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TOP TEN USELESS ISPs & BROADBAND SUPPLIERS
13 days into no broadband supply from "Ezee it aint 186.k" and with no sense of when it will be fixed- why don't we start a To Ten Of Most useless ISPs- with a weekly Top Crap Service of The Week Award? It is high time this industy is properly regulated. Too many of them break contracts and waste huge amounts of customers…
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Broadband and moving houses
Hi All, SInce I am on the verge of moving house,I am wondering whether I should be taking out a broadband connection with a contract of a year. Does anyone know whether I would be able to continue an existing broadband connection once I move houses. Phoned Aol and Virgin, but no one seems to be sure. All the short term…
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Best ISP
I guess this has been kicked around a few times. I have been with Tiscali for ages now and pay £17.99 for unlimited BB. They have not been reliable recently and I want a change. I would like. Reliable service competitive price package deals such as free telephone calls etc if cposs I cannot get the sky 3 in 1 deal as I am…
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Virginmeadia - lost sky, want to leave...
Morning First post here, so apologies if in the wrong place. Anyway, I joined Virginmedia/telewest in Novemeber 06 on a combined package. Happy with phone and broadband, but wouldn't have joined if I had known I would loose sky1 part way through the contract - I am now in a position for paying for a television service that…
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TalkTalk IMAP down?
Hi. I was just wondering if it was just me or is the TalkTalk IMAP service down? Have not been able to update or get new mail via IMAP since 18 Feb, all other IMAP accounts (I have several with other providers) work fine. TalkTalk responded to my query a few days ago saying there was a problem and it would be fixed within…
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"voip discount"
Hi, first timer here, so apologies if I'm in the wrong place. Just trying this company"voip discount", and it talks about "free days" and free calls to many destinations. I deposited my €10, and have just tried it with a local call and see I was charged 5p for a few minutes. Does anyone know where the free bit comes in, or…
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Closing Old AOL Account
Hi, I am a broadband novice and want to progress from my current dial up AOL. Does anyone know how much notice I need to give to AOL to be able to move to broadband with a service provider such as Madasafish - which seems generally recommended on here. As I would like to sign up for broadband as soon as possible - the…
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Get the most out of Dial Up access
For those on dial up who are looking to save money. Sign up to 1899 via https://www.1899.com and create a new commection with GeoISP and whenever you need to connect before 6pm you will only pay 5p connection fee. I used GeoISP recently (dial up tel number 0208 114 9845) with 1899, at the start of the number and for a…
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Sky Or Talk Talk Decision time HELP!
I need to decide between these two for Broadband but need a little help. Currenlty on BT together option 1. No bb right now, just dial up. Have sky and can get the BB for £5. Good price. Can take Sky Talk. Can take the Talk Talk option, will cost about £4 a month more, not too concerned about that. It will include free…
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Contacting Orange
Am having bad connection issues with Orange and after waiting a week they are still ongoing. The have said there is an issue with the line which would take 48hrs to rectify, 4 days on we are still the same. Have been ringing and ringing them since Tues only to be told there server is down. Have contacted there customer…
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getting rid of Tiscali?
I was a happy Homechoice suscriber for a month or so and then came Tiscali and ruined everything. Yes, they reduced £2.- of my plan but from yesterday (the day tiscali took over) my internet service (supposedly 2MB) is horribly slow. I checked my speed yesterday and it was 0,5 MB during the whole day. Today it seems pretty…
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Discovery Kids gone as well?
I am on VM XL package and have just noticed discovery kids is now saying ceased to broadcast when I try to access it. Is this the start of losing channels bit by bit or does anyone know why it has been removed, didn't think it was anything to do with sky :eek:
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need advise please,telewest contract
hi,this is my first post,so am sorry if this is posted in the wrong place :confused: ok....have been a telewest customer for over 1 and a half years,at the begining of december 06 i was moving to new house,so in november 06 i told telewest that we were moving and wanted telewest in our new house,phoned telewest and told…
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Retentions phone numberS ex telewest/ex NTL
Just thought I'd post at the start of a thread the phone numbers for retentions for Virgin Media - there are different number for different previous suppliers - BOTH FREEPHONE!!!!! :j The number for ex NTL users is 0800 0524000 The number for ex Telewest users 0800 0730591 Note these are retentions departments. Customer…
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Advice needed please for novice
I have tried to get some ideas from the posts here but do not understand some of the jargon.So please bear with me if it has been covered before. Have been on dial up with orange for last 4 years,with the low user scheme from BT.This means my phone bills are really cheap as i use the internet for most contacts when i…
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TalkTalk Getting 8Mb The Easy way
I have found a route round a thorny problem that I want to share. I Have Talktalk for phone with Broadband (Not in a talktalk area so pay £10). This has always been at the 2mb speed as it was with BT. I noticed on the website that Talktalk were advertising 8mb for my area. I spent hours and hours on the phone to their…
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moving house
Hello, I'm shortly going to be moving and want to cancel my AOL broadband. I'm a little concerned at how this is gonna go (having heard the same scare stories as everyone else), but I have a question about MACC codes. I am moving somewhere close by, where I will probably start a new contract with a new provider using a…
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Broadband/Phone Packages
How do these work....Im looking to get the joint aol package with broadband and free calls. I want t know how these work...as you need a bt line rental....when you make a call how do bt know not to charge you as its part of your free calls???
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Virgin Media
Hi, i'm not sure if this is the best home for this thread but basically due to Virgin unable to tie a deal with Sky basic package, virgin are telling their customer they are not going to pay silly money to Sky and pass the extra chanrge to its customers. however if you are like me and on a bundle package, 2 for £20 then…
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anybody have virgin media 3 for 30 quid bundle
am looking to cut down on our line rental , when we hardly use our phone but need it for the internet , i'm currently with aol at the mo . any comments welcome
