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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: mantagte on 12 January 2009, 21:23:27
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looking for a new provider aol is getting too tight and expensive
who is best?
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Depends on what you expect from it.
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Depends on what you expect from it.
Use of the Internet ::) :P
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Depends on what you expect from it.
Use of the Internet ::) :P
That counts Virgin out then ;D
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i changed to tiscali just before christmas and really cannot fault it ,,, the speed is consistent and i have had no drop outs ( unlike my previous supplier BT)
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Depends on what you expect from it.
Use of the Internet ::) :P
That counts Virgin out then ;D
Wouldn't touch Virgin with a barge pole ::) :)
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Depends on what you expect from it.
stable connection
20g limit or more
under £30
only got 2mb speed on line from bt so cant be fussy there
or am i asking too much
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im on virgin
i aint paying £129 to have the bt wire connected and only get 4meg speed
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Sync speeds, connection stability and so on are lcoal issues, and will not vary between providers for a given line. Remember that ;)
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Personally, I have a Zen Internet ADSL, and a BT Business ADSL.
This site (and others) run from the Zen connection.
I would thoroughly recommend Zen :)
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i ll have a look at zen , have you a link?
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im on virgin never had a problem :y
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i ll have a look at zen , have you a link?
err, www.zen.co.uk
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If your local exchange is LLU enabled, I throughly recommend BE broadband/02 broadband (if you've got an 02 phone you get £5 off).
Verry good upload + download speeds, and the customer service is excellent. Slightly pricier than other ADSL providers, but you really do get what you pay for.
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Zen only count download usage, not upload :y
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i ll have a look at zen , have you a link?
err, www.zen.co.uk
sorry was just playing with you ;D ;D
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i ll have a look at zen , have you a link?
err, www.zen.co.uk
sorry was just playing with you ;D ;D
swine ;D
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https://www.bethere.co.uk/broadbandoffice.do
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https://www.bethere.co.uk/broadbandoffice.do
thanks but
Unfortunately Be is not available in your area yet.
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i am with bt
they said i wouldnt even get one meg but i do get more then that,
their customer service can be shite though!
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their customer service can be shite though!
sounds about right for bt
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I got Virgin Media 10MB and never had a problem with it, and connection is always like this: (http://www.speedtest.net/result/389114803.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
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Virgin Media 10MB
not in a cable area or is this via phone line
pleasures of being rural
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I am with f2s ( http://www.freedom2surf.net/adsl/homeuser.php?is=m1hbb&is=hpm )
Not the best or fastest, but cheap and fairly reliable, and you get to speak to a UK call centre.
Downside is they are now owned by one of the bigger companies, think it may be pipex.
I am about 1k from the exchange and can get 6mb download speed at times. usually about 2,5k to 4k.
HTH
Mike
P.S If you do sign up with them by anychance please put in the user box recommended by mt2 I get £15 that way ;D Well I gotta try and earn a few quid in a recession.
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Virgin Media 10MB
not in a cable area or is this via phone line
pleasures of being rural
Via cable.
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Via cable.
bugger another one less to choose from
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Via cable.
bugger another one less to choose from
To be honest I would say BT are the best via Phone cable.
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I've been with The Utility Warehouse(£24.99)for a few months now and have had no problems at all unlike AOL which kept dropping offline.
They also do Home phone(free calls 24/7 to 01,02 & 03 #s when signed up to the whole package not including Mobile), Mobile phone & Gas & Electric.
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im on virgin never had a problem :y
I haven't had a problem with Virgin either :y...
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BT are OK but there are better - I do like the VIsion service but you have to pay for the box now :(
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https://www.bethere.co.uk/broadbandoffice.do
same here :y
17meg down, 2.5meg up, no limits - sorted!
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I'm on Virgin Media's 20Mb connection - not the cheapest around at £37.99pm, but it's worth every penny.
The only problem with Virgin Media is when something does go wrong, their customer service is bloody awful. But in all honesty it doesn't go wrong that often, maybe a couple of times a year.
I've jinxed myself now, it will break tonight and I won't be back on for a month....hehe.
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I'm on Virgin Media's 20Mb connection - not the cheapest around at £37.99pm, but it's worth every penny.
The only problem with Virgin Media is when something does go wrong, their customer service is bloody awful. But in all honesty it doesn't go wrong that often, maybe a couple of times a year.
I've jinxed myself now, it will break tonight and I won't be back on for a month....hehe.
They must be improving then if there downtime has reduced so much :D
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I'm on Virgin Media's 20Mb connection - not the cheapest around at £37.99pm, but it's worth every penny.
The only problem with Virgin Media is when something does go wrong, their customer service is bloody awful. But in all honesty it doesn't go wrong that often, maybe a couple of times a year.
I've jinxed myself now, it will break tonight and I won't be back on for a month....hehe.
They must be improving then if there downtime has reduced so much :D
LOL - You're not far wrong there mate. ;D
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BT are OK but there are better - I do like the VIsion service but you have to pay for the box now :(
10mb Virgin and pretty well problem free help line free
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im on virgin
i aint paying £129 to have the bt wire connected and only get 4meg speed
Much too my annoyance just found out if you agree too 18 month contract its £29 instead of £150. >:(
There still shite and id dearly love too ram my........id best stop there. ;D
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Zen here, and very happy.
Not cheap, but very good.
100gb download cap!
they made my line faster than others said it was possible (only 1 meg though)
dont think their newer packages are as appealing as what I am on as an old customer though.
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Zen here, and very happy.
Not cheap, but very good.
100gb download cap!
they made my line faster than others said it was possible (only 1 meg though)
dont think their newer packages are as appealing as what I am on as an old customer though.
A couple of years back I reluctantly went to one of their MAX packages (8000 Active IIRC) because I was only on the 512kb legacy package and it started feeling a bit slow, and have been very happy with it.
It is a true "up to 8Mb" service IME. Downloads hit the high 700kB/s during quiet times and it's always able to deliver at least 4Mb. Usage is 25GB though. Still plenty for me.
Apart from some dodgy BT issues around when we moved house I can't recall a time when the connection has gone down, other than my cr@p router hanging up once or twice.
Kevin
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I left demon to go to Zen a good few years ago.
I had 512K, and that was all my line would alledgedly support due to line length (well over 5k)
I discovered a neighbour had been given 1meg on a new install.
Started ringing and complaining, but demon wouldnt even try a regrade to 1 meg, rang various others the same.
Zen said, we will ask for a manual regrade or something, they will try and make it work.
So I migrated, and they subbed the regrade request, week later I had double the speed.
Due to my distance, with current technologies I really dont think I will get any more speed if I regrade, I am very happy with the connection I get, so am staying put.
Also a much better service than I had, much better newsgroup access etc.
My usage isnt as much as it once was, so the 8000 Active would probably normally be enough usage allowance for me, the 8000 pro would be better, but getting a bit dear.
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Yep. If the line is your limitation may as well stay put.
My parents have the legacy 2Mb connection and when my brother was living at home he used to max the line out 24/7 downloading all manner of stuff. Not a murmur from Zen about FUP. Just a few letters forwarded from the RIAA, which impressed my Dad no end! :-X
Interestingly, I left Demon for Zen too. Demon had been great as a dial-up provider (used to just leave the connection up 24/7 no problems) but went completely to pot when broadband came along. Staff just didn't have a rather clue what they were talking about IME.
We were at an exchange where you had to "register an interest" in broadband via your ISP, and if a target was reached, the exchange got broadband. After umpteen calls trying to register an interest via Demon and the droid on the other end saying "but your exchange isn't enabled..." I gave up.
Kevin
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im on virgin never had a problem :y
Have to agree never had any problems with N*l (Virgin now)
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My porblem with Virgin(formaly NTL and then Diamond cable in our area) is that I know to much and monitor the performance to often!
Thier customer support is totaly toilet and they sit on fault requests before passing them to openreach for sorting
Thier comms is naff and the network they run is bloody poor resulting in limited throughput in heavily loaded areas.....
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If you've got Sky, changed from AOL a year ago and its been fine.
AOL kept dropping out, but that is apparently due to me paying for an 8mb connection when my line would only take 2.5mb max.
So the free sky package is fine for me as the line cannot take any quicker (its still an overhead cable!!), and it is not any slower than the AOL was
Being in the middle of nowhere you may still have to pay for Sky broadband, sometimes you do sometimes you don't
Other option, if you get a signal, is to go mobile 3G data card
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AOL kept dropping out, but that is apparently due to me paying for an 8mb connection when my line would only take 2.5mb max.
That smells of BS for a start. ADSL will drop back to whatever speed the line will support transparently. Drop outs sound more like the ISPs network being flakey. (or did the ADSL connection actually drop?)
Kevin
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AOL kept dropping out, but that is apparently due to me paying for an 8mb connection when my line would only take 2.5mb max.
That smells of BS for a start. ADSL will drop back to whatever speed the line will support transparently. Drop outs sound more like the ISPs network being flakey. (or did the ADSL connection actually drop?)
Kevin
I think i first heard about it from the Gadget show which is why i checked the max speed my line would take, it has something to do with the connection my end trying to up/download at a faster rate than the exchange/ line will accept so it 'trips out' (although i may have been dreaming and its all cobblers). The fact AOL were charging me for 8meg and knew the line wouldn't take it is what relly peed me off with them!!
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AOL kept dropping out, but that is apparently due to me paying for an 8mb connection when my line would only take 2.5mb max.
That smells of BS for a start. ADSL will drop back to whatever speed the line will support transparently. Drop outs sound more like the ISPs network being flakey. (or did the ADSL connection actually drop?)
Kevin
I think i first heard about it from the Gadget show which is why i checked the max speed my line would take, it has something to do with the connection my end trying to up/download at a faster rate than the exchange/ line will accept so it 'trips out' (although i may have been dreaming and its all cobblers). The fact AOL were charging me for 8meg and knew the line wouldn't take it is what relly peed me off with them!!
Its cobblers....line speed is contoled by the head end and the modem will not be able to over subscribe the link
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I left demon to go to Zen a good few years ago.
I had 512K, and that was all my line would alledgedly support due to line length (well over 5k)
I discovered a neighbour had been given 1meg on a new install.
Started ringing and complaining, but demon wouldnt even try a regrade to 1 meg, rang various others the same.
Zen said, we will ask for a manual regrade or something, they will try and make it work.
So I migrated, and they subbed the regrade request, week later I had double the speed.
Due to my distance, with current technologies I really dont think I will get any more speed if I regrade, I am very happy with the connection I get, so am staying put.
Also a much better service than I had, much better newsgroup access etc.
My usage isnt as much as it once was, so the 8000 Active would probably normally be enough usage allowance for me, the 8000 pro would be better, but getting a bit dear.
The legacy packages have the advantages of using a different VP, which is not under utilised (with everyone moving to MAX products), so should be able to get full speed across BT's part even at peak times.
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For those praising the virtues of Virgin/NTL - they are the bain of my life running this site. You don't know it as a user, but you go through proxies (which cache sites to improve speed, as Virgin do not have the capacity to provide internet to everyone). No issue there, one or 2 others do it (rare now though), but Virgins are bloody awful and unreliable, sometimes seeing a significant proportion of the proxy cluster all simultneously asking for the same page. Thrashes my disks, sends server resources through the roof, often crashes the OOF server....
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i changed to tiscali just before christmas and really cannot fault it ,,, the speed is consistent and i have had no drop outs ( unlike my previous supplier BT)
Me too ! Tiscali with up to 8m and un-limited downloads. (Mine falls just short of 7m.) Inc. Phone line rental with free w/end calls...£14.99.
Not had one problem.