Talk Talk Free Broadband with Talk 3 Intl the Downside

bunking_off

DjSatansfury wrote:

I thought C&W were practically defunct? Or is Bulldog owned by them, i forget?

C&W own Bulldog.

Currently, Post Office, Tesco home phone (not internet), Cauldwell's (Phones4U) home service, and OneTel national calls all use C&W's network. If you use Skype, most break-in/out calls also use C&W. Defunct? No...they just don't deal with retail customers directly.

With the notable exception of ntl:/Telewest and Talk Talk (they have their own network, Opal), the vast majority of high street brands offering phone service actually just resell a lesser known telephone network's service (e.g. Easynet, Thus, Opal, C&W).

ministox5

matrix999 wrote:

Just been reading through the posts...Lets take a look at the facts, TT have introduced a product/service to entice people away from BT, C&W etc etc... I can't beleive for one minute BT and C&W etc will sit back and allow there customers just to leave there network. BT for one is a lot bigger company than TT and have more muscle in the telecoms market than TT so i would watch this space before changing to TT and getting locked into an 18 month contract!!

The other companies are bound to come out with other deals to match or better the TT Broadband Offer.

yes i agree its early days yet sit back and wait somebody will come up with a better deal by the way im with tt but not to keen on this free broadband. 18mths contract not good for buissness :T

Heinz

See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/20/carphone_asa/

bbb_uk

TalkTalk's website here reads, "upto 8 megabit"? This in normal terms equates to 1MB (megabyte) (use this online calculator).

I know the 40gigabits was incorrect and has been amended but can anyone confirm beyond a doubt it is actually 8MB (megabytes) and not 8 megabits because there is a huge difference!

I assume they mean 8megabytes as they wouldn't otherwise make a big song and dance about it!

BexTech

No they mean megabits, that's how broadband is worked out in.

1mb broadband is really 1 megabit broadband, like wise 2mb broadband is 2 megabit, it's just other broadband providers don't make it clear that it is really megabits and not megabytes, this is why if you have a 1mb (really should be 1Mbit) you hit a max of 128k/s download, in reality you will get around 110 - 120k/s.