Ajax Treesdown Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 I've just moved into a new house and have a BT line but unsure of what broadband provider to go with. Is Virgin any good??
Daggers Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 I've just moved into a new house and have a BT line but unsure of what broadband provider to go with. Is Virgin any good?? Go Telewest young man!
Ajax Treesdown Posted 12 October 2006 Author Posted 12 October 2006 Go Telewest young man! Can you get that in South Leics??
Nationwider Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 I've just moved into a new house and have a BT line but unsure of what broadband provider to go with. Is Virgin any good?? I've just signed up with Virgin after several years of cabled bliss with NTL. They (Virgin) don't tie you in for ever (30 days notice) so you can give them a whirl to see how good they are. They do charge about £45 to leave, but I reckon you could leave free of charge if the service is crap and you complain enough. I'm getting download speeds of between 1.4mb-1.8mb (our exchange will handle upto 3mb) which is fine for our needs. Things seem to slow down around teatime though. I think our exchange could be a bit shitty. Overall - I'm fairly impressed with Virgin - it was easy to set up and you get a free adsl modem (although I just use a modem/router of my own). I'm just biding my time before Sky role out their free-of-charge Base broadband package in our area, and then I may switch again. I've heard Pipex are also very good, but are slightly more expensive than average.
Nationwider Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 Go Telewest young man! Aye, if you've got cable, sack off the phone line and get your internet sent through the digital hosepipe. I've just moved to a 99.99% cabled area, apart from one side of one street - ours. I miss NTL.
Nationwider Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 I miss NTL. The service, rather than their billing dept - which was awful.
Knighton Matt Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 Trying to rack up a new record for most consecutive posts in a thread? I foil your evil plot!
Nationwider Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 Trying to rack up a new record for most consecutive posts in a thread? I foil your evil plot! Why you little...... I see your pirate, and raise you a
Knighton Matt Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 Why you little...... I see your pirate, and raise you a I see your X - IPB image... well no I don't actually.
Knighton Matt Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 I see your X - IPB image... well no I don't actually. I'm going to try too.
Knighton Matt Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 I'm going to try too. Disco Bob's plot-foiling ways.
Nationwider Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 I see your X - IPB image... well no I don't actually. It was a sphinx. I've been away, and now I'm just trying too hard, and its showing.
Daggers Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 It was a sphinx. I've been away, and now I'm just trying too hard, and its showing. We've noticed. Now zip yourself up and no more shall be said of the matter
lookwhaticando Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 I've just signed up with Virgin after several years of cabled bliss with NTL. They (Virgin) don't tie you in for ever (30 days notice) so you can give them a whirl to see how good they are. They do charge about £45 to leave, but I reckon you could leave free of charge if the service is crap and you complain enough. I'm getting download speeds of between 1.4mb-1.8mb (our exchange will handle upto 3mb) which is fine for our needs. Things seem to slow down around teatime though. I think our exchange could be a bit shitty. Overall - I'm fairly impressed with Virgin - it was easy to set up and you get a free adsl modem (although I just use a modem/router of my own). I'm just biding my time before Sky role out their free-of-charge Base broadband package in our area, and then I may switch again. I've heard Pipex are also very good, but are slightly more expensive than average. I thought Virgin was NTL Or was that only the mobile operations? That'll need some checking.
Bluefoxtim Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 People critisise BT but i've been with them quite a while and got a free upgrade to up to 8mb (getting about 5) a very reasonable price a free router never had a problem with losing connection etc Very good
Nationwider Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 I thought Virgin was NTL Or was that only the mobile operations? That'll need some checking. Virgin only provide a dial-up and adsl services here. NTL/Telewest do cable. They might be part of the same group but it's different services.
lookwhaticando Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 Virgin only provide a dial-up and adsl services here. NTL/Telewest do cable. They might be part of the same group but it's different services. Fair enough. Saves me a few minutes researching.
Phube Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 Just got Sky Broadband, and it's pretty good. It's free to Sky subscribers, or £5 for 8Meg and £10 for 16Meg!!
cisono Posted 12 October 2006 Posted 12 October 2006 The service, rather than their billing dept - which was awful. Seconded!
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