Add time/schedule feature to server options

[daws0n]

My ISP throttles my connection on port 563 during the day time, so I am forced to use 443 instead. I have created 2 different accounts in the "servers" window, specifying each port. If I am downloading something overnight, I manually switch to the 563 server again.

It would be great if I could specify alt.binz to use the port 443 server during the day time hours (e.g 9am to 1am) and then use the port 563 server during the night (e.g 1am to 8am).  I'm probably in the minority here, but I think this feature would be a big help for some - adding a time frame option in the servers option, or perhaps adding the feature to the scheduler window instead?

Either way keep up to great work guys

[Rdl]

Any downside for using 443 whole day?

[daws0n]

If I do, I'm thinking that'll eventually get throttled as well so I like to split the bandwidth between the two ports.

[Hecks]

Your ISP will never throttle port 443 (if the traffic management is port-based only), as this is the standard SSL port for web, too.  You're much more likely to bring attention to the fact it's a usenet server if you keep using 563.

[daws0n]

Believe me they do! Being throttled on port 80 (http), for downloading 1gb this afternoon  They throttle in discriminant of port type, whichever one you download with gets slowed.