O2 Traffic shaping??

me.nick

Hi,

I'm wondering if O2 use traffic shaping during certain times of the day?
For example would p2p downloading speeds be limited during the day? I can't find any info on this on O2's website.

Regards.

DatabaseError

no shaping on O2

Rufff

Yeah, 'DatabaseError' is right, O2 dont shape, In our house the net is used really heavily by everyone and our speeds aren't affected during peak times in the evening.

Rygar

Just be aware that their BT Wholesale based Access service is not as good as the LLU services. There is no shaping on Access but there is contention which I'm led to believe is biting hard at the moment.

Woby_Tide

they don't shape, at worse you may get mild congestion at certain busier times depending on the exchange

e.g. mild peaks like below

me.nick

Thanks everyone for your comments.

You've just confirmed what i already thought.

Regards.

Russ12189

Product O2 Access Broadband - Traffic Shaping

"Access" is thier unbundeled product

Yes they do all of the time now even after midnight
Service has dropped from 8MB to 5MB at best and P2P is now 85K!!!!!!!!! from 8MB

I was told, by the O2 helpdesk, all ISP now use traffic shaping I dont think so!!!!!, just to get rid of the issue....why lie ?????

So be very warry of O2 .....

I am writing to O2 Complaints
at

O2 Customer Complaints review
PO Box 116
Leeds
LS11 5DS

I wander if others have a similar experience???

Thanks

Russ

456789

No traffic shaping on LLU

their are some measures in the evening on access I believe

Russ12189

No traffic shaping on LLU

Thats good news 456 as my exchange moves over in March time

I asked this to the O2 Cust rep and he says no difference from Access non LLU and LLU.

Anyone else okay on LLU and not on the access product?

R

mikey72

Home access use traffic shaping. It was nightmare initially, for a couple of weeks, but appears to be better now than it was without, for me anyway.

safesound

LLU has no traffic shaping, no loss of speed at peak times here. The recent DNS problems were a real pain but I switched to openDNS and its back to excellent.