Be* - Yay or Nay?

Bennah

Bennah

Bennah

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We need to change our internet fast. Pipex is doing our heads in. Its bloody too slow. FUP is killnig us at peak times and at weekends.

Anyway, Ive been looking around and Be seems to be a good option. Its live at our exchange so why not give it a go.

Has anyone on here had any problems with them, connecting, setting up, day to day use?

Thinking of going with the Pro service @ £22 p/m.
 
errata said:
I found them very slick in getting the order processed, modem dispatched, information provided was good.

I had issues with my line being slow and unstable on the pro service. It was easily downgraded to an upto 8mb service (achieving 7mb)

The free thomson router was Ok but had a relatively weak wirelesss signal, It also tried to hang on to a higher adsl speed leading to frequent disconnets.

Only other issue I have has been some probelems with their DNS service which now appears to have been resolved.

Overall not as relaiable as ZEN internet, but much much cheaper and will be staying with them.

substantial discount on sigining up was avilable from quidco
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We have a modem and wireless router already in use atm which is working fine. Can we just keep using these and not use the Be provided all in one modem and wireless router?

How slow was the line on the pro service? So it was faster on the 'slower' service?
 
Theres so much stuff in the spare room, forgot that we dont have a modem connected to the router, its built in :p My bad.

The router is a Netgear DG834GT. We've had it for a couple of years now. Does us proud. Not had any problems with it since day one.
 
Aekeron said:
Ah..As luck would have it, that's one of the few routers that is better than the bebox on on Be's service (at least in terms of stability and sync speeds). Be sure to upgrade it to one of the unofficial firmwares (far better stability) but aside from that, you'll be good to go :)

You may need to make it use the MAC address of the BeBox to get things up and running quickly.

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As said above, be sure to signup via Quidco and also use the 'refer a friend' option (if you don't have a friend, email in trust and I'll put you in contact with someone I know who's on Be...I'm sadly 'between internets' at the mo). The total savings are around the £70 mark iirc.
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Thanks for the info.

Never heard of Quidco before. I'l sign up if its free.

Im just waiting on Pipex to send me a MAC address. Pipex is in my dads name, so hes cancelling that. Im setting up Be in my name.

I have heard of the referal thing and savings. I remember that someone a while ago actually referred me but that expired I think.
 
MarcLister said:
Hey Bennah. Interested in getting Be at home and dropping BT. How do you do the transfer? Would BT cut me off instantly and I'd be left with no broadband until Be activated my account?
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As said above, you will have to contact BT for a MAC code.

I phoned Pipex up and they are sending one through the post. Once I have that Im going to give it to Be. You can sign up for Be services over the net without a MAC code. You just fill it in once you get it then they finally process your order.

As we pay Pipex at the start of the month we have internet access for this month so they would'nt cut us off untill we finally move over. Once I get the shout from Be then Pipex will be told and the switch should work nicely.
 
Recieved the Be Box today. Not going to use it as my current router / modem is good enough.

There was a covering letter with the Be Box too. States installation date as 15th May (Tomorrow). Would that be the date when the line is active?
 
Well, my Be service started today. Got in from work to fine Pipex not working.

Had to plug in the Be Box to get onto the net. Now it was a simple plug and play off you go thing.

Just to work out how to configure my Netgear router / modem to connect to Be...
 
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