Moved to BT

[gw_gamer_luke]

Probably should have posted this first but its ordered and on its way.

Currently with talk talk and well... nothing more to say about them.

Just wanted to ask you guys some questions.

What do you think of BT, good support?, good internet speeds for your area?, if you had any problems with them.

What do you think of the BT Homehub? do you think i should upgrade to a better one?

i play a lot of online games and i download a lot using utorrents, do you think BT is good for these kind of tasks?

is it easy to open nat connection on BT?
I know that my d-link router and talk talk wont let me and i get pushed around when i ring them.

Thanks for your help, luke

 

[Swifty55]

o.O

BT are crap...

/thread.

 

[Gzero]

Probably should have posted this first but its ordered and on its way.

Currently with talk talk and well... nothing more to say about them.

Just wanted to ask you guys some questions.

What do you think of BT, good support?, good internet speeds for your area?, if you had any problems with them.

What do you think of the BT Homehub? do you think i should upgrade to a better one?

i play a lot of online games and i download a lot using utorrents, do you think BT is good for these kind of tasks?

is it easy to open nat connection on BT?
I know that my d-link router and talk talk wont let me and i get pushed around when i ring them.

Thanks for your help, luke

What choices did you have? Look at Samknows.com.

Waiting for Rroff to come in and tell you off.

 

[Creelers]

I'd recommend getting rid of the HomeHub but forwarding ports is easy on the Hub, however it is still a terrible router.

 

[gw_gamer_luke]

on samknows.com bt is 3 best for my area, but currently with talk talk bt has to be better

 

[Swifty55]

What are the others?

 

[gw_gamer_luke]

o2 was first
orange second,
bt third
plussnet fourth

 

[Swifty55]

O2?

That the LLU or ADSL MAX one?

What's your exchange?

 

[gw_gamer_luke]

approximately 2.35km from the exchange the exchange is in newcastle under lyme.

5.5Mbps or greater via ADSL2+

 

[gw_gamer_luke]

i clicked to compare packages and this is what it gave me http://www.comparebroadband.co.uk/home-broadband/ results for st56pl

 

[muon]

Did you get BT Option 3?

You should go for Be Unlimited at £17.88 a month.

https://www.bethere.co.uk/web/beportal/homepage

edit:

Alternatively O2 Home Premium Broadband @£15 a month.

https://www.o2broadband.o2.co.uk/broadBandOverview.do

 

[gw_gamer_luke]

yh the one with 20meg and unlimited download ussage

 

[Swifty55]

OMG dude...

Cancel your order with BT and either get Be* or O2 LLU...

 

[Ryan111]

yh the one with 20meg and unlimited download ussage

You wont get either of them with BT. They have a 100GB FUP for a start...

 

[gw_gamer_luke]

will they offer more than 6meg in my area and what calls rates do they have?

 

[gw_gamer_luke]

100Gb FUP?

 

[Ryan111]

You still need a BT landline for BE/O2 but you will get a much much better service from either of them compared to BT

Yeah, if you download more than 100GB in a month you will be capped to (I think) half a meg from 5pm to 12pm (I think) something like that anyway...

 

[muon]

will they offer more than 6meg in my area and what calls rates do they have?

Your line will remain with BT. So call rates will be BT rates.

 

[Swifty55]

will they offer more than 6meg in my area and what calls rates do they have?

Be* don't currently have a home phone service, but they are going to be releasing one very soon.

O2 on the otherhand do. Check their website...

Both Be* and O2 are currently the best ISP's in the UK...

 

[gw_gamer_luke]

but the internet connection will run down the bt line and ive been told my line can only hold 6meg