keitha
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Post by keitha on Feb 14, 2024 23:12:59 GMT
Just had renewal notice for my broadband, to keep the service the price will go from £27 a month to £48
go to a checker site and they are offering £25.99
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Post by badersleg on Feb 15, 2024 10:32:46 GMT
It pays to shop around.NOW broadband have decent deals if you go through TopCashBack.
You can get 63mb for under £18 per month on a 12 month contract.(after cashback)
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Mar 4, 2024 14:17:43 GMT
Just done the move onsstream £20 a month for 75Mbps
need a router but hey I can tweak the one I have, surprised they charge extra for a router these days, looked on amazon and the router they want £2.89 a month for is available for < £25
called existing supplier before moving, and bearing in mind they quoted me £48, I explained why I was looking to move, instantly "long standing customer discount" £34.99, so I said no, got then down to £25, but then they said it would go up in April by January inflation plus 3.9% effectively £2 a month.
I put my order in with new company within 90 minutes old company have called and offered £24 and no April increase,
interesting was the questions about keeping land line at £6.50 a month so obviously Landline now debundled from broadband
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benaj
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Post by benaj on Mar 4, 2024 14:25:56 GMT
😅 What exactly is Onestream? I am very confused how they provide connection? Do they partner with BT Openreach or they have multiple “partners”?
Looking at my surrounding households, some are being offered to sub70Mbps connection while the other block are being offer sub 1000Mbps.
I am pretty sure other non BT Openreach providers can’t even provide service to my surrounding households.
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Post by adrianc on Mar 4, 2024 14:29:20 GMT
😅 What exactly is Onestream? They're a reseller of Openreach copper or FTTP.
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benaj
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Post by benaj on Mar 4, 2024 14:50:58 GMT
Just realised Shell Broadband are being “taken over” by Talktalk.
Has anybody successfully switching a BT number to Virgin? Planning to switch soon due to this unexpected Shell’s move.
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Post by overthehill on Mar 4, 2024 16:22:25 GMT
😅 What exactly is Onestream? I am very confused how they provide connection? Do they partner with BT Openreach or they have multiple “partners”? Looking at my surrounding households, some are being offered to sub70Mbps connection while the other block are being offer sub 1000Mbps. I am pretty sure other non BT Openreach providers can’t even provide service to my surrounding households.
Do your research of the forums before touching companies like onestream. I tried talktalk many years ago, never again.
The different speeds are down to whether it is FTTC or FTTH , fibre to the cabinet or the home. If you don't have FTTC cabinets in the street the max speed might be < 70Mb/s as it is all copper from the nearest sub-station. I have cityfibre to the home with vodafone as a provider. Cityfibre support up to the fibre modem on the wall and vodafone support the router.
Go to MSE , put in your postcode and it will tell you what provider and speed options you have and the price.
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benaj
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Post by benaj on Mar 4, 2024 17:27:12 GMT
Well, I usually like independent like non BT open reach and non virgin.
Tempting to try Community fibre for next sign up. any good?
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Post by overthehill on Mar 4, 2024 17:51:20 GMT
Well, I usually like independent like non BT open reach and non virgin. Tempting to try Community fibre for next sign up. any good?
Consumer choice and healthy competition is getting eroded all the time with mergers and takeovers by greedy corporates, not only broadband. We get left with startups with terrible customer service, subscribing you to expensive useless extras without your knowledge and usually failing anyway causing even more dissatisfaction or disruption. Shell is a good example. There is even talk of vodafone being bought.
I wouldn't touch BT (price) or Virgin either (closed fibre network to other providers)
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Mar 4, 2024 17:51:59 GMT
😅 What exactly is Onestream? I am very confused how they provide connection? Do they partner with BT Openreach or they have multiple “partners”? Looking at my surrounding households, some are being offered to sub70Mbps connection while the other block are being offer sub 1000Mbps. I am pretty sure other non BT Openreach providers can’t even provide service to my surrounding households.
Do your research of the forums before touching companies like onestream. I tried talktalk many years ago, never again.
The different speeds are down to whether it is FTTC or FTTH , fibre to the cabinet or the home. If you don't have FTTC cabinets in the street the max speed might be < 70Mb/s as it is all copper from the nearest sub-station. I have cityfibre to the home with vodafone as a provider. Cityfibre support up to the fibre modem on the wall and vodafone support the router.
Go to MSE , put in your postcode and it will tell you what provider and speed options you have and the price.
went through MSE, they are claiming 75Mbps each way as its VDSL, at the moment I get 35 and 9 Yes agree on talktalk it was just that all talktalk no blooming action, regular loss of service for 2-3 hours at a time, speed dropping below 10Mbps for hours at a time usually about 3:30 Ie when kids get home
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Mar 4, 2024 17:53:40 GMT
Just realised Shell Broadband are being “taken over” by Talktalk. Has anybody successfully switching a BT number to Virgin? Planning to switch soon due to this unexpected Shell’s move. yes Octopus Energy have sold Shell Broadband, as they bought it with Shell energy
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Post by agent69 on Mar 4, 2024 18:38:17 GMT
A company called Airband installed a duct network around half of town, offering FTTP with speeds of up to 900MB. My next door neighbour had it installed, but I didn't like the way they installed the cable under the lawn and then pinned it to the front of the house (all looked a bit exposed and vulnerable).
As somebody who was brought up using a 28k modem, what can I do with 900MB that I can't do with my current 70MB provider.
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Post by mostlywrong on Mar 4, 2024 18:50:30 GMT
A company called Airband installed a duct network around half of town, offering FTTP with speeds of up to 900MB. My next door neighbour had it installed, but I didn't like the way they installed the cable under the lawn and then pinned it to the front of the house (all looked a bit exposed and vulnerable).
As somebody who was brought up using a 28k modem, what can I do with 900MB that I can't do with my current 70MB provider.
The next time you visit for a coffee, make a note of the password for his wifi and Bob's your uncle...
At 900MB/s he won't notice!
MW
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Post by agent69 on Mar 4, 2024 19:03:03 GMT
went through MSE, they are claiming 75Mbps each way as its VDSL, at the moment I get 35 and 9 Yes agree on talktalk it was just that all talktalk no blooming action, regular loss of service for 2-3 hours at a time, speed dropping below 10Mbps for hours at a time usually about 3:30 Ie when kids get home I got TUPE'd across to TalkTalk when Virgin stopped providing a service in my area. Over the course of many years the supply has been at the advertised speed and reliable. On the other hand, customer services is sh*t.
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Post by benaj on Mar 5, 2024 7:53:33 GMT
But what kind of customer service do you need from isp? Last few times I contacted them were about cancellation. 😅
Can’t imagine they provide face to face customer service with a cup of coffee.
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