Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
T Mobile is pretty good, £7.50 for 1gig download a month, you get about 300k speed wise. Using it to post this right now via my n73 on my laptop...
Be to be re-branded 02 Broadband
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stdPikachu
Plughole in bathtub curve
Really? All the ads for T-Mobile I've seen are placing it at ~£25pcm.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
stdPikachu said:
That might be the data card thing..?
han
love is the answer
So - is Be broadband the same as 02 broadband, now?
ie. If you sign up to Be, are you on the 02 infrastructure, support lines, etc. etc. ?
I'm living about 1min's walk from the telephone exchange, and am wondering if signing up to 02 or Be will improve my connection speed. At the moment, I rarely get more than 3Mbps with Zen, and sometimes it's pretty bad - almost as bad as dial-up.
ie. If you sign up to Be, are you on the 02 infrastructure, support lines, etc. etc. ?
I'm living about 1min's walk from the telephone exchange, and am wondering if signing up to 02 or Be will improve my connection speed. At the moment, I rarely get more than 3Mbps with Zen, and sometimes it's pretty bad - almost as bad as dial-up.
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
It's more the other way round. Ring 'em up and ask them to do a line test. That'll tell you your theoretical max.
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
Might be worth getting the BT DSL improvement thingy they have invented. Some sort of filtering thing for noise on the line.
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/02/bt-speeds-broadband-gadget
han
love is the answer
han
love is the answer
Fab - will ask about that, too. Thanks.
So, Chris - you reckon it's better to sign up with Be than 02 (bearing in mind I'm an 02 mobile customer so can get up to 20mbps for £15 a month....) ?
On the Be website it said I can get up to 18.5mps - -which would be a massive improvement on the 3-4 that I get now.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Are Be still decent? We're (finally!) getting rid of Orange as our broadband provider at home and I fancy a nice, fast and reliable net connection for a change (and to play Mario Kart online 
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Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
Are Be still decent? We're (finally!) getting rid of Orange as our broadband provider at home and I fancy a nice, fast and reliable net connection for a change (and to play Mario Kart online
Are for me.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Except they give you a bullshit figure.
We were told we'd get 16 meg, I've never seen it go past 8.
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
Interesting. I was told I'd get 14 and got 14. Have you complained?
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Were you told that or was it one of those 'up to 16meg' advertising speaks?
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
No, they did the line test and told me it was capable of 16 meg.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Yep, they tried to claim it was because I wasn't using their own brand router, which is bullshit as far as I'm concerned.
Edit:
Just got this on speedtest.net, which is the worst I've ever seen on our line
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
Yep, they tried to claim it was because I wasn't using their own brand router, which is bullshit as far as I'm concerned.
Edit:
Just got this on speedtest.net, which is the worst I've ever seen on our line
I would suggest using the BeBox they supply as the ADSL2+ settings are tuned for their service. Quite a good router I must say.
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
That's not the same as "you will get 16 meg".
I'm on the 8 meg be broadband and speedtest.net tell me I've got 5 gig.
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
Nice to hear it can go the other way too
I meant 5 meg...Imagine a 5 gig connection!
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
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