I'm considering going broadband.
Does anyone here use the Post Office? Is it any good?

What should I avoid? I'm only interested in broadband and phone packages.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 5 Jan 2009, 13:48, 13 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

*pulls apart jap's eye to pretend penis is talking in a mickey mouse-style voice again*
Hello Enzyme, I don't know the answer to your question, but how are you doing anyway?
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 5 Jan 2009, 14:00, Reply)

Noon, Bert
I'm fine, now that you've stopped wagging your knob at me. You?
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 5 Jan 2009, 14:04, Reply)

We're on Pipex
And so far it's been OK, although a lot of people would say the opposite. As they would no matter which company you decided upon, frankly, be it the Post Office, AOL, BT, tiscali, NTL, or Honest Harry's Broadband Supplies Ltd (free pen included with every contract in case you need to write a letter when your email goes tits up).

£30 a month, including line rental, and free calls to UK landlines anytime.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 5 Jan 2009, 14:11, Reply)

"people would say the opposite. As they would no matter which company you decided upon"
See that archi-Dalek? He speaks wisdom.

Oh, yes.
:)
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 5 Jan 2009, 14:14, Reply)

I am old and wise
and my work is done.

's true though. For every person spouting to merits of a particular company, you'll get 10 saying that they're shit.

*shrugs*
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 5 Jan 2009, 14:16, Reply)

this is entirely true
for what it's worth, I have Virgin cable for phone, tv and internet.

All 3 have been fast and problem free.

and it means I don't have to pay those cunts at BT a single penny
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Jan 2009, 14:22, Reply)

Yep
Depends what you want it for as well. I've had no problem with Pipex, bar a small glitch with the filters a couple of weeks back which meant the connection kept dropping - couple of new filters later, it's fine.

All we use it for is general internet access and phone calls. But if you're looking to do something like online gaming I have it on good authority that Pipex isn't ideal for this kind of thing. Which suits me, frankly.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 5 Jan 2009, 14:26, Reply)

We've had
Orange (excellent when I was living on the farm, crap where I am now), BT (crap constantly) and now Tiscali for about the last year or so and it's been great. It's reliable, fast(ish), phone calls are included and recently they fixed the telephone cables too so the clicking and crackling on the line has gone.

But as DG says - for every provider that someone finds good there will be a few naysayers.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 5 Jan 2009, 14:44, Reply)

I got my boredbrand
from Waitrose when I was renting :) was quite good but not sure they do phones as well.

We have a BT home hub at home which is pretty fast (between 40-60mb/s) seeing as we live in Buttfuck nowheresville, Cambs.
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 5 Jan 2009, 14:59, Reply)

In my experience:
Demon and Be are good.

Pipex are ok depending on your area.

Tiscali customer service is abysmal.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 5 Jan 2009, 15:18, Reply)

I'm
with Virgin.

Only had 1 problem in 2 years when they cut us off for 3 hours, all sorted over the phone.

Tiscali used to (about 3ish years ago) be the most over-subscribed network in the UK. Not sure about it now.

NewNet is local to me, and we have several lines at work from them (I don't live near my work) and never had an issue. They are pretty cheap for limited packages too.

I had BT broadband for a good 5ish years, was pretty solid, although only 512Kbp/s.

O2 seem to be good from what i've heard from friends, although none of them have needed customer service yet.

Demon were complete shite.

Oh, and if you need some advice on technologies, let me know, I have worked for several ISPs in many roles :)
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Mon 5 Jan 2009, 16:46, Reply)

Be!
I'm with Be and find them to be rather splendid, if a touch complicated when moving house.

BT Broadband were unequivocally shit in every respect.

When someone else paid for it, Pipex were not bad but we were on an industry contract. Apparently, their domestic service is not as good.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Mon 5 Jan 2009, 17:24, Reply)

I have tiscali and it's not been too bad.
On the few occasions I've had to call Tiscali customer services though, it has been dire.

There is a little pic of me on several office walls in Mumbai or Bombay or wherever they have their offices, with many dart holes I'm sure.
( girlinthehole, Mon 5 Jan 2009, 19:44, Reply)