Slow BT Broadband? find out why...

Biggles

Hermann wrote: »

I'm saddened to read that you've been conned into paying extra for a service in the belief that they are not a third party provider.

I'm sorry you're saddened by my use of inaccurate terminology, Hermann. I'm sorry about that.
;-)

But fear not, I'm not paying extra, just the normal BT price (well, a bit less for the next year, as it happens) and I'm happy to pay it as I've been with them ever since I've had broadband (about seven years) and found them thoroughly reliable.

cit_k

I dont get this thread, BT are up front about the whole thing.
I dont think I was even opted in by default, if I was, I must have opted out, as Im not using it.
Do people not read the details of what they sign up to, what they are using, what they install etc?

Boycott-BT

cit_k wrote: »

I dont get this thread, BT are up front about the whole thing.

I think the issue is BT dont tell you when you sign up on the phone or online, and theres no mention of it anywhere in the terms and conditions.

As someone said before, BT seem to think its up to you, the cutomer to find out for yourself.

debitcardmayhem

For Openzone/FON look at these links ThinkBroadband
and BT Business
Lil

I know personally I'm not on BTFON as it wasn't out when I first registered with BT (I got one of those crappy white ones). I'm using the rectangular version2 atm. I'll never let BT enable FON on my wireless. I'm not having people hogging my bandwidth for my speeds.

Check on your home hub using whats suggested on these links you may get a surprise They don't ask

debitcardmayhem

Boycott-BT wrote: »

Some good points raised, especially regarding security. Its interesting to see that you share the same public IP address as anyone connected to your HUB - lets hope anyone connected to your HUB isn't committing online fraud!

Another point about security is the documented Home HUB weaknesses, which means any malicious BTFON, BTopenreach user connected via your HUB can gain access to any device on your network with the right knowledge.

Regarding how to disable it, don't worry BT seem to keep this a secret. You can opt out of BTFON but it does not change your HUB settings. I also don't think the BTopenreach network can be disabled. I think the only way to remove these features on the new firmware is to remove the HUB completely and use an alternative device connected to an ADSL modem.

I have gone through the BT site and followed the process to order broadband, reading all steps, however I still cant see where they tell you - the only mention of BT FON and BTOpenreach relates to 'WiFi minutes' which in no way implies that you will share you broadband.

BT's Broadband Terms and Conditions (www.bt.com/broadband/terms) certainly have no mention of this feature.

If anyone knows how to disable BTOpenzone and BTFON please post the details.

Look at this link about Security etc

ormus

never mind all this carp about BTFON etc.. why would anyone pay 16 quid for a BB service that you can get for 7 quid elsewhere?