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which company for bb and phone?

caris
caris Posts: 730 Forumite
edited 6 December 2009 at 6:32PM in Broadband & internet access
Hi

We are currently nearing the end of our contract for broadband and phone calls which are with aol, our line rental is with bt and that is also nearing the end of the 12 month contract.

We live in an area where the exchange is only capable of 1mb, so we have already been ruled out by sky as they will only accept us on the high speed, which we are reluctant to pay for as we simply cannot use it, we are not prepared to pay for a service that we cannot fully use, we were prepared to go with sky for the tv, bb and full phone package, but they will only let us do this if we commit to the higher broadband.

What other options are available to us, bearing in mind what c**p bb availability we have access to, our local exchange is not due for any improvement till 2011.


thanks
caris

Comments

  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Your post is confusing, you say your exchange is only capable of 1Gb (Gigabit).
    Do you mean 1Mb?, The speed of your connection is dependent largely on your distance from the exchange.
    Can you log into your router and obtain your router statistics?
    In any event I would suggest you visit samknows do an exchange search and see which LLU operators are available.
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
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