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Created 29th March 2011 @ 22:37
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When discussing ISPs, remember 2 things:
1) Most people say “oh yeah x is good and y is terrible” based on like, their own experience with the ISP and lmaybe a friend or 2. It’s not like they really know much more than you do, they just like to sound like they do.
2) Just because an ISP is terrible in one particular area, it doesn’t mean they are overall a bad ISP. I.e. BT and Virgin both have pretty great service where I live (based on what I know being “the computer guy” to an awful lot of people), and Sky – despite having great service once its up – are a nightmare to get installed.
Virgin’s cable technology is genuinely superior to every other ISP’s ADSL/ADSL2 system. They can both be very good or very bad, there’s a just a higher chance of it being very bad with DSL.
Anyways, getting that out the way, if you have a problem, phone them up and keep harassing them till its sorted. If you start talking about potentially canceling, you usually will get through to customer support.
p.s. the area I live in should be getting 100mbit fibre later this year. HA!
Last edited by Skyride,
Sky Broadband is awesome, its actually unlimited downloads, no fair usage, no peak time bullshit, download as much as you want whenever.
It’s also really cheap
everyone should just move to live with skyride
Quoted from Skyride
p.s. the area I live in should be getting 100mbit fibre later this year. HA!
boom same.
throttling and limiting bandwidth no matter how slow the connection is to being with
only in britain
possible also africa
Quoted from toasty.
Skyride,
Where abouts do you find out what the plans are for your area?
atm, It’s just 3 particular areas in the UK where it’s definitely get installed. Dundee, Bournmouth and somewhere else in England.
BT are terrible in my area, whereas Virgin, Sky (and pretty much everyone else) is fine. The fastest speed you can get in my area is 8.8mb :|
You can check the fibre availability by going to the BT infinity page and entering your phone number: http://bt.com/infinity
Croydon apparently is expected to have it tomorrow.. somewhat doubt that, though.
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Quoted from fuo
You can check the fibre availability by going to the BT infinity page and entering your phone number: http://bt.com/infinity
Croydon apparently is expected to have it tomorrow.. somewhat doubt that, though.
My area isn’t even supposed to get Infinity at all according to that link!
^^ You probably live in a shit hole then, like me.
I don’t find the speed the problem, cos I live in London, but I don’t think you should be allowed to advertise unlimited broadband if you get dial-up speeds at peak hours :(
Quoted from CrashSite
I don’t find the speed the problem, cos I live in London, but I don’t think you should be allowed to advertise unlimited broadband if you get dial-up speeds at peak hours :(
Location isn’t the only factor really, I can drive into London in about 35-40 minutes, but still I don’t have BT Infinity for some reason.
Quoted from Permzilla
The fastest speed you can get in my area is 8.8mb :|
Blazingly fast!
Up here in Cumbria we have faster sheep than our internet.
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