Doc Holliday Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 I'm just wondering which media supplier folk on here use. I use Virgin and to be honest, they are pretty dire. There router keeps freezing up and they keep wanting to go through the settings. OK, I have called them about it in a year or so but it's only because I find them very stressful to deal with and I end up getting so wound up with them. I called them today and told them if they don't sort it I'm going to walk. Their answer - "I need you to go in to your account so we can change the settings". My response - "Are you even listening to me? I've already told you that that doesn't do jack!". And I get to pay them about £60 a.month for the please of having to reboot my router 2 or 3 times a week (I kid you not). I have one if those smart TV'S so we tend to watch catch up through that as the Tivo box takes too long to get its rear end in to gear. We only use the landline for the alarm to dial out on and don't make any calls from it. I would like to use Plus net but I don't think they do TV. Will check their site shortly. Who do you use and do you rate them or slate them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 To be honest you'll get people who are happy with a particular supplier and as many who are unhappy. It's hit and miss I am afraid. Personally I have been with BT and find them good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 "I would like to use Plus net but I don't think they do TV" not sure what you mean, are you talking about smart TV catch-up? been with my ISP Plusnet for 3 years had no problems, got unlimited broadband and phoneline plus any time free calls (max 1 hour then redial) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 AVB has it right. I was with Virgin for years. Awesome. Now with BT. Bag-o-*****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Look at you view STB, we are with sky just got a really good deal but Broadband is not as good as sky was at previous place so might go to Virgin but wil stick with it for 12 months, if you ditch Virgin you'll need a dish or aerial for live TV and can choose a set top box or just use the "smart TV " function. Plus net are BT by another name but do have some, good offers if your streaming TV you need good speed and unlimited downloads (getting rare these days) fibre BB isn't cheap or available in all areas speeds still generally lower than Virgin to.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 been with virgin for years, originally line was telewest cable. used to be fantastic but the last 12 months can be lot of interuptions such as having to reboot wifi and tv box regularly. our nearest server is milton keynes which is a couple of hundred miles away so we are at the end of the line and things can be slow. did at one point think about going to plusnet but sacked the idea due to dire service ratings when we looked. we have the two teens in the house including ourselves so lots of usage. decided to stay put for time being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Have been with Virgin a couple of years now, no problems, tivo box works fine, and run 36mb of internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fse10 Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 With Virgin have been for many years have the quickest internet they do & a tivo box, plus phone never had any problems . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a303 Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 BT were horrific and Virgin 100mb fibre is mega. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 I'm with virgin. way better than sky. Broadband speed is way faster than I need ( when my kids are over we can stream 4 movies at once no problem ) . remote control was playing up so they sent a new one. Tivo box was a bit slow so they sent an engineer to install the latest one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggum Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 I'm with sky for TV as I hated the TiVo box from Virgin but have phone and broadband from Virgin as sky can't compete with their broadband speeds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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