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08.08.2007, 12:15 quote

Anonymous

Considering changing my ISP as i have had some problems over the last 2 months, and so have many others. my ISP freedom2surf was bought out by pipex a few months ago and since then its been nothing but hassle.

looking for best deal on a ADSL max connection (or anything above 4mb) with either unlimited downloads/uploads or a large cap. am looking to pay about 25 quid a month. anybody want to recommend an ISP to me so i can look into it in more detail as i am not happy with what i got at the moment.

Cheers Very Happy

 

08.08.2007, 12:21 quote

Anonymous

scottie69 wrote:
Considering changing my ISP as i have had some problems over the last 2 months, and so have many others. my ISP freedom2surf was bought out by pipex a few months ago and since then its been nothing but hassle.

looking for best deal on a ADSL max connection (or anything above 4mb) with either unlimited downloads/uploads or a large cap. am looking to pay about 25 quid a month. anybody want to recommend an ISP to me so i can look into it in more detail as i am not happy with what i got at the moment.

Cheers Very Happy


And you'll have nothing but trouble with Pipex when you try to leave them too - speaking from experience (ongoing problems with them 5 months AFTER leaving them).

For ADSL, Bulldog have a good reputation, but I'm sure that others here will have other recceomendations, depending on their own experiences.

Personally, I went back to cable - as far as I'm concerned nothing beats it.

 

08.08.2007, 15:41 quote

Anonymous

I'm with darkhorse. cable is my recommendation, mainly because when there's problems you're dealing with one company that owns everything, instead of running the risk of being ping pong'd between people who own different parts of the network that connects you via
ADSL. It might not be too common, but it happens, and it is not nice if you are not skilled in arguing your way through the maze.

 

15.09.2007, 07:45 quote

Anonymous

I signed up to bethere.co.uk last week, speed is up to 24mb download, 1.3mb upload, unlimited downloads for £24 a month. My activation date is 18th September. Am looking forward to the switch over, had to get away from f2s, after being bought out by Pipex, they are now being taken over by Tiscali.

That was the final nail in the coffin for me, Tiscali are shite Laughing

 

15.09.2007, 17:36 quote

Anonymous

I'm now with Namesco after f2s being utterly rubbish for months on end. Not had a single drop-out since, they're a month long contract and a decent price. Not massive speeds but I can't get them here on this line so they're ideal for me.

 

23.09.2007, 07:32 quote

Anonymous

well today i finally connected to Beunlimited i dont know if the telephone line has to retrain, but my current speed is slower than it was on f2s so i bloody hope it speeds up after a while.

 

23.09.2007, 13:04 quote

Anonymous

Speak to their technical support, they're the ones win should know, or at least know how to find out what's wrong.

 

23.09.2007, 13:45 quote

Anonymous

since its an adsl max service i am gonna wait a week or 2 to see if it picks up. when i first signed up for max on f2s last year i had a 2 week line training period where the line had to find its optimum speed. i will wait for that and if things dont increase i will contact them. but i will check out their forum as well, to see if anything is mentioned there.

my upload speed has certainly increased though Very Happy

 

24.09.2007, 06:21 quote

Anonymous

for those interested, Be do a 8mb broadband service, unlimited for £14 a month

https://www.bethere.co.uk/belitehomebroadband.do

 

24.09.2007, 08:44 quote

Anonymous

it'd be wise to clarify that, and say "up to 8mb", depending on where you live. I know a few people who don't get above 2mb. If the line's set to more than it can handle then it'll cause you problems, and actually slow things down.

 

29.11.2007, 14:11 quote

Anonymous

Well, i have tried Be and although they are faster than my old isp they arnt as relaible so i have decided in the new year to switch to a cable package.

 

02.12.2007, 09:42 quote

Anonymous

i am on be, only just switched from the awful nonsense that was pipex, so far they have been reliable to me.

 
 
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