Tiscali: found bad for broadband, traffic shape, p2p block

When your thinking about a new broadband service there are many things we need to consider. These include: the amount of data you think you will use, what you want to use it for, price and if there are any restrictions.

Its easy to think you can just get broadband because the price looks good and the data limit is right with the package you choose. But you could not be more wrong.

Tiscali have become a joke to not only us, but also thousands of other customers on the Tiscali broadband service. We know 3 other people that have used the Tiscali service as well as us, and that’s small compared to the hundreds on their own forums that are complaining.

If you visit the Tiscali forums that they control you will see thousands of pages all about P2P problems, games being blocked on the PC, Sony PS3 and Xbox 360.

The Tiscali traffic shaping obviously only benefits Tiscali and makes their customers rage with anger, including us. We have now moved to BT and have no problems at all.

With our experience of the Tiscali service for over a year, we say do not touch it if you want to play games. There is a good chance they will block you connecting to your friends online.

Let the world know if you have had the same problems as us, and thousands of others in the Tiscali forums by telling your story in the comments.