[adsl] P2P on unleashed Orcon Advanced 40 Plans

[Bart Hanson]

Hi,

Orcon -are- traffic shaping.. The helpdesk swept it under the carpet  
when I asked, saying it was just a poor P2P service.
but I get consistently faster results using a P2P client app that (I  
suspect) is not on their banned list (yet).

On the 27th of November Orcon post the following
The ZeroShock plan is designed to give the fastest speeds for web and  
email, so peer to peer (P2P) is restricted. This means you can use  
P2P applications with this plan, but they may go more slowly than on  
other plans. This is so we can make sure that the things that most  
people like to do online like web and email are as fast as they can be.
http://www.orcon.net.nz/faqs/residential_broadband_faq/ 
how_do_you_manage_the_traffic_on_the_zeroshock_plan/

Then on 5th of December Orcon post the following:
We do not rate shape, block, or change the prioritisation of peer to  
peer (P2P) traffic on our non-ZeroShock data plans.
http://www.orcon.net.nz/orcon_blog/orcon_broadband/ 
go_large_goes_nowhere_fast_why_is_broadband_faster_with_orcon.../

Maybe it is Orcon who is using confusion as its chief marketing tool  
now?
It looks like you (and I) need a non-ZeroShock data plan.
Of course they are still able to point the finger back at Telecom.
How the hell does Telecom resist putting Skype on the banned list?,  
oh yes, they did try increasing latency recently.
Big business continues to do what it wants, communications  
commissioner or not.

Happy Christmas anyway, I might go to the beach a bit more!

Bart Hanson.




On 11/12/2006, at 6:22 PM, Raimund Eimann wrote:

> Hi,
>
>>> You're complaining because you're getting a better service than  
>>> you're
>>> paying for?
>>
>> What he is complaining about is that his old plan had a 40Gig
>> allowance   but the new one has 20Gig.  If you exceed that 20Gig
>> Orcon will suggest you go on a higher Gig plan  i.e. 30 or 100Gig
>
> Close, but not quite.
>
> The product I have now is still called "Advanced 40". So I can use  
> 40GB
> without getting hassled. My point is: 8 weeks ago I was able to  
> receive ~35GB
> of the 40GB from P2P networks. Now, only HTTP & Co. downloads are  
> possible,
> so that most of the available volume is effectively useless to me.
>
> Cheers,
> Raimund