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volt9291

volt9291

volt9291

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Moving into a new house around June time and the only option for internet is see the light - www.seethelight.co.uk

I've done a quick Google and it only seams to show old posts(over a year old) on different forums of people having really bad experiences with them.

Does anyone have any experience with them?
 
never heard of them, 200mb connection for £39 + £14.50 for a phone line, seems they aare charging like VM like to !!

Interesting they also state no download limits, and for an extra 5.10 a month you can get an uplaod speed of 50% of your download speed, so for £44.10 you can get an uncapped/limited 200/100 connection - be interesting to see how that works out for ya.
 
We specialise in providing next-generation services over fibre-to-the-home networks. We only offer services on new housing developments, working with all the major UK housing developers.
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Backhand deal to make sure they are the "only" choice on a new build? :S
 
Orcvader said:
What area are you moving to? Seems a bit weird for only one ISP being avaliable to you.
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Its a new build, on a new estate.

Yeah I need to confirm with the developer but i think there is also a BT land line, so still have BT as an option.

See the light looks good just wondered if anybody have any experiences with them?

Everything on the website sounds ok and cost isn't too bad.
 
is that Hampshire ? Fareham.. My geography is terrible but i think i know a guy on it and he says its brilliant..
 
i have see the light broadband and phone as they dont do tv and use sky for the tv. its a new development in devon. i was worried at first after coming from virgin media that there would be issues as never having heard of STL however they are really good no issues no dropouts consistant speed etc.

no acces to BT or anyother supplier is allowed in the development at all and we are tied for 2 years i beleive , so far so good
 
KIA said:
What's the upload speed on the 300Mb package?
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Since you can upgrade to 50% of download for a fiver I assume a 10:1 ratio as standard?

Caged said:
I thought BT had a universal service obligation :confused:
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Probably is, but the contract for the rent probably has it included in a clause, building development near me has the same thing with VM, can't have dishes or Sky/BT services.
 
some new developments are tied to one provider and BT are locked out until councils take over the raods in new town areas. it can take a couple of years then BT or whomever have to retrospectivly fit their own systems.

its becoming more common that builders are tied to single providers now days.

two years nearly up and so far it has been ok but recently as the site size increases have started to notice slower speeds.
 
If the developers sign those sorts of deals and don't have the roads up to a standard that the council will adopt from day one then I can't view them as anything other than shady.
 
"Increase your upload speed on the 50Mb broadband products to be the same as your download speed for £5.10 per month. Perfect for social media and gaming."

Yes, that's just what I need 50Mb more upload for more frags :p
 
Caged said:
I thought BT had a universal service obligation :confused:
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They do have a universal obligation, but only when access is "adopted" and allowed under covernants.

Caged said:
If the developers sign those sorts of deals and don't have the roads up to a standard that the council will adopt from day one then I can't view them as anything other than shady.
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This is becoming more and more of a problem nowdays. Developers are always looking to lower costs. So signing up a company that will foot the cost of BB and phone install on a development is becoming the norm. But from a consumers point of view it can become a nightmare in the long run. Most companies doing this don't use equipment that is compatible with Openreach equipment, so just changing to Openreach when the contract is up is not an option. Even if it was, unless all the roads on a development are adopted by the local council, it wouldn't happen anyway. There are plenty of examples of this happening all over the country, there was a thread about one development on here not long ago. The only reason these companies need and want to "get in bed" with developers is so they can "lock out" Openreach from a nice juicy earner. Once done, regardless of the fact it might only be a 2 year contract, the residents simply do not have any choice but to stay with that supplier. In the long run, i think we all know exactly what happens when consumers have no choice.
 
It shouldn't be allowed. Roads should be adoptable from day one and should be a condition of planning permission. The development I'm on which is a mix of Barratt and Wimpey is 8 years and still having problems with road adoption. There's no road markings or signs etc so I guess we are a lawless mini state when it comes to motoring. Fortunately it was built prior to fiber so we so have bt openreach copper to the home.

The government should be taking a look at these tied agreements as it's really not how it should be in an open market.
 
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