I beg to differ. BT has openly acknowledged that, when certain conditions apply, the connection is dropped. I have experienced this periodically when using Limewire myself. At 1pm BST each day my download speeds drop considerably. Where I was getting 700kb before, the rate would drop to <20kb. Perhaps, I hear you say, it is Limewire that is limiting the connection? Not so, use limewire on a Tiscali connection, after 1pm and I can still download at +600kbps.
When Challenged BT acknowledged that they reduce the bandwidth for those users who use P2P software. Most dont notice, but the heavier, or more experienced, users do. (I am an IT specialist, so count myself in the second category).
Mike Kelly
I beg to differ. BT has openly acknowledged that, when certain conditions apply, the connection is dropped. I have experienced this periodically when using Limewire myself. At 1pm BST each day my download speeds drop considerably. Where I was getting 700kb before, the rate would drop to <20kb. Perhaps, I hear you say, it is Limewire that is limiting the connection? Not so, use limewire on a Tiscali connection, after 1pm and I can still download at +600kbps.
When Challenged BT acknowledged that they reduce the bandwidth for those users who use P2P software. Most dont notice, but the heavier, or more experienced, users do. (I am an IT specialist, so count myself in the second category).