AoWW Posted 31 May 2008 Posted 31 May 2008 Virgin, never had any problems and it's pretty fast Hmmm, I'm waiting for Alexikokopops to pop up and offer me a cracking deal. He's been there a week now, I believe. He has the power to do that, surely?!
Daggers Posted 31 May 2008 Posted 31 May 2008 Hmmm, I'm waiting for Alexikokopops to pop up and offer me a cracking deal. He's been there a week now, I believe. He has the power to do that, surely?! I keep saying this till I'm blue in the face, everytime the question is posed, Virgin are the only way forward unless you live on top of your local BT exchange. Despite their rumoured clamping down on people who abuse their contracts I have not heard a dickybird from them about my obscene downloading month after month. The speed has been consistently brilliant, the helpline answers and we get the benefits of the TV/phone.
Ultra Posted 1 June 2008 Posted 1 June 2008 Just bumping this thread to see what people would now recommend? I'm currently (well, I would be if it was working ) with Tiscali but in the early hours of Sat morning they suspended my account. 7 phone calls later they admitted that it was an 'administrative error' on their part, but that it would still take up to 7 days to restore my connection. I am not a happy bunny. Their customer service has been the worst I've ever experienced (repeatedly not calling me back when they say they will - then being arsey when I call them!) and they don't seem to think that what's happened is any big deal - I beg to differ. Anyways, went out today and got a Vodafone contract for one of those mobile broadband USB-thingys. Works very well but my usage is too high to have this as a permanent solution - though it'll be useful to have if I'm out and about. I do really need a 'decent' broadband ISP. So, any recommendations? (I'm with BT for my landline and have Sky TV, if it makes a difference.) Far too pissed off with Tiscali to stay with them.... will tell them where to stick it on a point of principle. Sky do decent combined TV/broadband deals, possibly in conjunction with BT. I don't know whether their See/Speak/Surf offer is still running. I'm in the process of sorting out a deal with Virgin that will get me an XL TV package, 20MB broadband and unlimited landline phone tme for the net price of £31/month.
Webbo Posted 1 June 2008 Posted 1 June 2008 Just bumping this thread to see what people would now recommend? I'm currently (well, I would be if it was working ) with Tiscali but in the early hours of Sat morning they suspended my account. 7 phone calls later they admitted that it was an 'administrative error' on their part, but that it would still take up to 7 days to restore my connection. I am not a happy bunny. Their customer service has been the worst I've ever experienced (repeatedly not calling me back when they say they will - then being arsey when I call them!) and they don't seem to think that what's happened is any big deal - I beg to differ. Anyways, went out today and got a Vodafone contract for one of those mobile broadband USB-thingys. Works very well but my usage is too high to have this as a permanent solution - though it'll be useful to have if I'm out and about. I do really need a 'decent' broadband ISP. So, any recommendations? (I'm with BT for my landline and have Sky TV, if it makes a difference.) Far too pissed off with Tiscali to stay with them.... will tell them where to stick it on a point of principle. I'm with Talktalk and although they get a bad press I've never had a problem with them. I pay around £20 a month and that includes line rental and all calls to landlines (except 0870 numbers). I keep saying this till I'm blue in the face, everytime the question is posed, Virgin are the only way forward unless you live on top of your local BT exchange. Despite their rumoured clamping down on people who abuse their contracts I have not heard a dickybird from them about my obscene downloading month after month. The speed has been consistently brilliant, the helpline answers and we get the benefits of the TV/phone. A friend of mine is constantly having his bandwidth (is that the right term?) reduced after 6 at night. Though tbf he does download about 4 films a day.
Guest Posted 1 June 2008 Posted 1 June 2008 I had Virgin which I was perfectly happy with, then my flatmate got it into his head that changing over to BT would be a good idea, sufficed to say it wasn't Virgin BT
potter3 Posted 1 June 2008 Posted 1 June 2008 A friend of mine is constantly having his bandwidth (is that the right term?) reduced after 6 at night. Though tbf he does download about 4 films a day. Thta's because after 6pm is when most people are back from work and will be using their internet. I think.
AoWW Posted 1 June 2008 Posted 1 June 2008 Thanks for the advice peeps. I'll look into Sky and Virgin, I think, and see what they can come up with.
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