Cheshirelad Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 15 hours ago, dm800 said: Not my experience I am afraid. Awful experience a few years ago. Nor mine. 40 minutes minimum on hold whenever you phone them and a general couldn't care less attitude. I went to Talk Talk, despite several doom and gloom warnings from 'people who know', and I haven't looked back. They deliver what you pay for, without any added hassles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRINITY Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 I use wireless broadband from Three. £10 per month unlimited amount. No line rental and all that ****. Plus I have a wireless mobile router that I take abroad with me so get my internet abroad on same contract. Would never ever go back to any other type of broadband again. Land lines a thing of the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, TRINITY said: I use wireless broadband from Three. £10 per month unlimited amount. No line rental and all that ****. Plus I have a wireless mobile router that I take abroad with me so get my internet abroad on same contract. Would never ever go back to any other type of broadband again. Land lines a thing of the past. hello, that sounds interesting and cheap can you post a Link ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRINITY Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, that sounds interesting and cheap can you post a Link ? Just check out three, they have these contract offers from time to time. I bought my mobile wireless router for about £40 then got a simm only contract. Further to that I have a sim only deal on my phone with three at £10 per month also. I get unlimited calls,text,and data with that. I can then turn my phone on to a mobile hub and use that for my broadband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, TRINITY said: Just check out three, they have these contract offers from time to time. I bought my mobile wireless router for about £40 then got a simm only contract. Further to that I have a sim only deal on my phone with three at £10 per month also. I get unlimited calls,text,and data with that. I can then turn my phone on to a mobile hub and use that for my broadband. hello, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRINITY Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, thanks Not much on at the moment but they do great offers but don't keep them that long. The mobile router I use is the hawaei model its about the size of a very small phone and can run about 5 separate devices. I watch live sport on the tele with it no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 40 minutes ago, TRINITY said: Not much on at the moment but they do great offers but don't keep them that long. The mobile router I use is the hawaei model its about the size of a very small phone and can run about 5 separate devices. I watch live sport on the tele with it no problem. Mobile broadband speed really depends on where you live. I tried the Three service but, despite Three promising a lot, never got more than 3mbs so I ditched it. Fortunately we have just had fibre to the premises installed by Gigaclear as part of the Rural Essex roll out. Now getting 300 mbs. Yes three hundred! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 49 minutes ago, AVB said: Mobile broadband speed really depends on where you live. I tried the Three service but, despite Three promising a lot, never got more than 3mbs so I ditched it. Fortunately we have just had fibre to the premises installed by Gigaclear as part of the Rural Essex roll out. Now getting 300 mbs. Yes three hundred! At what speed do you stop noticing a difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRINITY Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 51 minutes ago, AVB said: Mobile broadband speed really depends on where you live. I tried the Three service but, despite Three promising a lot, never got more than 3mbs so I ditched it. Fortunately we have just had fibre to the premises installed by Gigaclear as part of the Rural Essex roll out. Now getting 300 mbs. Yes three hundred! That's true, I get fast 4G so it works for me but if your local signal is poor then it's not for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 28 minutes ago, Medic1281 said: At what speed do you stop noticing a difference? Good question. For web browsing I don’t see much difference between 5 and 300, probably because there is contention at many points between you and the server hosting the website you are accessing. Downloading films is where you see a big difference. My son sees a massive difference playing x box games where apparently you can never have too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 12 hours ago, AVB said: My son sees a massive difference playing x box games where apparently you can never have too much. And mobile data tends to have more latency than "telephone wiring" - I have two gamers in my house - one is quite a good eSports racing driver - DHL Fastest Lap at Silverstone last year - the other is into general gaming and lately is doing blog casts about it as well as other stuff. When internet problems hit they are hunting me down with a pike to put my head on!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, discobob said: And mobile data tends to have more latency than "telephone wiring" - I have two gamers in my house - one is quite a good eSports racing driver - DHL Fastest Lap at Silverstone last year - the other is into general gaming and lately is doing blog casts about it as well as other stuff. When internet problems hit they are hunting me down with a pike to put my head on!!! Tell me about it. When we were on ‘slow’ broadband he was forever storming around the house shouting “whose hogging the internet”. Inevitably it was his sister watching YouTube. WW3 would then erupt. Wish I could have gotbthem into shooting instead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, AVB said: Wish I could have gotbthem into shooting instead! I tried - no joy - after buying a hatsan junior and a 410 for them 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Been with talk talk for years. I do a lot of downloading and never had a problem. They are useless on the phone, but when I don't need to phone them as it has never broken it doesn't matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrisman Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 been with Virgin for a million years and always been brill. Decided to go cheaper, so phoned Virgin and guess what? They dropped their price CONSIDERABLY. Needless to say still with them. Bless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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