najw Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 After many happy years with Demon Internet I succumbed to the bright lights of the TalkTalk free broadband offer What a load of cr*p I can rarely send email or upload to web pages any more although I can receive no problems at all So I need to change and fast Who do you use, are they any good and how much is it Help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 AOL - OK, £17.99 SILVER, used them as they were the only ones who said said i could get BB at my home address and i was with them for dial up. BT meant to be coming on arent they? TISCALI - my sister has had nightmares with them recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Humphreys Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 After many happy years with Demon Internet I succumbed to the bright lights of the TalkTalk free broadband offer What a load of cr*p I can rarely send email or upload to web pages any more although I can receive no problems at all So I need to change and fast Who do you use, are they any good and how much is it Help I am with BT and paying to much. But I aam looking to change to Pipex. But take a look at www.adslguide.org Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve King Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I use Now wireless broadband. Price depends on connection speed. More info here Generally speaking I'm happy with them, It was a PITA to set up (4 faulty wireless modems, umpteen calls to the helpline & a visit from an engineer) before I finally fixed it myself. The signal strength is good normally, but is has thrown a wobbly once or twice and disconnected when the signal has been week momentarily. This means rebooting the wireless modem and reconnecting. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgie Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I've been with Eclipse since I could get BB and I've only had one outage, which was thier servers going down for 24 hours. There were regular updates on their website (I still have a dialup connection for emergencies! )about the fault and every customer who was affected recieved an email from their Tech section when it was fixed saying what had happend, what they did to fix it and sorry for the inconvenience(sp). One other time we had a problem at our local exchange, not knowing this, I spoke to the Eclipse'sTech people who went through some checks with me, they thought it was a line problem so THEY reported it to BT for me and then they phoned me back 3 days later to make sure the problem was fixed and that I was happy. Can't better customer service than that in my eyes and the helpline is an 0845 number, not your normal £1 per minute jobby! Their 8Mb BB starts at £9.99 per month and you can go on a monthly contract rather than annual if you want, although it's a little more expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR90 Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 BT works for me, and my neighbours when their NTL goes down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 that eclispe sounds good. must remember them when my NTL contract runs out. not had any problems with NTL, just why pay more than you have to? then again ive got the NTL fone too so it probably wouldnt save much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael calvert Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 this will p**s you all of then if you have a) a BT landline, B) an orange contract phone and c) you spend in excess of £35 / month on line rental You get orange braodband (wanadoo) for FREE all modem etc included just plug in and go superb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbarton Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I went with BT because I have a BT line and wanted to avoid the situation where one firm was blaming the other. The router didn't arrive on the due date, it came next day after I chased them up, minus the extra microfilters I ordered. Speed is pathetic 150 kb/s (kbits/sec), but from a neighbour's experience this may be due to my phone line extension and/or master socket. I'll reconfigure my cabling before trying to get BT to have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 £35 a month on a moby? i barely use that over 6months on my moby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Ntl with me. Have been with them since dialp-up days, so a while now. I've never once had a problem with their internet service. BT are supposed to be ultra-reliable as well. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I use Orange as it is now [previously known as Freeserve/Wanadoo] not had any problems, I've a 1.1Mb BB connection,free BB Moden & it's £17.99 per month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjojjas Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 force 9 = £16 month including web hosting for my web space/name Jas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmic Farmer Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 ben with virgin.net for past 18 months. Never had any probs. We are very marginal here (6 miles from exchange) so are limited to 1/2 meg whatever. Best part of it is that it is a monthly contract so if something big (technologically) came along or prices dropped drastically you can switch without penalty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1G UP Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 plusnet for me £15 a month with my web site hosting. 8meg aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 BT here. Has been remarkably reliable with only a couple of "down times" in about 3 years. I won't touch NTL with a sh!ty stick. Their product is rubbish and customer service worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Adsl guide you can compare every single ISP here and there is a huge forum too. i have 4 accounts with nildram for business and i have very very very few problems with them- customer service is superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdicky Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I'm with Pipex and NTL, no problems with either other than the really annoying Pipex ads on telly at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MJG Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Despite what has been said by one or two above I would say NTL. I've had their cable BB service @ £17.99 pcm for a few years now with only a few glitches. The one time I did have to ring CS my query was sorted PDQ. Only problem is you have to be in an NTL cabled area to get it and it does take a few days to get installed so if you are after something quick this might not suit.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 If you have a BT line your boradband will be provided by BTWholesale (using BT OpenReach's wires) no matter who you buy it from, and though it pains me to say it you may as well buy it from BT (Openworld) because it does cut out a certain level of delay of you have a fault, the small ISP's will go to great lengths to blame BT because it saves them £££ on having to employ anyone who knows what they're doing Exceptions as far as I'm aware are: Bulldog use theior own equipment in some areas (using BT OpenReach's wires) NTL in most areas (although where they don't have capacity they buy it from BTWholesale like everyone else) As for AOL - it's the internet equivalent of buying a Vauxhall Corsa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbarton Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 As for AOL - it's the internet equivalent of buying a Vauxhall Corsa. The upside of my going to BT is that I no longer use AOL. My system has become much more stable for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Attryde Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Another vote for BT here, wouldn't recommend tiscali to my worst enemy. went with BT as the customer services are UK based and seem to be efficient. Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 BT for me customer service excellent, only a couple of down times on the email server in the past 5 years. It costs a bit extra but worth it to me for the peace of mind. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Brock Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 BT gets the vote from me as well, the servers were once down once for 12 hours...., thats the only time i've had no access, not bad for 3 years ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diff Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Just to put the cat amongst the pigeons, I have the talk talk free broadband deal, and it has been fine. Very very cheap. I was paying approx £11 per month BT line rental, plus phone calls on top. I now pay £21 per month including line rental. So for £10 per month, I have unlimited phone calls at anytime, including many international countries, and broadband. Sorry to hear others have had problems with theirs. Regards, Diff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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