Blackie Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I am fed up with aol kicking me off every ten mins, not conecting for days at a time and having to wait for ages to talk to there advisers, My misses was on the phone a total of seven hours. So i'm switching to BT on monday. I was wondering if many of you lot use them and have you had any problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sl4444 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Got bt home hub jobby used it for about 12months and its ace we run a laptop wirlessly and the main pc on a lan connection from it and it is supper fast and has not once! touch wood! kicked me off:p The home hub internet phone is poo though so crackly its not worth using;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiten55 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 you must be one of the lucky ones mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I have but im going to be switching to be http://www.bethere.co.uk. although bt have been ok they are just too overpriced. Instal as little of the bt software as possible. If using a wireless laptop dont install no bt software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sl4444 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Yeah that is what bt said about my laptop:p Guess i must be lucky then i aint had any probs at all its running 6meg download speed, Know what you mean about overpriced though but hey ho at least it works as its suposed to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steviekid Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I've got BT broadband. The line itself is good but my toaster would probably be a better modem than the home hub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 Got bt home hub jobby used it for about 12months and its ace we run a laptop wirlessly and the main pc on a lan connection from it and it is supper fast and has not once! touch wood! kicked me off:p The home hub internet phone is poo though so crackly its not worth using;) I have been pming a mate on here and have decided to give it a trail but may go with adifferent provider. When it turns up seth you can come and set it up for me, There will be Kitkats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwayne Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 i just got the bt package and it came with the hub, phone and a free bt vision box. never used the phone because its always stuck to the side of my kids head and the vision box is still in its box! no trouble with the internet though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiten55 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I have been pming a mate on here you have mates whats the world coming too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 "Give it a trail" lol, I've used 'em for a few years and nothing has got through. That maybe down to McAfee too. I'm not sure. End of day, a programmer turned to me and said he uses nothing, just backs up every couple of weeks. You takes yer choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 AOL is utter crap BT is crap Bethere is good if they have equipment in the exchange and you are not too far away Zen is ace but expensive This is a great site for checking your exchange info :- http://www.samknows.com/broadband/search.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 you have mates whats the world coming too It was you you moron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 It was you you Is he chinese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sl4444 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 you know i love a kitkat;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I started recommending BT to business customers a while ago. They have some annoying anti spam policies (mail relay whitelist where they check on WHOIS and compare postal addresses), extra cost for static IP etc, but they seem to be OK, not too over subscribed (i.e. it's fast enough), the customer support on the business side is good enough if you know what the problem is yourself and are able to explain things. They're good enough if you don't, but the problem I had with Demon was when they transferred their support to India or wherever, they were useless in the former situation, somewhat condescending and almost totally unable to escalate matters to real technical people, much like I encountered with Wanadoo (not my own, on behalf of customers), hence why I'm quite happy with BT's business broadband stuff. I think though that the residential support might be India based? Not sure. I use the 0845 600 7020 when I need to call them. I'm with Be personally and have a few customers who I've directed that way as well, maybe more from now on. I worry they'll be oversubscribed soon with their unacceptably low prices and O2 also offering out Be's network at even lower prices. Their support has been fabulous with me during some slightly weird phoneline/number circumstances on my behalf. Very good to deal with. Oh and Be's multi-static-IP stuff isn't ideal. They bridge your router with their network and allocate you a few IP's on their subnet, rather than giving you your own little subnet. So you can't for example have a nice router firewalling the static IPs nicely unless you do something like 1-1 NAT for each IP and use a private IP address on your machines that would otherwise have had the public but firewalled IPs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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