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Dec 2, 2008 | 07:59 AM

#31

Andy S.

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Originally Posted by GC8

Zen, Pipex Dial, Plus, Nildram, Bulldog: all gone down the dh*tter...

Plus or Plusnet?

Pipex have been taken over by tiscali and I am now leaving! after 7 years of them being good they turned me off when they switched the accounts over to tiscali!! spent hours on the phone to indian call centres!!

was looking at plusnet, but not if they have been bought by tiscali!!

Dec 2, 2008 | 08:37 AM

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Before I changed to Be I was with IDnet and they were superb. If I couldn't get LLU I would have stayed with IDNet. Been with Plusnet, Newnet, Pipex etc over the years and IDnet were the best ADSL provider i've used by far.

i'm still with them atm but they;ve gone downhill the past 4 months or so. more disconnections/router dropping connection.

and they have got bad for gaming in the evenings. so much so that i was thinking of looking around in the new year for a possible change...

not even sure if i can get LLU or what it is really ! or the advantages ?

Dec 2, 2008 | 09:28 AM

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Must be a local thing with IDNet then as never experienced that with them ever. LLU is local loop unbundled where the ISP such as Be use their own equipment at the exchange and you go directly onto their network on a service called adsl2+ which gives bandwidth of upto 24mg depending on the distance you are from the exchange.

Go here to check your local exchange and see what services/isps are on it:
Samknows Broadband - Exchange Search

Dec 2, 2008 | 10:10 AM

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quite a bit of discussion about bad connections/ high pings the last few months on their forums from different people in different areas tbh Bravo......

Dec 2, 2008 | 06:54 PM

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Another Zen customer here. Yes, they're a bit pricey, but customer service is damn-near perfect and the actual service never fails. What's more, there technical support is in this country and manned by people who actually understand the technical stuff, and don't just read from a script.

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Dec 4, 2008 | 01:08 AM

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Plusnet arent owned by Tiscali, theyve been bought by BT. Force9/Plus.net were good for a long time, but now theyre on the skids. Im currently seeing a maximum of 30KB per second, which is equal to half speed on an old 512kbps line. This happens repeatedly.

Dec 4, 2008 | 02:29 AM

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WRXKID89

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From: N.Wales.

Tiscali is mine.

Not had any problems apart from taking a bit of time when we moved house to get us back online.

Think we are paying £15 a month for 2mb but with free landline calls anytime.

Dec 4, 2008 | 08:35 AM

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Bethere are very good moved from Sky as their customer services are w++k

Dec 4, 2008 | 09:45 AM

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I'm on Plusnet, and since BT bought them they have been excellent.

I get good speed, unlimited downloads and good support (on the rare occasions I need it).

However, you cannot get the package I am on any more and I don't think you can get unlimited downloads now.

Geezer

Dec 4, 2008 | 12:10 PM

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From: Essex

I'm with Sky. No issues.

Prices are increasing next year though.

Intermediate package (upto 8Mb & 40gig cap) increasing from £5 to £10 a month and the unlimited package (upto16Mb and no cap) is increasing from £10 to £15 a month.

Thanks Sky

Dec 4, 2008 | 12:56 PM

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I have had Sky for about 3 months and its been ok, I pay £5/month on top of a TV package for their mid-level deal, but from what I have read the limits are rarely, if ever, enforced. I get ~7Mbps download and about 512Kbps upload and after some intial teething trouble its been solid ever since. They do inisist that you use their wireless router and not your own, but that's not a major issue as its a Netgear with custom firmware and lacks very little functionality for the average user.

- Jon

Dec 4, 2008 | 03:28 PM

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im 3 miles from the exchange and these are the speeds i get from bethere

Dec 4, 2008 | 03:44 PM

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This is mine

Steve

Dec 4, 2008 | 04:56 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by boxst

This is mine

Steve

you must own the exchange

Dec 4, 2008 | 05:34 PM

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That is pretty awesome

I'm about 2km away . . .

In reality I can get about 1100Kbps download and 110Kbps upload.

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Dec 4, 2008 | 05:43 PM

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You fellas on Be do you have your profile set to speed optimisation or normal?

Dec 4, 2008 | 05:46 PM

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judgejules

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zen here, awsome speed, service and support if its ever needed

Dec 4, 2008 | 06:23 PM

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You fellas on Be do you have your profile set to speed optimisation or normal?

I have mine set to speed.

Dec 4, 2008 | 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GC8

Zen, Pipex Dial, Plus, Nildram, Bulldog: all gone down the dh*tter...

i can agree with that, ive been with nildram for years and have never faulted there service till lately

going to be looking for a new ISP soon myself

Dec 4, 2008 | 10:53 PM

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BTW, im supposed to be on up to 8 Meg paying 20 odd squid a month and this is my connection speed ATM, ohh and im 200 meters from my telephone exchange!

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Dec 4, 2008 | 11:09 PM

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293kbps: Thats about 30KBps. Its like going back to 2001, except Id have seen 60KBps. All this on a line thats capapable of over 500KBps!

Dec 5, 2008 | 12:04 AM

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Beat this.

Speedtest.net never gives me a correct result.

Dec 5, 2008 | 12:29 AM

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mine LOL

Dec 5, 2008 | 12:45 AM

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Andy S.

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if i use the recommended server I get this and choose a different one i get a faster upload??

how does that work

Dec 5, 2008 | 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by kingofturds

Stay away from virgin. I am on 80 kbs atm

PM me .. if you want help .. if your on Virgin Media Cable !

Dec 5, 2008 | 06:36 PM

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Im on fast.co.uk been with them for over a month stable 3.2mb for me

Dec 6, 2008 | 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by boxst

I have mine set to speed.

How do you do that

Dec 6, 2008 | 12:41 PM

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Zen here as well, cost more but customer service is excellent when you need them

I use to also have NTL (Virgin Media now) cable at the same time, customer service back then was not good but connectivity and speed was excellent... Left them 6 years ago as service was rapidly going down hill...