looking for a new provider is not the current issue, it's the way they handled my support ticket. I used to have a great deal of regard for PN's support but I'm afraid the way they've handled this ticket has destroyed that regard.

The reason I was trying to avoid BT internet is that I once used them in the dark days of dialup -- need I say more

[kitz]

Unfortunately the lack of input from the reps hasn't been ideal and helped diffuse the situation.

I've been on a few mammoth gate hopping sessions in the past and it is weird how sometimes it can take so long to find a decent speed again, then you can end up on the same gateway and all is well again.  Because we can't tell which endpoint then it's hard to identify if it's those or the MSILs.  Because of the length of time it's been going on and the fact that once I do get on a decent pipe and it's stays like like for ages, I am more suspicious now that it may not be the end points but something to do with my routing between RAS and the pn endpoint.

The video of revK, he actually said something like See there is conjestion even if BT can't see it.

ps - yes also been there with BT.  I was served final notice of excessive online time.  Luckily it was about 3 weeks before the exchange went live for adsl.   I was doing my dissertation at the time and also one of the BB4campaigners so really struggling to keep the hours to their limit

[Chrysalis]

[kitz]

I'm not at the PC so this will be short as takes me too long to type. 

Plusnet don't use WBC, they transport via the core so it has to be WBMC.  I'm not quite sure what you mean about build a different network. 

It's all meshed and you could end up getting different pipes within the core so to speak.  There is the possibility and more flexibility with dedicated WBMC but with shared, I don't see the point of separate network, yes they could prioritise certain ISPs if you wanted to get into the realms of conspiracy, but if something like that ever came to light it would be massive and I don't think they'd risk it.  The whole design of 21CN was supposedly for equivalence, and that so no SP could be favoured over any other. 

Re pn support - I've been out all day and didn't see that.  This is bad and topic for another thread