desprateseagull
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Have a basic line rental and unlimited b/band with Tesco , and rather wary of TT taking over (higher costs, poor reputation..)
anyone have a good setup, elsewhere?
anyone have a good setup, elsewhere?
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o/t Tesco broadband sold off to talktalk.. alternatives?
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Iggle Piggle
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- Sep 3, 2010
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A Tesco, Talk Talk, Sky, Post Office, You name it, broadband is a BT Openreach line with a different call centre. The only 'real' alternative is Virgin media.
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/cheap-broadband#bundle have a deal for £161 for a year. Unlimited b/band & w/end calls. Plus a £50 amazon voucher knocks it down to £111.
ArcticBlue
New member
Surely each ISP manages it's own servers and the traffic that passes through them?
Brighthelmstone
Well-known member
A lot of them rent space/bandwidth etc from BT Openreach, so if you have a problem its BT that need to fix it. At least thats how it used to be a few years back.
We've had Talk Talk broadband for years, signed up when they were offering it free and we still haven't paid a penny for it.
It's been brilliant, never had a problem.
Pinkie Brown
I'll look after the skirt
I'm with TalkTalk. The actual cost plus quality of broadband speed and reliability I receive from TalkTalk isn't that bad where I live, although I am only about a mile from the local exchange. I've never had it crash on me and be without service. The people I know who are with Virgin and have been without broadband for hours or longer though?
The problems start when you have to deal with their call centre when they have screwed up your billing, or want you to do something as basic as a change of address, or as I had to do last year, deal with the closure of my late Mothers account. They are a nightmare.
Westdene Wonder
New member
I was with Tiscali which was then taken over by Talk Talk,no problems at all,great phone package which includes 0845 and 0870 and all other calls excepting mobiles, including a number of International countries 24/7.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,130
BT broadband will give you BT Sport for free and a £50 Sainsburys voucher.
skipper734
Registered ruffian
Used to Have BT. Been with Talktalk for about a year, much, much cheaper than BT, it hasn't dropped out once. It comes through exactly the same kit as did my BT account, same cable, exchange and cabinet as BT. Probably a slightly better constant speed as well.
Because it's part of Carphone warehouse they do good deals on mobiles along with your broadband. It'll be even bigger now with the Tesco stuff, Charlie Dunstan will be able to buy a new racing yacht.
Because it's part of Carphone warehouse they do good deals on mobiles along with your broadband. It'll be even bigger now with the Tesco stuff, Charlie Dunstan will be able to buy a new racing yacht.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
Carphone Warehouse and Talk Talk have been separate entities since 2010. Carphone Warehouse became part of the Dixons Retail Group last year.
brakespear
Doctor Worm
And also what you don't pay for, like the two or three free line speed upgrades I've had so far.
Iggle Piggle
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Each service provider will have its own central network (I.e what causes slowness at peak times if it's undersized) plus radius logging (which links www.Bigjugs.com back your tel number) plus a call centre. Even that is shared though. BT will often be the SP even if it is branded as something else.
ArcticBlue
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Interesting, thanks. I might give Plusnet a call and ask them what they do, out of curiosity.
skipper734
Registered ruffian
Still all Dunstone babies.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
Plusnet has been part of BT since 2007 , still confuses some folk in Yorkshire who think they're getting "Yorkie" broadband.
ArcticBlue
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Ahh i see, this is the problem i had with Talk Talk (who inherited me as a legacy customer). Around 3pm during the week my connection got messy on Xbox Live. After speaking with a technical bod i found out that they would manage (throttle) the bandwidth during high usage peak periods. I have just switched to Plusnet fibre who reckon their policy is to prioritise gaming traffic on the network. This remains to be seen in a few weeks when they install the new face plate on my phone line and switch over from TT. I did have a good offer from TT to upgrade to fibre but thought better of it.
Iggle Piggle
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Prioritise gaming traffic? Itchy beard is all I can say.