Hi all
Is anyone from the UK out there using BT as their internet provider? If so, have you experienced any problems and how have you managed to sort it out regarding SL?
I've changed to BT recently - quite a few weeks now, but this week I've had alot of SL problems, and none of the solutions given by LL have worked.
I'm wondering now if it's the internet connection somehow, although I have had absolutely no problems before this week, and changed nothing, so I can't see what would have caused the problem. The network button in the lag meter is red and the bandwith meter in the Statistics bar starts of fine then goes down to zero. Any suggestions would help!! I can't do anything in SL
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Is anyone from the UK out there using BT as their internet provider? If so, have you experienced any problems and how have you managed to sort it out regarding SL?
I've changed to BT recently - quite a few weeks now, but this week I've had alot of SL problems, and none of the solutions given by LL have worked.
I'm wondering now if it's the internet connection somehow, although I have had absolutely no problems before this week, and changed nothing, so I can't see what would have caused the problem. The network button in the lag meter is red and the bandwith meter in the Statistics bar starts of fine then goes down to zero. Any suggestions would help!! I can't do anything in SL
.ISPs throttle the downloading of heavy users. I'll explain it easier by telling you what Virgin does. There are 2 periods of 5 hours during every day - 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., and 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. During each period, a user has a download limit, depending on how much bandwidth s/he is paying for - a different limit for each period. If the limit is reached, downloads are throttled back and the internet gets very very slow. It's noticeable in SL, of course. I used to trigger it during the second period every day, when the limit is half what it is in the morning period. When it starts, it's sudden, and *very* noticeable, and when it stops, it's sudden. It triggered for me around the 5 - 5:30 p.m. mark and switched off at 11 p.m. on the dot.
That's Virgin. BT are known for overselling resources, and they are sure to do something similar. I got round my problem by going up to 20M bandwidth.
