BT or Be Unlimited?

Rizo-UK · 16 May 2012 at 18:19

Im able to leave Sky due to issues with serious congestion in the evenings.

Both are the same price per month £26

But i can get O2 The Works as im a mobile customer for £10.50 which runs on the BE LLU.

What would you do?

Both offer the same speed. 6-7mbps.

kmufc77 · 16 May 2012 at 18:27

BE all day long. BT ADSL are known for traffic shaping, throttling p2p, and having a 100GB download limit even though there are advertised as unlimited.

Also if you download too much data your DL speed will be capped for the whole month with BT!

Ive had both, and BE are way better, there support is also very very good on the forums.

KIA · 16 May 2012 at 18:30

O2 if you can handle the traffic shaping.

Rizo-UK · 16 May 2012 at 18:32

Do O2 traffic shape then even tho they are the same behind the scenes as BE?

Angerer · 16 May 2012 at 18:32

FTTC for that price mate. forget adsl2 and get vdsl2 instead

moogle · 16 May 2012 at 18:33

O2 have traffic shaping, but are still okay.

If you're on Be* for long enough you can get a long time member discount if you renew with them

Depends if you're going to stay with them a while though.

Rizo-UK · 16 May 2012 at 18:34

We were with them with my mum + dad for 4 years so i can get 3 months free discount on BE.

Rizo-UK · 16 May 2012 at 18:35

Angerer said:
FTTC for that price mate. forget adsl2 and get vdsl2 instead

I'd love to but we dont get FTTC here yet

it sucks

Angerer · 16 May 2012 at 18:37

Rizo-UK said:
I'd love to but we dont get FTTC here yet it sucks

Then go with Be mate, I was with them for 3 years and no dramas at all.

But whats with their "up to 16mb" for £27? used to be upto 24mb for £22 :confused:

aln · 16 May 2012 at 18:47

Rizo-UK said:
I'd love to but we dont get FTTC here yet it sucks

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/SSCIR

Be will give you a 3 month contract, but it'll be slightly more expensive per month. Might be worth the consideration.

Nightglow · 16 May 2012 at 18:51

I go with Be, they do monthly contracts, four or five months, then change to FTTC when it comes.

finite · 16 May 2012 at 19:08

I haven't had BT ADSL for years, but there have been one too many network issues with Be lately like the link to the XBL authentication servers down from late afternoon to the end of the day and only was really better the next morning. They blamed MS for releasing a slew of OS updates.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing I could have switched to BT ADSL and had 6 months free prior to Infinity.

[Darkend]Viper · 16 May 2012 at 19:16

I;m with BE and have been for 2 years, had no probs except the odd routing problem to xbl, but for the no traffic shaping, no limits it's great.

Rizo-UK · 16 May 2012 at 19:26

aln said:
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/SSCIR

Be will give you a 3 month contract, but it'll be slightly more expensive per month. Might be worth the consideration.

Does FTTC RFS Date mean the date its available from? Will that be provided via BT?

aln · 16 May 2012 at 19:44

Rizo-UK said:
Does FTTC RFS Date mean the date its available from? Will that be provided via BT?

It's the proposed date that OpenReach plan they'll be finished upgrading the Exchange by, and where the enabled cabinets will then be able to order. They could be delayed, but the date hopefully means you'll get FTTC sometime between Jul-Sept.

Even if your exchange get's done, if you happen to be on a Exchange Only line, or aren't on one of the cabs they fibre up, then you're probably out of luck. You seen any new cabs prop up?

ince · 16 May 2012 at 20:27

Be stick with them and you can get a great deal

Rizo-UK · 16 May 2012 at 21:00

aln said:
It's the proposed date that OpenReach plan they'll be finished upgrading the Exchange by, and where the enabled cabinets will then be able to order. They could be delayed, but the date hopefully means you'll get FTTC sometime between Jul-Sept.

Even if your exchange get's done, if you happen to be on a Exchange Only line, or aren't on one of the cabs they fibre up, then you're probably out of luck. You seen any new cabs prop up?

I am on a direct to exchange line :eek:

opethdisciple · 16 May 2012 at 23:39

Rizo-UK said:
Im able to leave Sky due to issues with serious congestion in the evenings.

Both are the same price per month £26

But i can get O2 The Works as im a mobile customer for £10.50 which runs on the BE LLU.

What would you do?

Both offer the same speed. 6-7mbps.

ignore

storm45 · 17 May 2012 at 00:30

BE, best internet i had, never ever slowed down and truly unlimited!

Cold_And_Miserable · 17 May 2012 at 01:09

BT Infinity > Virgin Media (in a good area) > Be Unlimited > Virgin Media (in a bad area)