bjblyth Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Right, BT has decided that £100 a month for a service they can't give is a reasonable price to charge.We are supposed to get a BT Homehub & Soft phone. Do we heck.We have the old voyager router because homehub and softphones apparently dont work round here, despite my wireless picking up a neighbours homehub style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:" border="0" alt="blink.gif" /> anyway i just wondered what everyone else does for their phone & broadband as i am dying to change.i quite fancy www.bethere.co.uk for broadband (unlimited up to 24meg is £24 a month)but then how would my phone work out? and whats the basic line rental for bt if i didnt want it for a phone, just for broadband use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 BT line rental is £11.Can't see why a Homehub 'wouldnt work'. Its just a wireless router basically, and internet phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 we've had four now, and none have worked. the excuse from BT is that it doesnt work around here. I know what I'm doing with computers and networks so its not me who's in the wrong. it's a very very lame service from BT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Do you live out in the sticks?You can't really go wrong with the installation of the homehub. Plug it in and there you go! so doubt you could do that wrong.getting Be requires your exchange to have been upgraded, so you'd need to check that out. Mine hadn't style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />, I had the option of BT, BT or, your guessed it, BT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 dont live in the sticks, live near the town centre of Macclesfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonJ Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 ntl/virgin media...proper internet, not ***** chucked down a copper wirephone lineand tv if you want it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartagram Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 BT are fcking ****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 ntl/virgin media...proper internet, not ***** chucked down a copper wirephone lineand tv if you want itso you suggest i go for virgin media?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69vk Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Pipex have got some pretty good deals going on at the moment, might be worth checking them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerz Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Deamon are great for internet 15 a month for unlimited 8mg (might be more i dont know as live in sticks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 BT Home with a PSP is quite neat now that they are offering SKYPE calling and video on them:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6683231.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonJ Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 so you suggest i go for virgin media??in a nutshell yeah.the internet doesn't come down a bt line unlike everyone elses, so you actually get the quoted speed...which means you don't have to spend silly amounts of money on quick connections.the tv is cool. not quite sky+ but hey ho. and the sky one thing will get sorted soon. phones i don't know anything about...i hardly ever used a landlline at home anyway...but i think you could even get a mobile contract as part of the deal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 I hate BT.Have to have them, as I dont have cable.Dont use the phone, just the line.Im with Demon.Get 8Meg broadband for £25.Was going to go to sky, called them up and was told my line would only allow 3MegCouldnt understand this as, like I say, I was upgraded to 8Meg a year ago.Told them Id leave it, and would call BT to see what the problem was.Called the BT number to order broadband.45 mins later managed to get hold of someone.They told me I could join them and enjoy a 2Meg connection.Asked them how this was possible, as I get 8Meg now on my BT line and Sky are quoting 3Meg.I was informed they have more customers, so the speed is less.Thank you very much, I will not be buying from you style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerz Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Same as Tigz, BT SUCK!What are you paying £25 mate? Im on there home 500 for only £15 a month? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 I pay for Demon HomeOffice 8000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
243 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 I live out in the sticks, I pay £15.99 a month with tiscalli for a 'upto 8 meg' service, I recieve 2.3meg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerz Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 you do well then mate I REALY LIVE IN THE STICKS! Mine doesnt work when it rains, and I get 0.8mb but maxiumum download speed i get is about 50kb/s great anit it? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 So its BT's fault you live so far from an exchange style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam K Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 (edited) i love how everyone thinks so simplisticly when it comes to broadband.internet providers are not equal, you may pay £15 a month for an uptto 8mb service, but your provider may have an aggressive shaping policy, your caps may be low, and adsl is distance dependenti would never buy from the likes of virgin, tiscali, bt, pipex, or really any of the big names. they all have aggressive shaping policies, and their centrals are jam packed because put simply, a 655mb costs in the region of 1.2 million per year, and to claw back that money they need to shove a lot of users on the same central to make any kind of profit.you get what you pay for with broadband and there are very few providers i would consider worth going with, and they charge accordingly.then again i worked for an ISP and am probably more fussy than your average home user about my connection. Edited May 25, 2007 by Adam K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malibukid Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 @adam_k..who do you use then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam K Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Nildram, although they are having issues at the moment too, so i am considering a move to zen or an enta reseller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerz Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 So its BT's fault you live so far from an exchange style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />No its not that Joe, they refused to let us have broadband unless we went with them, what ***** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam K Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 No its not that Joe, they refused to let us have broadband unless we went with them, what *****bollox.that isn't the way it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerz Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 You said that when i posted this about a year ago when i was trying to get it. They said we had to go with them took about 4 weeks of winging before they upgraded the line. I know how it works from a customers point of view, clearly u know more ins and outs working in this area. Basicaly you call demon they say fine and request your line to be upgraded, after about a week we call them back and they said BT have refused, Phoned BT and they said we cant get Broadband in our area,but if we went with them they would be able to do somthing. Thast what happend, u can argue it if you want mate but thats the story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altern8 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 im iwth eclipse not bad no problems at all with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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