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General => General discussion => Topic started by: vw_golf_nutter on 02 November 2012, 11:58
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I am currently on Orange home phone & broadband but its being cut off on 15th as its in my ex's name and the contract is up so I gotta set up a new broadband. Everytime I think ive found a good deal I read hundreds of bad reviews, obviously people arnt going to bother taking the time to write a review if they are getting what they paid for, its only the hacked off people that bother to write about it in my experience but still its put doubt in my mind.
The 2 real contenders, due to the fact im skint are Tesco Broadband and Talk Talk which are both unlimited and include line rental for around £15 a month.
Anyone got anything good to say about these? Or can anyone reccomend a good alternative?
Thanks
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Plusnet
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Plusnet
+1!!!! :cool:
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My dad recently switched from 02 to talk talk and haven't got a good word to say about them.
Maybe it's just our one but signal drops out all the time, slow as anything.
I did tell dad not to swap but he never listens. So got him to get on the phone tomo to get rid as its ridiculous.
But like I said maybe its just us although O2 was fine was only cos he was offered good price. But prob like most things, u get what u pay for :undecided:
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depends what your areas like but iv just signed up for talk talk, unlimited broadband and phone for £3.75 a month (paid line rental £114 for the year to save £60) , get 16mbps even out in the sticks :cool:... foreign call centre's tho :angry:
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I've got talktalk, been with them for about 4 years now I think. Great up until recently, internet seems to sometimes take forever to load.
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Plusnet
+1!!!! :cool:
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UK call centre helps when you're broadband stops working and you need someone to rant at. unfortunately last time mine stopped working it took 40 mins to speak to an operator.
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Another vote here for Plusnet
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Another big +1 for PlusNet, They got my mother sorted with them in no time at all including an engineer to fix her line / master socket that's 20+ years old!
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thanks everyone, my friend who lives down the road says she has plusnet and its always having connection problems. wish you could test the speed before you sign up... might give talk talk a go as its cheap. ive been on Orange for a year and the speed is only around 5.5mbps and i do get the odd 'cant find server' usually when im just about the check out for a purchase or when its 5 seconds to go on an ebay item im bidding on!! it has been bearable though so hopefully i can get something cheap and cheerful and it will be ok with general day to day stuff.
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Tell your friend to call PlusNet and ask them to investigate, they'll ask her to do some diagnostics, if they don't find anything on the internal wiring during the diagnostics they'll send out a BT Engineer to check the line between her and the exchange. No point putting up with a crap service, it's best to get to the bottom of it and I'll guarantee it won't be PlusNet's network at fault (either internal wiring or the BT line will be at fault, at worst it might be the PlusNet provided router if it's old). Generally the PlusNet service is excellent.
Use the link below, it will give you an indication as to what speeds you can get and the other broadband types in your area.
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/broadband_checker
If it says you can get fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) your best bet is to fill in your details on an ISP's website (such as this (https://www.plus.net/signup/index.php/residential/standard_FTTC/?bundle=670))to check if it's available in your street, Samknows doesn't have that info, just the info about the exchange itself and if it is FTTC enabled.
HTH!