Utility Warehouse (Telecom Plus) Discussion

tinybills4u

Hello everyone!

Ok this may have been put in the wrong place so if it is then sorry

As a customer and distributor I see you wanted to know the broadband speed for UW, well here is mine:

Sorry did try to do a link but it would not let me nor will it let me use the pic As you will see its

6.9Mb download
0.81 Mb upload

Now please dont jump dowm my neck here people as the following is my view only and nothing ells..

These speeds I am getting are great as it was confirmed by BT direct (can provide how you can check this) that my line would only get 5Mb on ADSL and 6Mb on ADSL 2, so given the fact I am getting almost 7Mb then I am over the moon with the results.

Regards

Jim

UW customer and distributor

1carminestocky

wheresmydoshat wrote: »

i've been with UW for gas and leccy for 4 months now, and my bills have been almost exactly the same as they were with EDF.

what does annoy me tho is how the DD payments they set you up with are way under what they should be, and by the time I changed them to more realistic figures we were £70 in debt with them, in under two months !!

I believe you can actually email them your monthly readings and they will then bill you for the exact amount the month after, which sort of negates this problem. It should also prevent the build up of large credits we read about on here from people with the Big 6. Have to say this is another of their innovations that really appeals to me. Not something that any of the Big 6 could do, either, as it sort of relies on sending out monthly paper bills (even the majority of the so-called paper billing tariffs with the Big 6 mean you get just TWO bills per year which is frankly pathetic IMO). Agreed about the annoying 'low' DDs to start with - every energy supplier I have signed up with (and there have been many! :eek:) has done this. I'm wise to it now, I more or less know how much it should be and just instruct them to change the DD accordingly.

tinybills4u

1carminestocky wrote: »

I believe you can actually email them your monthly readings and they will then bill you for the exact amount the month after.

Hi carminestocky

Yep that is right you can ask to be removed from the budget plan. Indeed this is a problem with all the gas and elec suppliers about having to call up, This however will be a thing of the past once smart meters start to be rolled out.. but lets now go there with smart meters!!

uw Customer and Distributor

espresso

tinybills4u wrote: »

Hello everyone!

Ok this may have been put in the wrong place so if it is then sorry

As a customer and distributor I see you wanted to know the broadband speed for UW, well here is mine:

Sorry did try to do a link but it would not let me nor will it let me use the pic As you will see its

6.9Mb download
0.81 Mb upload

Now please dont jump dowm my neck here people as the following is my view only and nothing ells..

These speeds I am getting are great as it was confirmed by BT direct (can provide how you can check this) that my line would only get 5Mb on ADSL and 6Mb on ADSL 2, so given the fact I am getting almost 7Mb then I am over the moon with the results.

Regards

Jim

UW customer and distributor

Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting your speed results. You can post your link as long as you don't post the complete url, just post the path after the www. e.g. speedtest.net/result/474791696.png

I am genuinely interested in the speeds achieved on UW broadband but none of the UW regulars have posted their results requested here, I wonder why?

:rolleyes:

tinybills4u

espresso wrote: »

Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting your speed results. You can post your link as long as you don't post the complete url, just post the path after the www. e.g. speedtest.net/result/474791696.png

I am genuinely interested in the speeds achieved on UW broadband but none of the UW regulars have posted their results requested here, I wonder why?

:rolleyes:

Ah thanks! I wanted to do this but it said I could not, so thanks again for your help, ok let see if this works!

speedtest.net/result/475191846

Please put .png at the end as this is the only way I can get this to work

This may have changed as I have redone the test again!

espresso

tinybills4u wrote: »

Ah thanks! I wanted to do this but it said I could not, so thanks again for your help, ok let see if this works!

speedtest.net/result/475191846

Please put .png at the end as this is the only way I can get this to work

This may have changed as I have redone the test again!

Yes that worked fine. The forum restriction on posting links is an attempt to prevent spammers advertising. Enjoy the forums many boards.

:beer:

jimexbox

espresso wrote: »

I am genuinely interested in the speeds achieved on UW broadband but none of the UW regulars have posted their results requested here, I wonder why?

:rolleyes:

Your ASDL2+ broadband speed is limited by various factors, least of all who sends you the bill. You download speed is largely determined by your line attenuation figure, log into your router and the figure along with other data will be displayed. The higher the attenuation number, the lower your speed. Live further away from a BT exchange, and you attenuation numbers will rise. It has zero to do with UW, or another ASDL2+ ISP.

If anyone on 'normal' BB wishes to see an estimate of their predicted ASDL2+ speed with any providor, enter your attenuation number here..clicky.

1carminestocky

tinybills4u wrote: »

Ah thanks! I wanted to do this but it said I could not, so thanks again for your help, ok let see if this works!

speedtest.net/result/475191846

Please put .png at the end as this is the only way I can get this to work

This may have changed as I have redone the test again!

How far are you from the exchange, tinybills4u?

1carminestocky

tinybills4u wrote: »

Ah thanks! I wanted to do this but it said I could not, so thanks again for your help, ok let see if this works!

speedtest.net/result/475191846

Please put .png at the end as this is the only way I can get this to work

This may have changed as I have redone the test again!

How far are you from the exchange, tinybills4u? And is TalkTalk LLU enabled in your exchange?

tinybills4u

Hiya 1carminestocky

I have just checked and its saying that I am 1527m away from the exchange. So looking at this I would say my speed result are good?

As for talktalk they are live at our exchange, here are a list of the ones live at the exchange:

AOL:Enabled
O2 / Be:Enabled as of 17/05/2007
C&W / Bulldog:Not available
Edge Telecom:Not available
Entanet:Not available
Lumison:Not available
NewNet:Not available
Node4:Not available
Orange:Enabled as of 01/10/2006
Pipex:Not available
Sky / Easynet:Enabled as of 26/10/2006
Smallworld:Not available
TalkTalk (CPW):Enabled as of 02/12/2006
Tiscali:Enabled as of 03/10/2007
Tiscali TV:Enabled
WB Internet:Not available
Zen Internet:Not available


Cheers
Jim