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cancel talk talk early and best local speeds

Hi guys

got a few months left on my talk talk contract, been with them around 6 years but fed up of the now monthly 2-3 days dropping of connection (numerous calls to them over those said days, unable to understand a word they say and vice versa, being told I need a £50 engineer to come out..no way am I paying them any such fee) then after *tests* at their end it working fine for a few more weeks till same happens again

anyway got about 4 months left on my latest 12 months contract and want to cancel, do they charge, even if its their own fault I am leaving for crap service

I am getting about 5-6 mbs speed which is pretty slow now I am using sky on demand, lovefilm/netflix etc so want a better faster and more reliable supplier

who are the best (providing I can get them in my area, someone once said I had to go back to BT for a year before I could go to sky or whoever, is this true?

Paying £30 p/m for broadband and a phone I rarely ever use and want a better deal for my money, btw just signed up a new contract with sky tv so dont want any other tv deals etc, just want rid of crappy talk talk

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  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 20 February 2013 at 8:36PM
    Sky LLU Unlimited would seem the obvious choice if you have Sky TV.
    ......................and your exchange has it.
    Sky may be able to do an LLU to LLU transfer from talk Talk.
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    If there is a line fault on the local loop, or an issue with your own wiring or extension sockets, then switching ISP's will make no difference whatsoever. Could be an intermittent fault caused by water getting into the line-does it tend to dro when it's been raining?
    LLU to LLU is normally very difficult, but there are reports that Sky have sometimes been able to do it.
    As penrhyn sugests, first check that you can get Sky LLU.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • dodger1
    dodger1 Posts: 4,579 Forumite
    BigDebtBoy wrote: »
    I am getting about 5-6 mbs speed which is pretty slow now I am using sky on demand, lovefilm/netflix etc so want a better faster and more reliable supplier

    That's way more than you need for netflix, don't know about the others though.
    It's someone else's fault.
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