Broadband...

[Spooky]

Right, my broadband subscription is due for renewal and I'm currently eyeing up offers with o2 and orange...o2 because I'm a mobile customer and I get quite a saving lol

I don't want to use BT even though they are offering a very good package to continue with them.

Basically who should I go for ?

[raj]

ive using sky wireless broadband,i think my package is called the "max" one. theres no bandwidth limit and i can fault it. i only went for it as it was the cheapest around and due to the fact thats its unlimited bandwidth.
its not slow at all. :agree:

at the time of wanting it fitted i ran into problem with that you cant have sky through the ntl phone we used to have:scratch: so i switched over to a bt phoneline and all was hunkydoory:agree:

[Tiny Tim]

Just remember, unless you go for Virgin its got to go through a BT line, so you wont get 5 million billion mega bitties per nano second...

[Spooky]

With Virgin you've gotta swap provider altogether no ?

They supply the cable broadband/phone line combo I thought..

[Tiny Tim]

Yarp. Just check that you can get it in your area first.

[Spooky]

Hokay...

[Spooky]

Can't get cable where I am at the mo...will be here for 2010 though!! :disagree:

O2 are looking good at the mo, no costs to intall, free for the first 3 months and upto 20mb with unlimited usage...all at 1713 pence per month! :cool: :smokin:

[Tiny Tim]

Gashness.

How far are you from your nearest exchange?

[raj]

Just remember, unless you go for Virgin its got to go through a BT line, so you wont get 5 million billion mega bitties per nano second...

didnt virin take over the ntl network?

[Tiny Tim]

didnt virin take over the ntl network?

Indeed. They're also slowly taking over the world.


I'd like it known that I pledge my allegiance to The Fuhrer Richard Branson.


Or Nestle.


Whoever gets there quickest.

[Spooky]

My nearest exchange is over 2 miles away according to samknows :eek:

[Tiny Tim]

Shouldnt be too bad then, but dont expect lightning speeds.

[Spooky]

Yea, I live in a pretty new built area so I wasnt expecting to be much closer lol

Will get onto O2 later after I've told BT to go stick there head down the loo :smokin: :coffee:

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

My broadband is cack where i live about 1.5mb... :-(

I have gone for a satalite broadband, much more epensive but supper speed.... No Cable in my area either which is a real shame.

[Tiny Tim]

Im about 3 miles from my exchange.. note, MY exchange... the nearest is actually a mile away :sad2:

[D4WNO]

Sukhi, that's gay about cable. Rich and I had it at the house...a whole one turning away from your place lol

I've had Orange before which was a big fat cost of FREE with my phone contract and it was actually pretty good

[djinuk]

i am with virgin but on a adsl line, worst internet ive eva had, 5:30 on weekdays ive had internet as slow as 16kbps, customer services costs 20p a min, takes about 30 mins to get thru, then you end up with a forgein **** offering no help what so ever, ive phoned and phoned, and argued and argued, and got no where, i was on a year contract and cudnt leave with out a fee, finishs v soon though, but defo dont go to virgin, worst service in the world!

[D4WNO]

I had the completely opposite experience of Virgin and as far as I know, they scrapped the chargable customer services number, it's now free. Never had an issue except we lost the TV channels for an hour (we had a bundled package), and the internet was awesomely quick.

[djinuk]

are you using the cable option though ?, as i speant a lot of time on the net reading on others experiance of them, and all adsl customers had same problems as myself

[Andrew Cooke]

are you using the cable option though ?, as i speant a lot of time on the net reading on others experiance of them, and all adsl customers had same problems as myself

I'm on Virgin ADSL and it's as you say - pants. Paying for a BT phone that never gets used, and a Virgin ADSL with slow as you like connection - way worse than the NTL that they took over. I guess I need to wait for cable. I can see the exchange from my house, but the cable goes off in the other direction, so no idea where it goes to.

[Spooky]

Sukhi, that's gay about cable. Rich and I had it at the house...a whole one turning away from your place lol

I've had Orange before which was a big fat cost of FREE with my phone contract and it was actually pretty good

Hmm...:D

[soapymech]

Im about 3 miles from my exchange.. note, MY exchange... the nearest is actually a mile away :sad2:

mine's there in the mist. crap day:sad2:

[soapymech]

mine's there in the mist. crap day:sad2:

bt

[raj]

did ntl cable have this fibre optic stuff that virgin are going on about in there adverts?
i ask because i was previously using ntl cable broadband and seen as virgin have taken over im assuming the system is still all the same:scratch: virgin is available in my area but i havent seen them digging up the roads like ntl did to lay these fibre optic cables:confused: or am i missing something:scratch:

[Spooky]

NTL were coaxial cable I think not fibre optic...