Which IP ?

S0litaire

A lot of people on O2/Be have been complaining of congestion / speed issues! BE get priority over O2 users on LLU.

If you're on sky it should be easy to switch over to "UK Online" it's on the same network and has great service (but not cheep!) I'm on UK Online and love it! Great service and support.

Check out http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/
It's got most ISPs listed and you can see what issues /complaints the ISP customers have! (Also Support workers from ISPs often reply in this forum.) It's a good stop before changing.

Bull1tt

Thanks but i don't think i can get UK ONLINE, ive come to the conclusion that all the isp's have good and bad reviews but ive read more good than bad to do with BE.
And with regards to BT i don't like them they tried to tell me once i couldn't get tiscali or the internet at all, then we got a phone call from BT to say do you want try BT for your internet ! ERRM I THOUIGHT WE COULDN'T GET BROADBAND ? They tried to con me.

S0litaire

If you're on sky currently, you Can get ukonline! The both use easynet's network.

GT60

I have been with talktalk since the start.
24/7 free landline calls and broadband @ 8 meg and line rental all for £20 per month.

socrates

niall24 wrote: »

I have been with talktalk since the start.
24/7 free landline calls and broadband @ 8 meg and line rental all for £20 per month.

Yes but they throttle torrent downloading.

Bull1tt

S0litaire wrote: »

If you're on sky currently, you Can get ukonline! The both use easynet's network.

Thanks, it looks like i can get ukonline but are they ADSL2 ? but tbh i don't understand what the difference is anyway, plus they charge £49.99 for the router, does this mean i change settings i.e port forwarding as i do alot of gaming on ps3.


Can anyone tell me if these results on speedtest.com are good or not at the moment im with sky Down load= 3642 kb/s upload= 291 thanks.

penrhyn

The results from speed testers are unreliable. You should obtain your router statistics.

However assuming you are on Sky Mid then you are running at around half the rate thats possible. With a reasonable line you would expect around 6-7mbps.

Log into your router
http://routerlogin.com/

User admin, password sky and look for display router statistics

456789

Bull1tt wrote: »

Thanks, it looks like i can get ukonline but are they ADSL2 ?

Yes they are - ADSL2/2+ is usually a LLU service which can offer faster speeds than ADSL (though it also depends how far you live from the exchange)

Bull1tt

Im about 2 kilometres from exchange, thanks.

Bull1tt

penrhyn wrote: »

The results from speed testers are unreliable. You should obtain your router statistics.

However assuming you are on Sky Mid then you are running at around half the rate thats possible. With a reasonable line you would expect around 6-7mbps.

Log into your router
http://routerlogin.com/

User admin, password sky and look for display router statistics

Thanks i forgot i could do that nm, my stats on router are Down load = speed 4215kbp/s, Upload speed =412kbp/s , not much better.