Cheap(er) Broadband in The Back of Beyond?

Fenris

The answer's in the quote! ;-)

@ Nex0 yes, I did.

~Chameleon~

Fenris wrote: »

The answer's in the quote! ;-)

Ah well, you get what you pay for

But ADSL24 are not that expensive to start with, certainly not when compared to Zen, Plusnet etc plus they have very generous allowances!

Nex0

I cant fault Zen they was my 2nd ISP and if money is no object I would be back with them in a instant.

They might not have a 24/7 support line but at least when you do speak to someone there English and actually know what there talking about rather then reading a script.

The first time my line went down with them was on a saturday and within an hour of reporting it I noticed a guy up the pole on the case I they had been emailing me updates approx every 15 mins on how everything was going.

Now to me that's first class service.

Plusnet went down the pan as soon as they stopped offering unlimited downloads all those years ago.

Fenris

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Ah well, you get what you pay for

But ADSL24 are not that expensive to start with, certainly not when compared to Zen, Plusnet etc plus they have very generous allowances!

Cricky, what is this, the Spanish Inquisition? :rolleyes: Some of us have budgets to stick to and, when you're paying out for many things to start a new business up, you have to go with the cheapest you can get. At the time I migrated from ADSL24 I was paying £19.99 per month and O2 were offering the same service for £17.50 per month. That's an annual saving of just under £30. £30 I could use for a myriad other things I need to buy for a business. That OK with you? Explained now? Want my name, address and shoe size too? :rolleyes:

In O2's favour they've never capped my downloading, so I've never had to worry about going over any limits or breaking any FUP.

And I'd agree with the "You get what you pay for" statement if it weren't for the fact that O2 is now over £3 more expensive, per month, than any of the Enta resellers.

~Chameleon~

Fenris wrote: »

And I'd agree with the "You get what you pay for" statement if it weren't for the fact that O2 is now over £3 more expensive, per month, than any of the Enta resellers.

Hehehe I did briefly consider switching to O2 a few months ago (before the revamp of services at ADSL24) but now I've read your experience I'm glad I stayed

The only thing that stopped me was the fact I could only get the O2 Access broadband as, like you, I live in the Back of Beyond

Fenris

Yeah, it's truely rubbish service. All they had to do was acknowledge there was a problem, get it looked at and then go from there. But the fact they kept saying it was my router (which, since I tried two differen't ones and their awful O2 Wireless Box II, wasn't the case) and woudn't send someone just to do a line check made me fight for my MAC.

As it was, despite OFCOM's statement that all ISP's have to send a MAC within 5 working days of the request, I had to contact OFCOM, who then contacted O2 who, finally, sent my MAC after three months of asking for it. There's no excuse for that kind of service in this day and age.

I'll just be glad to see the back of them to be honest. Even if I go back to Enta and have line drops at least they'll get it looked at, which is more than can be said for O2. You've had a lucky escape there, I tell you!

emsywoo123

macman wrote: »

No, Access is just a standard BT Max 'up to 8Mbps' service. Are you saying you are still on dial up? If so yes of course it's worth it, as even a basic 512MB broadband speed is 10 times faster than dial up.
Put your number into the BT checker and it will give you an estimate of your likely speed.
http://www.dslchecker.bt.com/adsl/adslchecker.welcome

Thnak you :DOk, I had alook at that, but am suffering from further confusion:


For Telephone Number Exchange SUTTON VALENCE

Your exchange is ADSL enabled, and our initial test on your line indicates that your line should be able to have an ADSL broadband service that provides a fixed line rate up to 512Kbps. However, due to the length of your line, an engineer visit may be required, who will, where possible, supply the broadband service.

Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a potential ADSL Max broadband line rate of 500Kbps or greater.
If you decide to place an order, a further test will be performed to confirm if your line is suitable for the service you wish to purchase. Thank you for your interest.

macman

Why the confusion? It says you can 'probably' get a service of around 0.5MBps. It appears you are a long way from the exchange so you are a borderline case. 0.5MBps is relatively slow, but it's a lot faster (10 times) than 56 KBps, which is what you will be getting on dial up. It will still do the job for checking email, surfing the web etc.
Most of the remaining dial up services are not much cheaper than broadband these days anyway so you might as well try it. Why don't you discuss with a neighbour what speed they can get, because it's likely to be similar to yours.

Nex0

emsywoo123 wrote: »

Thnak you :DOk, I had alook at that, but am suffering from further confusion:


For Telephone Number Exchange SUTTON VALENCE

Your exchange is ADSL enabled, and our initial test on your line indicates that your line should be able to have an ADSL broadband service that provides a fixed line rate up to 512Kbps. However, due to the length of your line, an engineer visit may be required, who will, where possible, supply the broadband service.

Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a potential ADSL Max broadband line rate of 500Kbps or greater.
If you decide to place an order, a further test will be performed to confirm if your line is suitable for the service you wish to purchase. Thank you for your interest.

Your doing better then me.


on Exchange OVERSEAL

Your exchange is ADSL enabled, and our initial test on your line indicates that it is VERY UNLIKELY you will be able to receive fixed 512Kbps or 256Kbps broadband service due to the very long length of your telephone line. However, your order will be accepted if you still wish to order. An engineer may need to visit who will, where possible, supply the broadband service.

Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a potential ADSL Max broadband line rate of 250Kbps or greater.
If you decide to place an order, a further test will be performed to confirm if your line is suitable for the service you wish to purchase.
Thank you for your interest.
Note: If you already have a Broadband service enabled on this line and you want to switch service providers, you will need to contact both your current provider and your new provider to get your service changed over new and existing service provider to have this service transferred.