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Advice needed please
I hope this is in the right place, I am also aware I sound totally incompetent so apologies! My husband ad I are splitting up and he has always done/sorted all the technology stuff at home. I know we have sky plus, use BT for phone and use a different internet provider - anyway he is leaving and cancelling all direct…
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BT Broadband, no internet for 6 days now
Hi all, I'm really hoping someone could give me some advice on this matter. We have BT broadband in our house and the service has been generally terrible, however recently it's gone beyond a joke (I'm using my sisters internet here becuase of the problem) We've had constant problem where the internet will just drop off,…
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Quitting Orange (not in contract) can they charge me?
I stopped my direct debit to Orange after seven years of being on a £27.99 per month package. As far as I'm aware I never signed up to a contractual period. First they emailed me saying they were having trouble collecting my payment, so I answered them explaining that I don't wish to subscribe to Orange Broadband any…
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BT Broadband - Open letter of complaint
Our broadband provided by BT is slowing down again; an engineer has attended and says there is no fault with hardware. A few months ago after considerable time calling your call centre we finally had the wires replaced near our home that were being affected by trees. As a result our speed went up to 3.5Meg and although…
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mobile phone with broadband
Thankfully I will be out of my contract with plusnet in September. I use my mobile 02 favourite place and landline calls are free so dont need my landline. Does anyone know of any good deals. Is broadband on a dongle reliable as ive always had BB by landline.? Who is the best provider for this. thanks
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Choosing best broadband in my area
Hi, I'm trying to find the best broadband for me in my area. The postcode is WA9 area, and I have a BT line that I cannot change to another provider. I am also in a virgin cable area, so could get there upto 10mb package for 20/mo, with £65 cashback from quidco, but not sure if this is the best offer, since 20/mo seems a…
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Best ISP for Market 1 area?
I have kept the same ISP for years but over the years with takeovers I have gone from Lineone to Tiscali and now Talk talk. After a painful week of dealing with Talk talk's customer service I have decided to swap to another provider but am limited due to being in a BT Wholesale only area. Can anybody recommend an ISP that…
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Primus Saver + Broadband?
Hey guys, When i rented a flat last year I had a BT line (paying just for line rental), using Primus for their free calls service, and used fast.co.uk for their broadband service. This combination worked out very well indeed for me (I have had poor experiences with the broadband services for BT and TalkTalk, so am happy to…
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Are BT the only choice for me?
I'm currently on an Orange dongle which connects me to the internet at 53.6 Kbps (not a techie thats just what it says whenI connect) This costs me £14.99 per month. It's just about adequate for emailing and light surfing (this site takes about 20 - 25 seconds to load each page) so not very effective, and it tells me it…
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Broadband: Heavy usage - cheapest option?
My daughter and I are both heavy users of the internet, work and study purposes as well as watching TV. Currently with BT - seems expensive - any suggestions?
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Didn't know where to put this...
Not sure if this is in the right place, if not can it be moved. Thank you. Am looking at getting home phone and broadband (I am a student, but I'd like the phone to be able to call my mum and non-geographical numbers without being charged, if at all possible) and wanted to know what the best deals were. I think there is a…
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Cheapest Broadband for Students
I'm moving into a flat in September with a couple of other students and I was wondering what the cheapest broadband deals were. We don't need anything fancy, just pretty basic broadband but obviously want it was cheaply as possible because we'll also have to pay for the line rental as well.
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anyone know re bt
just had bt installed with 10gb broadband a month but got an email a couple of days ago saying i had used 7gb already anyone know how to keep a track of this so i dont go over?
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Broadband recommendations!
I am currently with Tiscali and Talk Talk are shortly moving me onto one of their own packages, which is increasing my monthly charge and reducing my download limit! I have no intention of staying with them, so my question is this: Can anyone recommend a good broadband provider, one who has decent customer service and has…
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Tiscali to Talk Talk 65% increase!
hi, Talktalk are enforcing (it would seem) their contact on me at £22.48, when i was paying £14.99 with Tiscali (free line rental, broadband & anytime calls). When i asked for a MAC code to go to another company they said i don't need one - can anyone explain why? I've investigated other companies with better deals, e.g.…
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O2 existing customer 3 months free BB offer
Hi, Just received an email to say, if I commit to another 12 months, I'll get 3 months free broadband off O2. Does anyone know if there is anything I should be wary of, by way of any change of T&C's that might put me at a disadvantage, particularly any usage restriction changes as I use Sky Player quite a lot. I've had a…
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BT Openzone Per-Minute Charges Warning
I opened a BT Openzone Per Minute account a couple of years ago with the intention of using my laptop on fishing trips if I needed to .In the event I never did use it but recently got a new mobile which had Internet Access facilty including connecting to Openzone and when messing around with the 'phone spent 20 minutes…
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Orange Broadband - HELP required please.
Hi All, Can anybody please help me with the following problem please, please, please........... I have orange broadband with a LIVE BOX 1.1 for 4 years now. It is connected to a home PC which is upstairs next to the telephone box, it has always been connected by a wired connection from computer to live box and I have a…
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Overpriced Broadband
I was paying £21 a month for my broadband from virgin media. I keep seeing advertisements for triple packages (phone, internet and TV) priced at around £20 a month. At the moment, I don't currently have an active phone line. What's the cheapest way I could get more TV channels (than freeview) and broadband (with no usage…
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Internet Explorer 8 - Insecure Browser ??
I use a Security system called Secunia PSI. This tells me that IE 8 is an insecure browser and there is no fix! Have started to use Opera which is rated Secure, but really prefer IE. any comments or views ?
