o2 or BE for broadband ?

1kiwi · 13 Jun 2009 at 00:32

That is good indeed - still wouldn't risk it over a 5-a

bloodline76 · 13 Jun 2009 at 01:15

beh* said:
That is good indeed - still wouldn't risk it over a 5-a

Whats that mean?

CSA · 13 Jun 2009 at 09:57

well i think i'll go with BE pro and its its not a MASSIVE improvement on what i have now and theres no discount im going to migrate to o2 (cheaper), ive read that if i do that there is no notice needed and no cancellation charge because o2 own BE

happy days, so long sky

lol

CSA · 15 Jun 2009 at 12:10

well ive just got my mac code from sky and signed upto BE pro , well tried , stupid halifax blocked my telephone banking but im sure that will get sorted today, now im just waiting for a comfirmation email from BE, they reckon i'll be up and running in a week

w00t

Amp34 · 24 Jun 2009 at 23:47

Just to bring this thread back from the dead I'm wondering about getting my parents to switch from BT to O2 as it's a heck of a lot cheaper and hopefully faster. A couple of questions though, I take it both the Premium and Pro packages are unlimited? And also, we are synced at 2Mbps with BT, what sort of speed would we expect with O2, I assume it would be faster?

tolien · 25 Jun 2009 at 00:51

Depends whether it's fixed rate 2Mbps or not. If it isn't, probably much the same.

Locky · 25 Jun 2009 at 18:30

I phoned o2 today to ask if they could put me on fastpath or change the interleave depth, they are point blank refusing to change anything, and ive tried phoning a few times to speak to different people.

clone · 26 Jun 2009 at 09:55

O2 should be on today for me bye bye nildram

1kiwi · 10 Jul 2009 at 19:27

Locky said:
I phoned o2 today to ask if they could put me on fastpath or change the interleave depth, they are point blank refusing to change anything, and ive tried phoning a few times to speak to different people.

Thats why i pay the extra £4 extra per month for Be instead of o2. I have since moved from my old place - it took 3 weeks to activate my line because i went through sky (got the free line rental for 12months deal) but should have my Be back on tuesday. According to them max speed should be 20mb

crinkleshoes · 10 Jul 2009 at 20:28

£4 extra per month???

O2 = £9.79, Be = £17.50... just being able to select fastpath is definitely not worth £7.71 in my book.

I emailed O2 and asked them to lower my noise profile to 3dB... they did it within a couple of hours & it bumped my speed from 15.0mbit to 17.3mbit

So at least they will do that

TheTiger · 11 Jul 2009 at 23:23

I pay £12 for Be

sven256 · 11 Jul 2009 at 23:39

TheTiger said:
I pay £12 for Be

Same here.
opened a ticket a few months back, and they rand within a few hours, so i was quite impressed.

So its not bad at all when a static ip is included.

1kiwi · 16 Jul 2009 at 20:35

Just moved and got fastpath enabled:

muon · 16 Jul 2009 at 21:24

Locky said:
I phoned o2 today to ask if they could put me on fastpath or change the interleave depth, they are point blank refusing to change anything, and ive tried phoning a few times to speak to different people.

Did you get through to technical support for any of those? I've had them do many things before, such as switch annexes, change the signal noise profile. They do it without a fuss.

Amyone reckon its worthwhile switching to fastpath with this:

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 14405 kbps 1304 kbps
Line Attenuation 32.0 db 18.1 db
Noise Margin 4.9 db 6.2 db

When I was with Be I didnt switch because i was told its only really worth it for those with lower attenuations.

1kiwi · 17 Jul 2009 at 15:27

You have a better connection that i do so worth a try. It's very simply to turn off and with Be but assuming you are with o2 you may not be able to get it done in the same way.