How's o2?

Diamondbuild · 17 Mar 2010 at 23:05

Hey everyone

Was on BT before, and getting 1.9mbit ( 200kB/s ) max download speed.
Just switched to o2 8mbit package, due to switch over on the 23rd.
Anyone here used o2 at all? I hope I get something a bit faster than what I have on BT.
I'm 2.62km from my exchange, it supports LLU, ADSL2+, everything has a green tick next to it on SamKnows

Gzero · 17 Mar 2010 at 23:06

Its good. Synching at ~16mb.

Hardly anything to complain about (although I would like fast path :cool:

).

Daniee · 17 Mar 2010 at 23:33

I've been with O2 LLU up to 8mb for over a year now. It's been down a couple of times, but their communication was great.

Internet went off ~1am one morning. I go to bed, go to work next morning at 6am, ~9am they send me a text, which read similer to: "It appears your internet is down, we are working on the problem as fast as possible"

I then got home at 2:15pm to find that my internet is back up and working as it should be. Then ~ 4pm they send me a message saying it's all fixed.

The second time, there was advanced warning. Sent me a text message on a monday/tuesday telling me my internet might be down/slow from saturday-sunday due to some work being done somewhere. The internet seemed fine, it didn't go down and wasn't any slower.

I sync at ~6500kbps download and ~ 1100kbps upload.

Daegan · 17 Mar 2010 at 23:41

As you've already got an ADSL service in place you can take the stats from your modem/router and estimate the speeds you'll get on an ADSL2+ service like O2's. There's info in the broadband sticky.

JimboJet · 18 Mar 2010 at 02:56

I did the switch and am very happy I did so. went from 74ms ping and 4.5mb to 22ms ping and 15mb. Great communication from them, hassle free migration.

Diamondbuild · 18 Mar 2010 at 11:43

Getting that result, so hopefully I get the full 8mbit.

Bozebo · 18 Mar 2010 at 13:23

Sounds like o2 are better than Be :/ which confuses me as they are the same system but possibly cheaper and sometimes with a marginally tighter fair usage policy. I guess it all depends on the area but I know when our line goes down (and other people nearby also on Be) nothing is said about it.

Diamondbuild said:
Getting that result, so hopefully I get the full 8mbit.

http://www.speedtest.net

Diamondbuild · 18 Mar 2010 at 13:37

I get 1.9/0.40 on a good day

Azuse05 · 18 Mar 2010 at 14:01

Bozebo said:
Sounds like o2 are better than Be :/ which confuses me as they are the same system but possibly cheaper and sometimes with a marginally tighter fair usage policy. I guess it all depends on the area but I know when our line goes down (and other people nearby also on Be) nothing is said about it.

Please point me to the tighter fup.

Bes base price is higher (well it's not subbed by mobiles) but includes a static ip and most people who've been with then more than a year have hinted at leaving and been dropped to or below the o2 base price

When planned work is carried out the same texts are sent out. When some workmen or vandals but a line (like last week) there's always a forum post with more detailed info on the usergroup - and it usually effect poor entanet too. Imagine putting your cables in the same place

O2 isn't "better", it's aimed at the less technically savvy customer. Mind you, considering the amount of data we can shift on Be without without complaint I don't grudge afew extra pounds for a year.