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Does anyone know if there are coverage maps in existence anywhere outside the offices of Virgin / BT? I'm considering moving house but I'm not going anywhere that doesn't have 50mb+ broadband. I've looked at a couple of areas but it's hard to tell by putting in random postcodes.  |
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Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Not exactly what you're looking for but still good
http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/speedtest/streetstats/ -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoJust found this, which seems useful (and depressing) for at least Virgin Media: http://maps.thinkbroadband.com -
Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI have been looking at internet prices and most companies practically half the monthly charge for having a landline, in comparison to just having broadband.
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ecureuil wrote:
Plusnet got gobbled by BT but are still good! One of the few......
My internet has gone to shit ever since Sky bought out my ISP (Be Unlimited). This is the third time I've had to switch ISP because of this, it's fucking annoying. All the good ISPs get gobbled up by the shit ones. -
MMMarmite 1,659 posts
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Registered 15 years ago@ecureuil it's more a case of Be getting progressively shitter, I don't think any Be customers have actually moved over to Sky's network yet.
The main problem I have with Be at the moment is the sudden routing issues that develop knocking virtually all US sites offline, or the blocking/slow-down of video streaming for one reason or another.
Not sure whether to wait and see what Sky will be like (providing they do allow us to use our own routers and maintain static IPs) or jump ship now. Only problem with that is my town only have Be, Sky and TalkTalk providing the 'fast' services :'( -
I've been quite impressed with John Lewis Broadband. Only considered them as I got a deal when I bought my Nook but the service is very solid. I think they are reselling Plusnet but I have not noticed any of their bad practices.
UK support manned by people that know their stuff and no "traffic shaping" as part of the contract. Also helps that they are not particularly big so good email/user names are easy to find. -
Plusnet have bad practices? -
Well, not noticed until tonight when EZTV was blocked. -
Gruff 3,940 posts
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Registered 18 years agoJust placed an order for BT Infinity 76MB down 19MB Up, I heard when your internet is that speed you are actually living in the future when browsing.
Virgin who am with at the moment were awesome, but couldn't provide my fibre for a healthy gaming diet. -
Rivuzu 18,424 posts
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Registered 15 years ago@TheRealBadabing https://torrentfreak.com/uk-internet-providers-start-blocking-eztv-and-ezrss-130726/
Yup. Internet policing.
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BurnoutJunkie 1,222 posts
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Registered 16 years agoGruff wrote:
I joined this BT package last week, being installed next week. Moving on from O2 before the full switch to Sky. Getting BT Sport included too, which is good news. Hopefully the broadband is good. I don't really do much online gaming, just need it for standard browsing and Netflix.
Just placed an order for BT Infinity 76MB down 19MB Up, I heard when your internet is that speed you are actually living in the future when browsing.
Virgin who am with at the moment were awesome, but couldn't provide my fibre for a healthy gaming diet. -
Tomo 19,565 posts
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Registered 18 years agoBump.
Is BT Infinity the way to go these days then?
I hate the thought of giving BT more money, but from what I can tell smaller providers don't really exist these days, having been bought out. -
Gruff 3,940 posts
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Registered 18 years agoHad an absolute nightmare trying to get BT Infinity. 3 cancelled orders by them without telling me, passed around from one liar to another from their service centers "we will call you back tomorrow sir" my arse, and when they finally fix a date to install, I take a days holiday, wait all day, engineer does not turn up then he arranges another date 3 weeks away, WITHOUT TELLING ME.
Fuck BT up the arse all the way down to hell.
Happy ending, TalkTalk have been absolute bliss, and their fiber broadband rocks! -
MrWonderstuff 3,617 posts
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Registered 16 years agoGot BT Infinity setup in my new house and was fine - seems like magic - he just added a new faceplate to my existing phone socket and it was fine. Some people have good experiences and some bad. -
Infinity has been excellent for us -- 76 down, 12 up. Very little downtime. Plus you get free access to BT Sports TV channels which are good if you like UFC. -
Gruff 3,940 posts
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Registered 18 years agoWait till you have to use their helplines if something goes wrong.
I work in technical support, I would be ashamed of the service they provide, particularly with the resources they have.
10 mins to get through, passed on to another department, 10 min on hold, passed to another department, 10 min on hold, arrange appointment, doesn't turn up, ad nauseum. -
I've received technical support for Infinity via their website and in person and it was pretty good. I guess customer services can be a bit of a lottery depending on who's on shift to respond to your problem. -
Gruff 3,940 posts
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Registered 18 years agoTrue enough, it was more the sales support that was a mess (to clarify), never got the damned thing installed to find out what their technical support was like -
Tomo 19,565 posts
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Registered 18 years agoHmm. Responses are pretty much what I was expecting. There used to be a time when companies like Nildram, Freedom2Surf and Force9 got excellent write-ups, not just mixed reviews. Sigh.
Anyone have any current experience of bethere.co.uk? They used to have an amazing reputation, but they don't seem as prominent as they once were. -
MrWonderstuff 3,617 posts
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Registered 16 years agoTomo wrote:
They were bought out by Sky as I recall (my mum was on it then I switched her to Virgin). They were ok but speeds were a little slow.
Anyone have any current experience of bethere.co.uk? They used to have an amazing reputation, but they don't seem as prominent as they once were. -
Remember RedHotAnt and those other free dial up services? Gosh, those were the days of truly shit internet provision. Hammering 0800 numbers every two hours. -
Be have run a perfect system for us, never had any problems and get good speeds but yes, they're now owned by Sky. I want to move to John Lewis at some convenient time.
I think broadband is becoming a good example of the free market just not working for improving choice. Unless I am mistaken I now have a choice between john Lewis and plusnet if I don't want to be signed up to the big companies. -
Yep, I was with Be for around five years -- they were great and would recommend them. I switched to BT cos of the Sky takeover. -
MMMarmite 1,659 posts
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Registered 15 years agoTomo wrote:Anyone have any current experience of bethere.co.uk? They used to have an amazing reputation, but they don't seem as prominent as they once were.
See my post nearer the top of this page, it's still the same also had a recent billing issue where they charged me £22 extra for a non-existent phone package and wouldn't refund it.
Hoping the Sky takeover will offer the same Pro features that Be currently do (and not have the same issues) if not I'll be moving to another provider, who to move to is the problem though
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Currently getting 38 Mbps on 4G. Twice as fast as my supposed fibre connection at home.
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