Ewen@Clark Motorsport Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 just to get it out there. BT are by far the worst organisation I have ever had the displeasure of speaking to, let alone buying from. This is same sort of thing I hear from anyone that's ever had to deal with them! Quote
Ekona Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 I just looked up satellite internet costs as I hadn't looked for years: OUCH! Tooway, for example, offer at most a data cap of 100GB (although unlimited browsing and email, no doubt via their servers), all for the bargain price of £6.99 a month for equipment rental AND £99.99 A MONTH FOR THE DATA! Max speeds of 22/6 as well, so hardly earth shattering. Nope, sod that. Quote
Ewen@Clark Motorsport Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 I would seriously consider a 4G sim (providing your mobile signal is good) which then will pump the wifi signal around your home. 4G tends to be around 10mb download speeds. I would agree with that, we also looked into it but sadly there is no good 4G signal here. Quote
Ekona Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 BT are excellent. I've only ever had great customer service from them when I've dealt with them, including new lines, interwebs and house moves. So ner Quote
Ewen@Clark Motorsport Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 I just looked up satellite internet costs as I hadn't looked for years: OUCH! Tooway, for example, offer at most a data cap of 100GB (although unlimited browsing and email, no doubt via their servers), all for the bargain price of £6.99 a month for equipment rental AND £99.99 A MONTH FOR THE DATA! Max speeds of 22/6 as well, so hardly earth shattering. Nope, sod that. We bought the equipment outright which makes it a lot cheaper in the long run. I'm looking at it from a business prospective though for personal use it would be a fair bit more expensive than regular broadband. But if the service is that bad and there is no there option you don;t really have a lot of choice. 1 Quote
Ewen@Clark Motorsport Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 BT are excellent. I've only ever had great customer service from them when I've dealt with them, including new lines, interwebs and house moves. So ner You're definitely in the minority there but glad to hear they have at least one happy customer 1 Quote
rabbitstew Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 I can sympathise with the OP. My folks live out that way and their internet speed has only recently improved from 2mb to 6mb. And 4g for them isnt an option as they dont even get 3g. I have to go down the bottom of their garden and hold my phone in the air just to get a signal! Quote
Ekona Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 We bought the equipment outright which makes it a lot cheaper in the long run. I'm looking at it from a business prospective though for personal use it would be a fair bit more expensive than regular broadband. But if the service is that bad and there is no there option you don;t really have a lot of choice. For business yes, no issue there as you don't need half the data that home users do. Definitely the best choice if the alternative is nothing. 1 Quote
Flex Posted September 16, 2015 Author Posted September 16, 2015 Ok so I looked at the costs too, very ouchy indeed. I'll stick with the 4g sim for now until BT pull their fingers from their behind. Might be along wait. Quote
350zedd Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 I like the way people just post their speed as if to brag lol. 1.99Mb !!! 1 Quote
ioneabee Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 I like the way people just post their speed as if to brag lol. 1.99Mb !!! I dreamed of having that a few weeks ago ....... f'ing BT Quote
350zedd Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 I like the way people just post their speed as if to brag lol. 1.99Mb !!! I dreamed of having that a few weeks ago ....... f'ing BT Quote
glrnet Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 I like the way people just post their speed as if to brag lol. Let's hope SMD doesn't see this 1 Quote
Kraziekatz1 Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 I still think BT is the best option, I'm loyal and I live in hope that one day their technology will catch up with that of developing countries. Have shares in the company also! I'm considered too rural for decent BB speeds (its 10mins drive from my door to the centre of Reading), but still manage to stream movies, but drops out sometimes when I'm gaming online Get to watch 'Fear the Walking Dead' though Quote
Flex Posted September 16, 2015 Author Posted September 16, 2015 I like the way people just post their speed as if to brag lol. Let's hope SMD doesn't see this Did he make it back from scotland? Quote
ioneabee Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 I like the way people just post their speed as if to brag lol. Let's hope SMD doesn't see this Did he make it back from scotland? I think he's still lost in Edinburgh / Glasgow ? 1 Quote
Flex Posted September 16, 2015 Author Posted September 16, 2015 I like the way people just post their speed as if to brag lol. Let's hope SMD doesn't see this Did he make it back from scotland? I think he's still lost in Edinburgh / Glasgow ? I think he might be back, I saw pictures of his fish in his bath, he obviously missed them and wanted to bathe with them. Each to their own. Quote
neo Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Picked a couple of servers at random more upload would be nice,cant complain really Quote
ioneabee Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Picked a couple of servers at random more upload would be nice,cant complain really two words ...... and one of them ends in "off" 1 Quote
S7nny Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 I like the way people just post their speed as if to brag lol. Or so that you know that Virgin is a safe bet. Quote
Commander Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 For the most part, you can blame the government. If OpenReach was still tax payer owned, the tax payer would pay to dig up the roads, install new ducts, upgrade to newer technology and so on. Unfortunately it's not government owned, it's a company that has to make a profit, and ploughing hundreds of millions of pounds in to upgraded infrastructure for areas lowly populated doesn't make sense because they'd never see any ROI. New builds are another story; I 'think' it boils down to House Builders not engaging early enough, though I'm not 100% on that. Quote
Ekona Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 New builds are another story; I 'think' it boils down to House Builders not engaging early enough, though I'm not 100% on that. Same old story as with anything like this, we just don't have the infrastructure in this country, or we don't give two hoots about increasing demand on the existing. We get this all the time in the water industry and it's so frustrating. You cannot just build millions of homes and NOT upgrade the infrastructure, all it leaves you with is a much weaker backbone than what you started with. Stupid. We should ditch HS2 and plough all that money into providing fibre to EVERY corner of the country. That'd do more for the economy than being able to get to Brum 20mins quicker from London.* *I have no idea where HS2 actually goes, or if that's even close to the correct shortening of time. I just think that HS2 is a complete waste of money full stop 1 Quote
Flex Posted September 17, 2015 Author Posted September 17, 2015 BT couldn't even tell me when they're upgrading to high speed. Quote
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