onefulham Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hi, bit of advice please, we are currantly with Talk Talk for our Broadband and Sky for line and calls, we Pay £16 to Talk Talk, plus £20+ odd I think to Sky for line and calls, with extra free up to hour calls and internationals to our friends in NZ. Tried changing a while back to Sky Broadband in a package for free, as we have everything else with them, but they do not do full internet in our area, so they would charge and it is the same as Talk Talk, so I thought its not worth the change, plus been told Talk Talk is Cr*p to deal with and change. I am still thinking of changing to BT, I wonder if anyone has any actual experience of changing from say Talk Talk to BT ? Also my wife really wants an iPad, she is getting a bonus this week and has no idea how much, first profit share they have had in years, she is talking of getting the cheaper Wi-Fi iPad 2, that there are better deals on and told the new iPad is not THAT much better than the 2. With BT there is free access too, it says thousands of free wi-fi hot spot areas, just wonder how good are these and are they spread out, not just thousands in a few City centers ? Thank you for any help or advice. All the best Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Been with BT since year dot, so I can't tell you how easy it is to swap as I have never known any different. In all that time the line has never been out once (apart from cable upgrade by their contractors who didn't warn us) and it is in use all day long. I have just go over to Infinity which is obviously quicker, but as we had very quick broadband before I haven't seen a massive speed increase for day to day stuff, apart from large filedownloads - but then a lot of that depends on the hosts speed anyway. If you look at the BT Fon site and put your postcode in you will see how many hotspots there are near you, they are increasing all the time but in my experience the access is normally not that quick. The reason being you are quite often piggy backing off another BT customers router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Following loads of hassle with BT I changed to Utilities Warehouse,a little known company but have won quite a few industry awards over the years apparently.Have been with them for about 4 years now.No complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huffhuff Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Personally speaking, I have tried 6 'other' providers in the last 2 years (work - I have 4 lines bonded). Each time, I end up going back to BT. This is normally down to poor service when it comes to faults. Ultimately, if it's going over copper...it's BT that fix it. So if you are with TalkTalk for example, and you get a fault - they then two-and-throw for a few days and finally it gets to BT. If you get broadband with BT - it cuts all of that out. Only one call to make and it's their system/network. In terms of iPad - I think you will be fine with an iPad2, which is great as they just dropped in price Bear-in-mind, if you have a talktalk email address - you will probably lose it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulr5604 Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 When i moved house i changed from talk talk to bt you have to give them a months notice that you are leaving but went okay for me and the bt broadband is a lot quicker than with talk talk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Marty Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 BT told me they would take care of everything if I went to them,just never got round to it yet.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 I'm just in the middle o changing over to BT infinity (at last!!! No more 1mb connection), all very easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 BT....Brilliant Broadband the best Ive had and ive had 6 other providers since 2003. all rubbish in comparison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingnewport Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Orange are ****, just thort id say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmaxphil Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 if you have a smart phone bt fon is a real boon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 while this thread is open, is anyone on here on virgin fibre optic, we have it in our road, how good is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 I wouldn't touch virgin with a barge pole, both my father and fil have had awful contention issues plus the tech support is rubbish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Orange are ****, just thort id say I have them at home, and seems to work fine for me and they worked out cheapest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Marty Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 I have them at home, and seems to work fine for me and they worked out cheapest Iam with orange good enough no problem there just found it lacks a bit when it comes to customer services.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren m Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 anyone got sky broadband -- any opinions thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 I am sitting here struggling on a 3g dongle as my work BT Broadband is down AGAIN today after being down last week for a day. At least with BT they do send someone one when it does go wrong I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 I was with aol for years, and got fed up speaking to bangalore, there is no fault with your line sir can you speak up? went with BT last year, been great they promised me 2k speeds only had 1k maximum, but 500m was the best before, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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