TalkTalk Broadband load of rubbish

[Deleted User]

macman wrote: »

Er, listen to it-any crackling or hiss? Or dial 17070, select option 2, Quiet Line test. If present, report it as a line fault to your line rental provider-not as a broadband fault.

No it doesn't crackle or hiss. Hence why I asked as thought it was something else. :rotfl:

I dialed 17070 but there was no option 2.

espresso

So is "TalkTalk Broadband load of rubbish"?

What are your stats. now?

brwab

Interesting read. I'm moving to my first place with my girlfriend next month and TalkTalk were actually the guys we were looking at joining. £30pm budget for line rental and unlimited broadband.

TalkTalk

Hi LeeUk,

If you tweet us @TalkTalkCare or join the TalkTalk Members Forum we are more than happy to look into the details of your speed and advise you further.

Cheers


Mark
TalkTalk Online Community Department

bod1467

Deleted_User wrote: »

I dialed 17070 but there was no option 2.

You don't get any options on a full LLU'd line (like a TT connection is). The equivalent is to pick up the handset and dial 0 - it cuts the dial tone and will wait until you get the bee-boo sound indicating the handset being off the hook. For that intervening time you should be able to listen for any line noise.

[Deleted User]

ADSL (Sync) Summary
System uptime: 128:23:16
Modem ADSL (Sync) uptime: 56:49:03
Interleaving: On
ADSL mode: ADSL2+
ADSL settings: PVC:0/38
ADSL line speed (kbps): up 747 down 4588
Line attentuation (dB): up 10.5 down 27.0
SN margin (dB): up 8.0 down 6.6

Also is there a way to turn off the annoying "URL not found so here's a TalkTalk branded spam page full of spammy links" or do I have to change the DNS server IP's?

If a URL is incorrect I'd prefer my browser to just tell me, not have to be redirected to a page of spam.

Nivation

You'd have to change the primary and secondary dns servers from the router I reckon. If you choose to do that I'd suggest grc dns benchmark utility - it tells you which dns servers will display adverts and which don't, as well as which are the fastest.

espresso

Deleted_User wrote: »

Also is there a way to turn off the annoying "URL not found so here's a TalkTalk branded spam page full of spammy links" or do I have to change the DNS server IP's?

If a URL is incorrect I'd prefer my browser to just tell me, not have to be redirected to a page of spam.

Your broadband speed definitely appears to be capped because you should be getting much much faster than 4.5MB on ADSL2+ with an attenuation of only 27dB - typical TalkTalk spreading it as thinly as possible! As I said it's cheap for a reason.

Change the DNS servers in the router e.g. Open DNS:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
to remove the "TalkTalk branded spam page full of spammy links"

TalkTalk

Hi Lee,

Have you tried to contact us using the details previously provided so we can assist you with your queries?

Cheers

Mark
TalkTalk Online Community Department

[Deleted User]

TalkTalk_Company_Representative wrote: »

Hi Lee,

Have you tried to contact us using the details previously provided so we can assist you with your queries?

Cheers

Mark
TalkTalk Online Community Department

Hi, yes I've been in touch via Twitter but I still have a low ADSL connection speed.