Talk Talk plus

biron_w · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:22

Anybody use them? Just had salesmen around who said they have just converted my exchange for the plus service. Up to 24meg etc etc. Just wondering what they're like for gaming online.

biron_w · 13 Jan 2011 at 19:42

Cheers for the replies. I'll see what they're like and decide if it's worth changing from o2 or not.

biron_w · 14 Jan 2011 at 11:37

Rabtech said:
O2 LLU is regarded as one of the best ISPs in the UK, low pings, good stability and reasonable limitations, if price is your motivator then you get what you pay for in the ISP game, stick with O2.

I currently pay for the "up to" 20mb package but don't get anymore than 10mb.
The talktalk salesman said I would get more than that. So i'm just going to see if I do or not. If not then i'll just sack them off.

biron_w · 14 Jan 2011 at 12:35

3dcandy said:
Salesman in bigging up company talk? Never....

Does that happen? I can't see it myself

But....if I do get a better connection i'll stick with them. If not i'll cancel within my 30 day trial period.

Got an email the other day saying there upgrading everyone to 24meg for free but if i see double figures i will be amazed

That's what they said when they came to my house. We'll see....

biron_w · 27 Jan 2011 at 21:24

Going by the results so far from speedtest their broadband isn't as good as o2's.
I was getting this before

And now i'm getting this

So slower up and download and higher ping. I'll try it again after midnight for a fair comparison.
Looks like I may be cancelling with them after only a day!

biron_w · 28 Jan 2011 at 00:13

How do you post router stats?

It's fair to say they aren't as good as o2. So i'll be ringing them tomorrow to cancel and going back with o2 for now. Then i'll probably switch to be*.

biron_w · 28 Jan 2011 at 10:02

I'll probably go with be* in the long run.

biron_w · 28 Jan 2011 at 14:35

I have rung them and they have told me my slow speed is due to the fact they test my line for the first 14 days to see what speed it can handle. So I will see if it improves at all.

biron_w · 28 Jan 2011 at 17:21

I'll wait til this supposed 2 weeks is up and if it doesn't improve i'll ask them to change my profile. Cheers for that link.

biron_w · 29 Jan 2011 at 08:54

HEADRAT said:
Join this forum:-

http://www.talktalkmembers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=9

and ask them for a "profile change" and see what speed you can get upto, I started at approx 7Mbps and I've doubled that just by "profile changes".

HEADRAT

How do you find out the SNR margin and attenuation?

biron_w · 5 Feb 2011 at 21:55

After just over a week I can confirm they are rubbish. Upload and download nowhere near what I got from o2. Plus I get disconnected from xbox live every 30 mins or so which is apparently quite a common problem with talktalk. I'm sacking them off and using sky :mad:

biron_w · 13 Feb 2011 at 16:16

I have actually decided to stay with them. My speed isn't quite as fast(8MB down,0.8MB up but my ping has gone down since asking to go to fastpath. It's gone to around 15ms which is definitely noticeable when playing black ops.