desprateseagull
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Have a basic line rental and unlimited b/band with Tesco , and rather wary of TT taking over (higher costs, poor reputation..)
anyone have a good setup, elsewhere?
anyone have a good setup, elsewhere?
Have a basic line rental and unlimited b/band with Tesco , and rather wary of TT taking over (higher costs, poor reputation..)
anyone have a good setup, elsewhere?
A Tesco, Talk Talk, Sky, Post Office, You name it, broadband is a BT Openreach line with a different call centre. The only 'real' alternative is Virgin media.
Surely each ISP manages it's own servers and the traffic that passes through them?
We've had Talk Talk broadband for years, signed up when they were offering it free and we still haven't paid a penny for it.Virgin have the best broadband by miles. Not the cheapest of course, but you get what you pay for.
Have a basic line rental and unlimited b/band with Tesco , and rather wary of TT taking over (higher costs, poor reputation..)
anyone have a good setup, elsewhere?
Have a basic line rental and unlimited b/band with Tesco , and rather wary of TT taking over (higher costs, poor reputation..)
anyone have a good setup, elsewhere?
Used to Have BT. Been with Talktalk for about a year, much, much cheaper than BT, it hasn't dropped out once. It comes through exactly the same kit as did my BT account, same cable, exchange and cabinet as BT. Probably a slightly better constant speed as well.
Because it's part of Carphone warehouse they do good deals on mobiles along with your broadband. It'll be even bigger now with the Tesco stuff, Charlie Dunstan will be able to buy a new racing yacht.
And also what you don't pay for, like the two or three free line speed upgrades I've had so far.Virgin have the best broadband by miles. Not the cheapest of course, but you get what you pay for.
Surely each ISP manages it's own servers and the traffic that passes through them?
A lot of them rent space/bandwidth etc from BT Openreach, so if you have a problem its BT that need to fix it. At least thats how it used to be a few years back.
Carphone Warehouse and Talk Talk have been separate entities since 2010. Carphone Warehouse became part of the Dixons Retail Group last year.
Interesting, thanks. I might give Plusnet a call and ask them what they do, out of curiosity.
Ahh i see, this is the problem i had with Talk Talk (who inherited me as a legacy customer). Around 3pm during the week my connection got messy on Xbox Live. After speaking with a technical bod i found out that they would manage (throttle) the bandwidth during high usage peak periods. I have just switched to Plusnet fibre who reckon their policy is to prioritise gaming traffic on the network. This remains to be seen in a few weeks when they install the new face plate on my phone line and switch over from TT. I did have a good offer from TT to upgrade to fibre but thought better of it.