The worst ISP ever....?

cmscam · 16 Dec 2006 at 21:13

Hello guys.

To cut a long story short, we had a telemarketer to ring us who was from Sky, as we have Sky TV with them he said we could get "UPTO 16MB" internet for only £10 a month...

So we switched from BT which was around £20 a month...

On BT my internet was connected at a constant 7.6MB.... Now on Sky I'm connected at 200k.... It's so slow it's untrue...

I think I'm going to go back with BT, this really is appalling....

platypus · 16 Dec 2006 at 21:16

Afraid "upto" means what it says.

cmscam · 16 Dec 2006 at 21:18

platypus said:
Afraid "upto" means what it says.

Yeah but you think it would be a bit more than 200K....

It's like stepping back into 3 years ago.

VeNT · 16 Dec 2006 at 22:20

I'm sure thats wrong
phone em up and ask

ps
The Worst ISP EVER is Tiscali.

A2Z · 16 Dec 2006 at 22:31

VeNT said:
ps
The Worst ISP EVER is Tiscali.

lol yea i thought this thread was gona be about them

cmscam · 16 Dec 2006 at 22:58

Going to give BT a call up tomorrow and switch back over to them...

This is what you get when you are after cheap things lol !

VeNT · 16 Dec 2006 at 23:04

call up sky ask whats going on
I've heard some good reports about them!
could be they had to redo your line or somthing.

Clarkey · 16 Dec 2006 at 23:27

I wish people would stop spouting about Tiscali, its simply unfounded nonsense. If I were going to point fingers at an ISP for being awful it would be namesco, slowest connection ive ever used. Plusnet are second in line.

VeNT · 16 Dec 2006 at 23:31

Clarkey said:
I wish people would stop spouting about Tiscali, its simply unfounded nonsense.

unfounded?
Nonsense?
whatever dude, you got shares in them or somthing?

cmscam · 17 Dec 2006 at 01:43

This is like being on 56K.... It really is terrible and appalling.....

They promised a good internet connection at all times, obviously they lied...

It takes about 2 mins just to load the OcUK forums page... I don't know what's wrong. :confused:

EDIT :: Can any one please give me a link to an accurate speed test page ?

Thanks.

James07 · 17 Dec 2006 at 01:50

nothing actually worse then toucan with their pro 20% uptime...

A2Z · 17 Dec 2006 at 01:51

Clarkey said:
I wish people would stop spouting about Tiscali, its simply unfounded nonsense.

errr yeaa, thats why i had to wait 8 weeks for them to clear a tag off my line???

cmscam · 17 Dec 2006 at 02:00

Just done a speed test and I'm getting 600K now....

Still rubbish...

Stellios · 17 Dec 2006 at 02:31

VeNT said:
The Worst ISP EVER is Tiscali.

Couldnt agree more.

My uncles just went onto the 2mb Sky package, seems to run very well and he gets 2mb speeds.

Third Opinion · 17 Dec 2006 at 08:15

Sky runs like a dream here. Costs me a fiver a month so I am very happy.

Eclipse was useless for me in the end.

Dave85 · 17 Dec 2006 at 11:00

Your line is probably on a 16mb adsl2 profile hence why your speeds is so poor, phone ts and get them to make a ticket for t3 so can cap your line to 8 and you should sync up fine without issues.

dont go jumping ship just yet give them a chance to fix it.

tolien · 17 Dec 2006 at 11:22

James07 said:
nothing actually worse then toucan with their pro 20% uptime...

Toucan's a Tiscali reseller...

EDIT :: Can any one please give me a link to an accurate speed test page ?

Download any of the files here and see what kind of average you get?

Beerbaron · 17 Dec 2006 at 11:25

homecall use the tiscali network. was too expensive for Pipex to end the contract when they took them over.

Clarkey · 17 Dec 2006 at 11:29

VeNT said:
unfounded?
Nonsense?
whatever dude, you got shares in them or somthing?

not at all, been a customer for a while and their service is top notch.

Would have gone with be* but Tiscali was offered to us for free so the decision was simple.

gyro · 17 Dec 2006 at 11:32

Sky have been awesome for me 8mb constant for £10 cant grumble

Lee