Orange v Tiscali v BT v Pipex v the rest
Discussion
philthy said:
Just requested a MAC code from Eclipse, and will be giving Zen a try.
The daft thing is, I used to pay more for the eclipse package?
You where paying more than me? jayzys!The daft thing is, I used to pay more for the eclipse package?
only a 30day contract with Zen so if you don't like the service you can leave pronto - a pound says you don't.
8 static IP adresses (5 usable) are free if you request them at sign up too. Otherwise you just get 1 and if you need them later a 25quid regrade fee is charged.
Am currently with AOL Broadband Gold for £24.99 p.m. which I think is a bit steep and am considering the Sky offering to save money....free for Sky TV customers and you get a free wireless router! Is this a false economy or are Sky really that crap?
Who else is worth looking at and can give you a free wireless router? Just bought a new laptop so want to change ISP aswell!
Any help from the knowledgeable PH IT massive would be appreciated
Who else is worth looking at and can give you a free wireless router? Just bought a new laptop so want to change ISP aswell!
Any help from the knowledgeable PH IT massive would be appreciated
qube_TA said:
99% of the time if you're having connection problems with ADSL and it's not due to your own equipment it's due to a crappy BT line and nothing to do with the ISP so changing won't help.
yes and no. a lot of problems are between you and the bt exchange true enough, but the problems with crappy service from there are many and varied, from crappy customer service and not enough backend infrastructure at the isp.
The cheaper isps, have higher contention ratios and bang more people on the bandwidth on their network.
Zen are interestingly about the only Indy thats not been bought out and they have stated very publicly that they will not sell out... there mission statement is to provide the best service and imho they do... The one month contract period says all you need to know.... I've never had anyone
change from a zen contract, but have swapped plenty of others..
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Graham said:
stop messing about with chav broadband and get a proper connection
www.zenadsl.co.uk
yes it costs a little more and yes it is a vastly superior service...
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Well I moved away from Zen and back to Pipexwww.zenadsl.co.uk
yes it costs a little more and yes it is a vastly superior service...
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www.thinkbroadband.com for user submissions and comparisions of alternatives
currently paying £38 per month for fast access, website is also on isp and got told not to worry about the bandwidth or space on the site unless doing commercial stuff
company pays 50%
currently paying £38 per month for fast access, website is also on isp and got told not to worry about the bandwidth or space on the site unless doing commercial stuff
company pays 50%
Agree with the "stay away from poopex" comments. I've been with them for 4 years, but this last year, since tiscali took over, they have gone completely downhill. The quality of connection has been abysmal. Currently on my 2nd week of waiting for a migration authorisation code so I can move to ADSL24
I've been with pipex for 7 years, and as I have recently had to move house I've had my first dealings with their customer services... I've tried about half a dozen times to keep with then as it would have been useful to keep my old email add. But I have to say WHAT A BUNCH OF w
rS THEY ARE!!! I've now given up with them and gone to BT!!
rS THEY ARE!!! I've now given up with them and gone to BT!!plasticpig said:
pistonbroke PHd said:
and poopex is poop because............?
It was bought by Tiscali. They are all shite really. Anyone who pays £7.99 - £20 a month and expects a high quality service is living in cloud cuckoo land. I've been with Pipex for over 12 years, the last 5 on business broadband, and to be honest I've had no real problems with them. Hardly any downtime in that time. Ok, thesir tech support has shocking wait times but I've rarely needed it.
qube_TA said:
In defence of Pipex, I've had on of their connections for 8 years, never had a problem, never once been down or slow.
They also have The Hoff so by default they're awesome!
Have an issue though and you're fvcked.They also have The Hoff so by default they're awesome!
Took me three months and a letter to Ofcom to get the stupid cvnts to release my line to BT and to stop the computer ringing me up with a threatening prerecorded message saying I owed them mney.
Biggest shower of cvnts in the entire universe I tell thee.
Had Sky for a good few months now and it's been fine.....very quick too!
dave_s13 said:
qube_TA said:
In defence of Pipex, I've had on of their connections for 8 years, never had a problem, never once been down or slow.
They also have The Hoff so by default they're awesome!
Have an issue though and you're fvcked.They also have The Hoff so by default they're awesome!
Took me three months and a letter to Ofcom to get the stupid cvnts to release my line to BT and to stop the computer ringing me up with a threatening prerecorded message saying I owed them mney.
Biggest shower of cvnts in the entire universe I tell thee.
Had Sky for a good few months now and it's been fine.....very quick too!
If you have any issues, be they technical or with regard to billing or, god forbid, you choose to change providers you will spend disproportionate amounts of time on several occasions trying to get them to carry out the simplest of actions.
Thats why.
But......I suppose if you don't have any reason to get in touch with them and your BB works fine then carry on regardless.
An yes I am very bitter when it comes to this lot. My experience with them was frustrating to say the least and borderline criminal on there part IMO.
Thats why.
But......I suppose if you don't have any reason to get in touch with them and your BB works fine then carry on regardless.
An yes I am very bitter when it comes to this lot. My experience with them was frustrating to say the least and borderline criminal on there part IMO.
Im on b.t its got a thingy (hub) with 4 green lites, its their 2n best set up, started at £9 ish quid for 6 months Im trapped until next April, unless help from a P.H is forthcoming the phone is unreliable so free calls to France I would like are not on. I only get a laugh from all this crap technology by logging into P.H. Sad or what ! See " Fuel Tax Protest " in Banter ?.. Knibbo.
paddy27 said:
Can you have broadband with out getting a BT landline?
We can't have virgin as they are not in our area.
Been looking around and not sure who to go with now.
Any advice? Not to bothered about connection speed more a decent download limit.
You can, in that the ISP will just pay BT on your behalf - e.g. Tiscali (IIRC).We can't have virgin as they are not in our area.
Been looking around and not sure who to go with now.
Any advice? Not to bothered about connection speed more a decent download limit.
Best off getting the BT line, then you have a better choice.
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