Origin Broadband Recommendation

Steve_bullockuk · 16 Nov 2011 at 14:20

Gman said:
Went for the full 40/10 infero i think it's called.

How's it been so far?

Fantastic but im only 600 meters from my cab. 100% unlimited and no throttling. I've downloaded well over 1tb in 3 months without any warning letters etc.

My typical download speed is between 4 - 4.5mbps.

Gman · 16 Nov 2011 at 15:44

Steve_bullockuk said:
Fantastic but im only 600 meters from my cab. 100% unlimited and no throttling. I've downloaded well over 1tb in 3 months without any warning letters etc.

My typical download speed is between 4 - 4.5mbps.

Nice I'm about 10 meters away from my cab sO it's look good ......... Once it's installed

Steve_bullockuk · 16 Nov 2011 at 16:47

Gman · 16 Nov 2011 at 18:37

thought the ping might have been a little better

Steve_bullockuk · 17 Nov 2011 at 06:47

Gman said:
thought the ping might have been a little better

Really?? Its fine for gaming.

Gman · 17 Nov 2011 at 08:31

On a side note, I thought it was caPped at 40 how you getting 48 on the speed test?

Steve_bullockuk · 17 Nov 2011 at 09:43

Gman said:
On a side note, I thought it was caPped at 40 how you getting 48 on the speed test?

Unsure. Presuming I must be the only customer on my cabinet at the minute.

BuZ · 18 Nov 2011 at 13:29

Will it be available anywhere else in the future?

Gman · 18 Nov 2011 at 18:20

Just south Yorkshire unless other regions start their own schemes

Steve_bullockuk · 7 Dec 2011 at 11:31

Did you get this enabled Gman? How have you found it so far?

ci_newman · 7 Dec 2011 at 11:36

You guys should check out www.littlebigone.com. They are a new ISP on the Digital Region network but they are far more established that Origin Broadband

Steve_bullockuk · 7 Dec 2011 at 11:42

ci_newman said:
You guys should check out www.littlebigone.com. They are a new ISP on the Digital Region network but they are far more established that Origin Broadband

Not heard of these. They are slightly more expensive than Origin but im sure the service will be as good.

EDIT: Just noticed they mention a TV service which they are rolling out soon. Quite intregued by this.

Gman · 7 Dec 2011 at 12:45

Steve_bullockuk said:
Did you get this enabled Gman? How have you found it so far?

Sure did, the first week was a little hit and miss with the speeds, sometimes it'd be 8meg leave it for 20mins and you'd get 20meg etc. But since the updates last week its been a solid 39 meg down 7up.

Steve_bullockuk · 7 Dec 2011 at 12:49

Gman said:
Sure did, the first week was a little hit and miss with the speeds, sometimes it'd be 8meg leave it for 20mins and you'd get 20meg etc. But since the updates last week its been a solid 39 meg down 7up.

Yeah they increased something at their end and its made my connection solid. 5mbps download speeds all day long :cool:

nick2xuk · 7 Dec 2011 at 20:33

RiPWiRE - 0114 303 0096

Based - Rotherham
Support hours - Unable to find on their website.

Option 1

Contract Length - 18 Months
Connection Charge - £70
Monthly rental - £16.50
Download Speed - upto 24Mb
Upload Speed - upto 2Mb
Router supplied - No
Usage limit - 50GB

Option 2

Contract Length - 18 Months
Connection Charge - £90
Monthly rental - £25
Download Speed - upto 40Mb
Upload Speed - upto 10Mb
Router supplied - No
Usage limit - n/a

littlebigone - 0800 652 8288

Based - Unable to find out on their website, contact details suggest Berkshire?
Support hours - 24/7

Contract Length - 18 months
Connection Charge - £50
Monthly rental - £25
Download Speed - upto 40Mb
Upload Speed - upto 10Mb
Router supplied - Yes
Usage limit - n/a

They also do a package where you pay 12 months in advance for £299 which then goes to £25 per month after the 12 month period.

Origin Broadband - 01302 247 339

Based - Sheffield
Support hours - Unable to find

Option 1

Contract Length - Couldn't find it on their website (probably not looking hard enough)
Connection Charge - £55
Monthly rental - £17.50
Download Speed - upto 24Mb
Upload Speed - upto 2Mb
Router supplied - Yes
Usage limit - n/a

Option 2

Contract Length - Couldn't find it on their website (probably not looking hard enough)
Connection Charge - £75
Monthly rental - £22.50
Download Speed - upto 40Mb
Upload Speed - upto 2Mb
Router supplied - Yes
Usage limit - n/a

Option 3

Contract Length - Couldn't find it on their website (probably not looking hard enough)
Connection Charge - £75
Monthly rental - £25
Download Speed - upto 40Mb
Upload Speed - upto 10Mb
Router supplied - Yes
Usage limit - n/a

ASK4 - 0114 303 3232

Based - Sheffield
Support hours - 24/7

Contract Length - 12 Months
Connection Charge - £50
Monthly rental - £25
Download Speed - upto 40Mb
Upload Speed - upto 10Mb
Router supplied - Yes
Usage limit - n/a

Out of the above options, ask4 are the biggest, most established ISP on there by some way.

Think I'll stick with my Virgin Media 50Mb for the time being however.

Steve_bullockuk · 8 Dec 2011 at 10:06

nick2xuk said:
Out of the above options, ask4 are the biggest, most established ISP on there by some way.

What gives you that impression?

RichDuffy · 8 Dec 2011 at 12:05

I'd say that's probably true, but biggest and most established isn't necessarily best. All companies have to start somewhere.

I've just started the migration process to Origin from BE. Took a bit of soul-searching to leave a company I've been so happy with, but I'm taking a leap of faith, and worst case I can go back to them later if need be.

ci_newman · 8 Dec 2011 at 12:18

Steve_bullockuk said:
What gives you that impression?

I too am curious about what makes you say that?

[Edit] And this is your one and only single post? You've missed out on all of the services they offer too. Littlebigone will be offering IPTV services soon.

Steve_bullockuk · 8 Dec 2011 at 12:32

ci_newman said:
I too am curious about what makes you say that?

[Edit] And this is your one and only single post? You've missed out on all of the services they offer too. Littlebigone will be offering IPTV services soon.

My bets going on a salesman

nick2xuk · 8 Dec 2011 at 18:53

ci_newman said:
I too am curious about what makes you say that?

[Edit] And this is your one and only single post? You've missed out on all of the services they offer too. Littlebigone will be offering IPTV services soon.

Based on the hundreds of posts on a local forum discussing the various companies.

All of the services? Which do you mean? LBO have mentioned some IPTV services at some point but no details as yet so irrelevant.

I agree with someone above, the biggest and most established isn't necessarily the best - if I had crap broadband and was looking to take a Digital Region connection then I'd be investigating each company and giving them a call before I made up my mind!