I think I have the fibre unlimited. I went with Sky because it was the only package that didn't have a bandwidth cap for the price.
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I have Talktalk broadband over ADSL. I live in a little village with it's own telephone switch, but because of the 'small backhaul pipe' it's a blistering nearly 7Mbs in the morning, and then at around 5pm drops to a crippling .5Mbs
Talktalk on the whole are abysmal if you ring their customer services, but their support account on twitter seem to be pretty pro-active.
I still wouldn't recommend them to anyone. The local switch is being 'assessed' for Fibre, so as soon as that's in (with FTTP most likely) I'll switch to sky or virgin.
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Switch to vivaciti business account. You won't be able to get youtube above 240p during the day (fine after 7pm), but netflix works and all other traffic gets priority over the rest of the village on residential contracts, so VOIP (skype etc) is perfect, and gaming gets better pings (almost half if you switch to fastpath if you are close enough to the switch). ?30 a month.
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Originally posted by k0pp0 View PostI have Talktalk broadband over ADSL. I live in a little village with it's own telephone switch, but because of the 'small backhaul pipe' it's a blistering nearly 7Mbs in the morning, and then at around 5pm drops to a crippling .5Mbs
Talktalk on the whole are abysmal if you ring their customer services, but their support account on twitter seem to be pretty pro-active.
I still wouldn't recommend them to anyone. The local switch is being 'assessed' for Fibre, so as soon as that's in (with FTTP most likely) I'll switch to sky or virgin.
Second the comment on Talktalk's customer support but I've found their web site forum (beta) seems to have quite a few staff fielding complaints, offering advice and more importantly actually doing something about it even if it still takes them some time to respond.
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Originally posted by k0pp0 View PostI have Talktalk broadband over ADSL. I live in a little village with it's own telephone switch, but because of the 'small backhaul pipe' it's a blistering nearly 7Mbs in the morning, and then at around 5pm drops to a crippling .5Mbs
Talktalk on the whole are abysmal if you ring their customer services, but their support account on twitter seem to be pretty pro-active.
I still wouldn't recommend them to anyone. The local switch is being 'assessed' for Fibre, so as soon as that's in (with FTTP most likely) I'll switch to sky or virgin.
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Originally posted by EvilBoris View PostCan you complain when they cost all of ?3.75 a month?
If they offer a service and promise a certain speed range, based on their own line test, then that is what they should be contractually obligated to provide. I was told 2.5Mbs to 7Mbs and I'm actually getting 0.5Mbs to 3Mbs. If they can't or don't give you the BB service you signed up for then that is misrepresentation.
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I'm looking again at the prospect of changing ISP. Currently with Virgin and I'm looking at either going with BT or Sky.
What do you guys reckon? Im looking towards BT so I can get BT Sport included, which can be added to my Sky TV. It'll only cost me ?5 a month extra compared with Sky. But overall I'll be saving money once I remove Virgin.
So, any glaring problems with BT or Sky?
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@ Lyris - I get about 15 meg up on BT infinity 2.
@ Adrock - Im on BT inifinity 2 and its really good speeds and unlmited. BT Sports is free too, the only thing about BT is their customer service is appalling.
From on the phone to installation its so so bad (see me dilemma earlier in this thread) but once its up and running its good. Price wise I pay about 40 a month including line rental.
Other people have not had my experience and enjoyed a seemless transition but its the chance you take. My only advice is if you get problems email the customer service director of the uk direct like i did and my BB was installed 2 days later after waiting about 4 weeks.
Good luck !.Last edited by Robster; 02-11-2013, 17:14.
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Originally posted by Adrock View PostI'm looking again at the prospect of changing ISP. Currently with Virgin and I'm looking at either going with BT or Sky.
What do you guys reckon? Im looking towards BT so I can get BT Sport included, which can be added to my Sky TV. It'll only cost me ?5 a month extra compared with Sky. But overall I'll be saving money once I remove Virgin.
So, any glaring problems with BT or Sky?
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