new isp

davew · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:53

i've been with bt for a year now and have had nothing but trouble with my connection, i was on bt max and was barely getting 1.5meg and it was very unreliable dropping the connection all the time ,i was eventually put on to a 1meg fixed line which still drops the connection but not as bad, after all the trouble i've had they refused to drop the price , bt option 3 about £27.00 a month, untill now when my contract is up and they have said i can have a discount of £2,50 a month if i agree to a 18 month contract (what a joke) so i've decided to leave but i don't know who to go with, i know my line stats are not good so i'm not expecting to get any faster speeds and probably not be any more reliable although i never have a problem with dropping connections untill i got bt max, so i figured i may as well go to some one who is cheaper , so i'm open to suggestions for a new supplier, line stats below

Line Mode G.DMT Line State Show Time
Latency Type Fast Line Up Time 00:00:54:54
Line Coding Trellis On Line Up Count 1

Statistics Downstream Upstream
Line Rate 1152 Kbps 288 Kbps
Noise Margin 22.8 dB 19.0 dB
Line Attenuation 61.0 dB 31.5 dB
Output Power 17.8 dBm 11.7 dBm
K (number of bytes in DMT frame) 37 10
R (number of check bytes in RS code word) 0 0
S (RS code word size in DMT frame) 1 1
D (interleaver depth) 1 1
Super Frames 193784 193782
Super Frame Errors 8 4
RS Words 0 0
RS Correctable Errors 0 0
RS Uncorrectable Errors 0 0
HEC Errors 3 0
OCD Errors 0 0
LCD Errors 0 0
ES Errors 0 0

Matrix · 13 Sep 2007 at 20:12

I'm on Sky max connect at 16mb and download at 1.68mb can't fault it though some people including me have had to connect the router to the master socket.

10 quid a month ( if your on sky tv already) you can't go wrong.

Very pleased with mine.

davew · 13 Sep 2007 at 22:38

i have got sky tv, but they don't cover my area i can still get b/b from them but at £17.00 a month, any other recommendations please

booyaka · 14 Sep 2007 at 11:30

ADSL24 - excellent stuff - big download amounts and 20 quid a month, never dropped a connection and no traffic shaping.

www.adsl24.co.uk

davew · 14 Sep 2007 at 19:06

i like the look of adsl24, i might give them a try at least it's on monthly contract

LoadsaMoney · 14 Sep 2007 at 21:09

Yeah Enta resellers are great, ive been on UKFSN since Feb, cracking service, no complaints here.

Trifid · 14 Sep 2007 at 21:46

Just to make a Enta based connection seem even better, they have been asked by BT (and they accepted) to trial 21CN, which includes ADSL2+.

tolien · 14 Sep 2007 at 21:58

Trifid said:
Just to make a Enta based connection seem even better, they have been asked by BT (and they accepted) to trial 21CN, which includes ADSL2+.

Only really relevant if you're on the Birmingham exchange, or perhaps the ten that will join afterwards - TB news post.

Trifid · 14 Sep 2007 at 22:13

But BT *chose them* as the only 3rd party company to test 21CN/ADSL2+.

davew · 14 Sep 2007 at 23:07

forgot to ask will my bt voyager2500v router work if i go with adsl24 or will i need to buy another.

marc2003 · 14 Sep 2007 at 23:18

by default it's locked to bt, but you can flash the firmware so you can use it with anyone. i have the same router and unlocked it to run on entanet as well.

http://www.voyager.bt.com/firmware_upgrades/cfe-voyager2500v_sip_bbv-v301q_a2pb018c1#0#

use the web interface and browse to

system>upgrade>from local pc>browse to the file

tolien · 14 Sep 2007 at 23:27

While we're on the subject of 21CN, this is interesting, especially the WBC pricing.

Trifid said:
But BT *chose them* as the only 3rd party company to test 21CN/ADSL2+.

BT *chose* hundreds of ISPs to "test" IPStream Max. Enta are, it seems, one of three:

To be selected as one of the three trialists is very exciting news for us.

I'm still not convinced that it's any reflection on Enta - Plusnet had some involvement in the Max trials (and were hardly a wonderful ISP, either in terms of engineering ability or customer numbers), but they're now part of the BT Group.
Enta has to be one of the bigger ADSL ISPs without an LLU operation though, not that I'm a conspiracy theorist - I expect Brum's the first exchange to be ready and Enta just has most customers after the BT group.

davew · 15 Sep 2007 at 00:32

marc2003 said:
by default it's locked to bt, but you can flash the firmware so you can use it with anyone. i have the same router and unlocked it to run on entanet as well.

http://www.voyager.bt.com/firmware_upgrades/cfe-voyager2500v_sip_bbv-v301q_a2pb018c1#0#

use the web interface and browse to

system>upgrade>from local pc>browse to the file

thx

Cupra · 15 Sep 2007 at 02:19

still stuck on 2mb max on the isle of man, if i stay here till next year i may get 8mb upgraded for free (its £29.95 a month atm) bloody con men

Trifid · 15 Sep 2007 at 08:01

tolien said:
While we're on the subject of 21CN, this is interesting, especially the WBC pricing.

BT *chose* hundreds of ISPs to "test" IPStream Max. Enta are, it seems, one of three:

I'm still not convinced that it's any reflection on Enta - Plusnet had some involvement in the Max trials (and were hardly a wonderful ISP, either in terms of engineering ability or customer numbers), but they're now part of the BT Group.
Enta has to be one of the bigger ADSL ISPs without an LLU operation though, not that I'm a conspiracy theorist - I expect Brum's the first exchange to be ready and Enta just has most customers after the BT group.

I'm not so sure about that. Enta has a large customer base of the 'computer market' i.e. people who visit computer forums where they are praised above all (for non-LLU). Unless there is a high concentration of enthusiasts in Brum then it wouldn't surprise me if they were not.

You still put a downer on them being picked though.

Tabbed that link. Will read after Breakfast.