Question for blink & flow internet users ...

Postby **- Rovin's car audio -** » March 16th, 2010, 7:12 pm

have u had either service then switched over to d other : did u notice any improvements or speed with d 1 u switched too or was it worst ?

see d thing is my contract will be up soon & i was wondering if to try d competitor or stay with d same provider

dont want to say which i have as yet so as to influence what ppl post back , but im especially interested in what chaguanas ppl have to say since thats im from ...... 8-)

jeevdude199 · Postby **jeevdude199** » March 16th, 2010, 7:14 pm

blink broadband its not that fast now......

urabus · Postby **urabus** » March 16th, 2010, 7:22 pm

sanjeev1990 wrote:blink broadband its not that fast now......

x2....

Stephon. · Postby **Stephon.** » March 16th, 2010, 7:26 pm

Blink buys from Flow then sells to costumers.
/thread.

joel · Postby **joel** » March 16th, 2010, 7:43 pm

blink by me always fallin off then coming back on...always fuggin up my damn online fifa play

hydroep · Postby **hydroep** » March 16th, 2010, 7:46 pm

Big improvement with Flow.

Blink used to work extremely well but the line developed a *ahem*...fault...and remained faulty for more than 12 months.

Needless to say the service just got worse, so it was a forced change really.

No regrets with the decision.

teems1 · Postby **teems1** » March 16th, 2010, 8:00 pm

my 10mb FLOW is acting like 2mb currently

grumble

Postby **nismodriver** » March 16th, 2010, 8:53 pm

Always had Flow after Dial Up, no problems.
Once or twice I got issues and realized it was my wireless router!

christopherwilliams2 · Postby **christopherwilliams2** » March 16th, 2010, 9:04 pm

had Blink for 1 year...canceled contract as soon as the year was up.
I had called Blink at least once every month or so and it was always some problem.
I switched to Flow...never had to call once...9 months and counting.

eurogirl · Postby **eurogirl** » March 16th, 2010, 9:18 pm

nismodriver wrote:Always had Flow after Dial Up, no problems.
Once or twice I got issues and realized it was my wireless router!

ya me to

so i stop investing in routers and started plugging in direct

Redman · Postby **Redman** » March 16th, 2010, 9:31 pm

I have both and Flow seems to deliver closer to spec- during the day I get what I pay for -non work hrs it drops off a bit but is still satisfactory-and everybody in the townhouses is running on my service-about 7 laptops.
Even when there is a problem with the cable and therefore inet and phone-it everything comes back up.

Flow is alot more stable.
TSTeif We still figuring out the phone problems.

Blink NEVER has tested at what we pay for.
The service is fo shyte

Flow FTW

Later

Postby **- Rovin's car audio -** » March 16th, 2010, 9:52 pm

thanks for d answers so far - some of u have a location listed in ur profile so i can get a idea of where u from & how d service is in that area

now so some ppl claim that blink gives u a "dedicated" line so u always getting near d package u payed for & flow gives u a "shared" service meaning if alot of ppl in ur area using d net at d same time u will get less usable bandwidth meaning ur net will work slower - is this true or a bunch of BS ??? .....so say for ex d "4mb" from tstt vs d "10mb" from flow : is it that d 10 will kinda boil down to like d 4 ??? ...

cornfused · Postby **cornfused** » March 16th, 2010, 10:07 pm

the service is good to great in terms of internet , minor issue and the help desk was able to sort it out or guide me through it , or some old school tuners who i know

However i digress , their cable service absolutely sucks , the recent change in the package combination has had me thinking whether cable is in fact even necessary in my present home and any future home. What has me really fuming is the removal of discovery turbo and some other channels from the flow fanatic line up , take very serious :wtf:

for what ever the moves they make for average subscriber packages pure BS

teems1 · Postby **teems1** » March 16th, 2010, 10:09 pm

Vista Bella

I pay for 10mb package.

Postby **M_2NR** » March 16th, 2010, 10:16 pm

depends on where you are living eh bhai.

Postby **Chiney** » March 16th, 2010, 11:21 pm

recently

ok
more like past 6months
my 10mbit line is like 1mbit

seriously

its sucks
i only get performance downloading..

the blink connection streams alot better and browses sweet

it downloads at it's rated speeds

go figure

fouljuice · Postby **fouljuice** » March 16th, 2010, 11:56 pm

(...Rovin...) wrote:see d thing is my contract will be up soon & i was wondering if to try d competitor or stay with d same provider

flow dont make you sign contract (as far as i know) so you could try it for a month if it available in your location and then decide.

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » March 17th, 2010, 12:18 am

Stephon. wrote:Blink buys from Flow then sells to costumers.
/thread.

especially during carnival </soundwave>

Postby **- Rovin's car audio -** » March 17th, 2010, 11:36 am

corolla_2nr wrote:K depends on where you are living eh bhai.

so it seems ther is no clear cut winner in this thing ....

buzz · Postby **buzz** » March 17th, 2010, 12:29 pm

networks are networks

plenty ppl on = congestion

simple

Postby **M_2NR** » March 17th, 2010, 4:35 pm

(...Rovin...) wrote:nice post man thanks

so it seems ther is no clear cut winner in this thing ....

np. hard luck about the length

current speed as of now..

see how good it is, wait til 7pm... :cry:

yz · Postby yz » April 19th, 2010, 11:25 pm

teems1 wrote:my 10mb FLOW is acting like 2mb currently

grumble

my 10mb FLOW is 0.28mb currently

Postby **- Rovin's car audio -** » April 20th, 2010, 9:11 am

^^^so slooow 1 time ... :shock:

Postby **M_2NR** » April 20th, 2010, 2:48 pm

what u got (...Rovin...)?

todd61 · Postby **todd61** » April 20th, 2010, 3:02 pm

Flow acting up alot this month for the first time in 1 year.A lot of down connections but 2day working fine

Postby **- Rovin's car audio -** » April 20th, 2010, 3:27 pm

still have blink & i find today it playing d tail & working slow

& is a 4mb i supposed to have eh .....

ruffneck_12 · Postby **ruffneck_12** » July 13th, 2010, 11:48 pm

I always had flow 2MB, and checked my speedtest.net history the other day and I was gettin 10 MB last year!

and hold dat one too

2MB connection eh

and this

TOHKEE-frickin-OH!!!

_______________________________________________
Ping test-Flow,
Far server

nearest server

nareshseep · Postby **nareshseep** » July 14th, 2010, 12:01 am

In felecity, flow service has been great so far, apart from the normal slow down in speed between 6-9pm, speed is great, currently have the 2 Mb which flow is upgrading to 5Mb for a 10$ increase. The only time flow gave problems is when it had a thunder shower last month and had some lightening activity. But even then service was restored 4 hrs later.

I find Blink 1Mb though has lower latency and streams movie better than flow 2Mb.
But for d/l torrents, flow ftw, I get speeds of 180-190 kbs on well seeded torrents.

I have 5 laptops, 1 desktop and two phones on a 2Mb and so far it holding out.
To get past the streaming issue I use miro tv http://www.getmiro.com/
Sometimes when you feel your ISP giving trouble, it may that there dns server are slow
use dnsbench http://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm to test your dns servers.
Select the three best dns servers and add them to your router. Enable dns caching http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/DN ... HCP_server and you good to go.
Also you can enable qos so that one app cannot tie up your connection. http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Quality_of_Service

sentraman · Postby **sentraman** » July 14th, 2010, 12:11 am

Chiney wrote:recently

ok
more like past 6months
my 10mbit line is like 1mbit

seriously

its sucks
i only get performance downloading..

the blink connection streams alot better and browses sweet

it downloads at it's rated speeds

go figure

I used to have the 10Mbps package but it used to upset me a lot because the dam thing used to be sticking when using youtube and all. It only worked well for downloading.