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Thread ID: 15437 2002-02-07 01:29:00 Xtra Jetstart capping Morpheous&winmx? Guest (0) Press F1
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34719 2002-02-07 01:29:00 I know Jetstart isn't exactly the fasted at the best of times this is getting beyond a joke. Whenever I download a file using either WinMx or Morpheous, I seem to only ever reach a max of 1K/s, regarless of how many parallel streams I start. A couple of months ago, getting a full 16k/s was easy. This in itself is not so much the problem, BUT when I log in using a Paradise.net account, I get 16k/s no problems, and from the same server!!! Back to xtra and its down to 1k again. Whats going on?!?

I've asked Xtra if they are capping downloads but they don't resond to my emails. Has anybody else experienced this?
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34720 2002-02-07 01:41:00 Hi Bart,

Maybe its got something to do with the Drongo who fleeced Telecom 10grand for the cost of Morpheous uploads a while back
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34721 2002-02-07 01:42:00 If you read the terms & conditions they don't allow it basically. I'm sure it's more towards the uploading than downloading though. But my mate is experiencing the same problem with Xtra. Guest (0)
34722 2002-02-07 06:01:00 Yeah its good old xtra up to there usual tricks. If you use Jetstream you don't have any problems. Gee it would be nice to have some real competition in the market. Guest (0)
34723 2002-02-11 02:35:00 The solution is simple:

Change your ISP to Paradise, permanently & drop XTRA completely, they are nothing but TOTALLY HOPELESS!!

No surprises about them not answering your emails, as this goes with their service (totally useless service).

This problem is well known, XTRA done the same thing when Napster was around.

Paradise is way better.
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34724 2002-02-11 03:03:00 Yep, I've fixed the problem by changing to Paradise.net

Xtra are gona loose a LOT of customers if they keep this level of service up :(
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34725 2002-02-13 08:41:00 Same here. Got a reply out of Telecom but they deny any knowledge as Jetstart is it's own entity now.

What really pisses me off about all this is that I have uploads disabled to comply with their T&Cs so I'm not actng as a server right? So anyway, my connections are still less than 1k/s. Out of curiosity I enabled uploads and they race along at 6-7K sometimes!!! WTF??! That is so sad Xtra. I'm leaving upoads enabled, at least that way someone is making use of the 128kbit connection I'm paying for.

*off to complain some more*
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