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« on: April 18 2007 10:44pm » |
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If you have tried the broadband services of Netway please write a review about your positive and/or negative experiences.
If your review is based on past experiences please include the time period you have been using this ISP.
Please post reviews about Netway only, and not about any other ISP or service. However feel free to compare Netway with other Internet Service Providers offering similar products.
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« Last Edit: April 19 2007 12:17am by Admin »
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kwacka
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« Reply #1 on: November 02 2007 04:05pm » |
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After using the atrocious netrunner for nearly 3 years, I tried Netway after hearing good reports on a couple of forum.
I was conditioned by CyTA - if there was a problem it was down to them. The dire music, the 40 minutes' wait.
The first time there was a fault with my connection I was on the phone to Netway - phone answered by a REAL person, passed to technician immediately then, to my embarrassment found the problem was my end.
Problem quickly rectified followed by "my name's ***** any problem just ask for me" (that was my one and only call for support).
It was reassuring when, told to "click on 'run' and type 'cmd'" I said "I use linux" and heard "open a terminal" instead of "fine - just click on 'run'".
About 4 months later I took a years subscription - which I will be renewing shortly.
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stheodotou
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« Reply #2 on: September 01 2008 04:13am » |
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I have been using Netway's FastLane for one year now. The internet is good. P2P applications work really good with great speeds(bittorrent, emule, limewire, etc.).
Http download speeds are slow. If you are downloading a single file throught firefox or iexplore the speed will suck.
The TV is good and the customer service is really good.
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kwacka
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« Reply #3 on: October 09 2008 06:01pm » |
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The past few days usenet speeds have plummeted, seems they've introduced traffic shaping.
FTP speed is slow - but I don't know whether they've shackled that too, or its just the particular sever I' downloading from.
As my annual subscription runs out in a couple of weeks I'll be going elsewhere.
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Ruserious
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« Reply #4 on: October 16 2008 07:24am » |
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Not only usenet speeds - torrent speeds are now at about 25% of the speed they were last week - I have spoken with Netway who have confirmed traffic shapping is now in place but have promised an upgrade to bandwidth which will help - I am on monthly subscription so if it does not improve very soon I will be looking elsewhere. There are cheaper alternatives for this kind of speed.......
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Ruserious
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« Reply #5 on: October 18 2008 12:02am » |
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Update - Fastlane is back in the fastlane! Netway tech support informed me that they would be carrying out an upgrade yesterday and my torrent speeds are now back to normal 250KBs. It would have been nice to have been informed of the temporary traffic shaping without having to call them but it's nice to have the speed back. If there are any changes I will re-post.
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Xampatsos
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« Reply #6 on: November 04 2008 10:59am » |
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Disappointing service. After being their customer for quite a while with great speeds, Usenet speeds dropped substantially... Traffic shaping is definitely happening.
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christoc
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« Reply #7 on: November 25 2008 01:49am » |
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I agree with the last two comments. Fastlane2 service has been really poor for the last 10 days, especially after 3pm. Loading basic pages and Google search results is sluggish. You can forget about P2P
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notme
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« Reply #8 on: November 25 2008 04:54am » |
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I have same issues as christoc, fastlane is really bad the last 2 weeks, p2p really bad, browsing while p2p almost impossible
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Ruserious
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« Reply #9 on: December 03 2008 03:52am » |
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Oh dear Oh dear - it is time that Netway change there advertising and I quote:
"FastLane aDSL Home Connections:
No Restricted/Filtered/Closed Ports"
There service is now officialy as bad as Cytanet in my eyes.
After 5 unanswered emails and two empty promises to improve their service the time has come - I have moved to Cablenet.
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elefteris
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« Reply #10 on: December 03 2008 12:24pm » |
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I use netway and i-choice.
I am very happy with the respect this ISP has to online gaming.
Finally an ISP that doesn't limit the user's expirience to just webbrowsing.
Pros: Excellent for playing online games/skype conversations/realtime video streaming.
Cons: a bit more expencive, but you get what you pay for.
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notme
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« Reply #11 on: December 05 2008 12:24am » |
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elefteris, can you try downloading some torrents around 16:00-23:00 mine is very-very slow at those times
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elefteris
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« Reply #12 on: December 10 2008 08:28pm » |
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Hi, I am getting a speed of 70KByte/sec download.
Make sure that you have port forwarding of port 6881 to your computer.
Netway has announced free doubling of speed for the ichoice platform as of 1 dec also.
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stheodotou
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« Reply #13 on: December 24 2009 03:29am » |
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I had been using Netway for about 4 years. I have to say since i tried ALL of the platforms and ISP's in Cyprus it is by far the best internet provider in Cyprus. You pay a little extra than other providers but at least you get what you pay!!! No peak hours, no capping the lines, no filtering the ports. You can download ANYTIME during the day. Yes it had some downs (shaping, capping) every once a while but they have ALWAYS been upgrading and the problem was solved very quickly. I am in Cablenet at present because i just wanted to try fiber optic as well, but i am considering switching back now even when i pay the same euro for 1Mbits in Netway and 6mbits in Cablenet.
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st3lios
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« Reply #14 on: December 24 2009 04:17am » |
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... I am in Cablenet at present because i just wanted to try fiber optic as well, ..
Fiber Optic??  Probably you mean coaxial cable. |
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