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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm Posts: 5150 Location: /dev/tty0
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I know this should probably go in networking, feel free to move it. Just wanted a larger range of opinions  I'm looking into ISPs for next month as Faye and I are getting a new flat. We currently get the Internet through our landlady and she contracts a local company who sorts out a connection with BT... I'm mainly looking for good speeds (here in aber out exchange is old and overcrowded, so the best I can hope for is 6mb), large/unlimited downloads, not too fussed about traffic shaping, and a phone line with some sort of free calls to landlines (weekends would be great, anything else is a bonus). I've been looking at Talk Talk and their price seems really good: http://broadband.talktalk.co.uk/product ... essentialsI've been screwed around by BT too much this last year, as have others who I know, they don't appear to care about their customers. Does anyone have any recommendations/warnings about various ISPs? If so, I'd love to hear about them  Ben
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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I recommend O2, but then you're back to the Bastards? Totally (BT) problem...
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MrStevenRogers
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:44 pm Posts: 4860
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i have a BT line with anytime calls £4.99p a month plus line rental but i use Be* as my ISP Be are very good and part of the O2 group. i have there pro service which is £22 PM … https://www.bethere.co.uk/web/beportal/homepage
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JohnSheridan
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:10 pm Posts: 1057
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Zen - no contest
Migrated to them 2 years ago from another ISP and not looked back.
From 1st June they are giving users 100Gb useage a month (you can buy more if needed!), they do not traffic shape and later in June I should get ADSL2 so "up to 24mb/s"
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I have the feeling that O2 were sold off by BT some years ago so are not part of BT at all now.
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm Posts: 5048
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Aye but you need a BT line. +1 for o2, been great for me especially with a £10 discount if you have a monthly mobile contract with them.
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Mon May 31, 2010 7:00 am |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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+1, but all you need now is an O2 number; I gave them my sister's (I'm T-mobile) and she got a £50 top-up through Quidco  , though that offer's ended now...
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Mon May 31, 2010 10:39 am |
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm Posts: 5048
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_________________ Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much. jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
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Nick
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:36 pm Posts: 3527 Location: Portsmouth
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I assume it has to be a number that is not already registered to an account, though.
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am Posts: 2967 Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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If you're exchange isn't unbundled, don't use Sky as they're connect service is slooooooooow – looking at about 0.5meg or less at peak times.
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Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:46 am |
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm Posts: 5150 Location: /dev/tty0
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Thanks all  I think that O2 looks really good, I'll be phoning them up in the near future to see what they can do for me 
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Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:34 am |
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didgeman
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:18 pm Posts: 289
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O2/BE are great if they have LLU in your exchange. DO NOT TOUCH their access product, really it is terrible , at times slower than dial up, pages simply timed out.
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am Posts: 2967 Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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Are there any recommendations for non llu exchanges, or will I have to go to BT? I will do just about anything to avoid that company, but my internet access is so slow at the moment, it's ridiculous.
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Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:54 am |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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Are you in a cabled area? We switched to Virgin earlier this year, after BT kept futzing up the phone lines with their increasing speeds, and it's been pretty solid.
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm Posts: 5150 Location: /dev/tty0
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Unfortunately we are not...Virgin won't touch Aberystwyth, probably due to the fact that we are ~70 miles from the nearest large town (Carmarthen which sits at the end of the M4) and ~120 miles from Birmingham...
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