Getrag Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Just moving in to new flat and wondering what the latest and best phone/broadband bundles are. I've got a good deal on mobile phone so will probably use that for a lot of the phone calls. A fast and reliable connection is important so dont mind paying a bit for that. Any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogmaw Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Just stay away from Orange! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getrag Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 Lol, thats who I'm with for phone and BB at the moment. BB has just kept getting slower and slower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garetheves Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I think the sky package is appealing. Thats probably the one ill go for when i get my new flat. Think its £25 a month for basic Sky Tv, BB and a phone. Not bad really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Lol, thats who I'm with for phone and BB at the moment. BB has just kept getting slower and slower. noticed this too - plus my "livebox" goes titup atleast 30+ times a day (i.e. it reboots itself) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mas Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I'm with Virgin and its £20 for both phone and broadband, they came installed it within a week too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I use orange and, don't really have any problems, phone package is 400 mins + an extra 200 + 1000 texts and the broadband is thrown in for £30 a month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I use orange and, don't really have any problems, phone package is 400 mins + an extra 200 + 1000 texts and the broadband is thrown in for £30 a month i pay a fiver more get 850 min and unlimited text + 4mb 3g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 ive heard sky broadband isnt too good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 ohh also you should check how far you are away from your exchange and who has unbundled loops on it. There is a website that tells you, ill need to find it. These companies will give you the faster speeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Just stay away from Orange! I use orange, I had a problem once where my connection went down for a few days and had to phone customers a hundred times to get the problem resolved, but I can't complain as it's free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VELOCITY Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I'm with sky, cheap and fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 we have virgin [taken over from telewest.] have had a few problems .They now charge for giving you a bill.if you do get a broadband problem you have to speak to one of there engineers at a premium rate. crap if you ask me.all they do is show the same programes over and over again on different channels on the tv.I know ive sat here with a broken foot watching the crap for the last three months. Rant over:violin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I've found the service from Virgin has been a lot better now they've sorted out their proxy issues. I'd go with them if you're in a cable area. Good phone & BB bundles available. http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/bundles/bundles.html . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBDJ Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 ohh also you should check how far you are away from your exchange and who has unbundled loops on it. There is a website that tells you, ill need to find it. These companies will give you the faster speeds. http://www.samknows.com/ From the experiences of my parents, I would also steer clear of Sky. It's been better since I swapped their router, but it's still crap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getrag Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 http://www.samknows.com/ From the experiences of my parents, I would also steer clear of Sky. It's been better since I swapped their router, but it's still crap... Can you give me a little more information please. I'm quite attracted to the Sky tv/BB/line bundle. Newb: whats a router and how did you swap it? Cheers dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBDJ Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 It really depends what you want your ADSL for; I'm not overly fussed on overall throughput - stability and low latency are more important to me. Sky have typical pings of 50ms+ The problems my parents have are fluctuating performance and dropouts. Of course this could be their exchange, but then they never had any problems before being LLU'd. My dad has given up ringing tech support as they are apparently useless The router is the device Sky supply to connect your PC(s) to the ADSL line. The Sky supplied box is a rebranded and refirmwared Netgear box - swapping it out requires a bit of fiddling but isn't difficult. Since then, the dropouts have been less and the wireless works better. I think a lot of it is probably down to your local exchange though - in heavily populated areas, I bet they have loads of subscribers due to price, which will probably impact performance. Best bet is to have a read here, and decide what you want to actually do with your connection: http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=sky&page=1&view=expanded&sb=5&o=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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