Super fast broadband from O2

Advantages: ADSL2+ technology. Fast. Bargain for O2 mobile contract customers.
Disadvantages: Supplied router could be better.

...O2 Broadband was launched in late-2007 with a unique proposition for customers - fast, quality, inexpensive broadband. O2 acquired BE during that year and have based their broadband packages on BE's ADSL2+ infrastructure. All you need is a BT telephone line and O2 to have got round to installing their equipment in your local exchange. At this time, there are very few broadband providers offering anything faster than 8Mbps (if you're lucky). O2 offers an 8Mbps package, as well as 16Mbps and 20Mbps. The speeds are truly phenomenal. Nor is there a usage limit. There is a Fair Usage Policy, however indications are that they are fairly generous so long as your usage doesn't start to impact on other users. The other important thing about O2 is they provide staggeringly good value for money. If you have an O2 mobile on a monthly...

robosapien 28.01.2008 · Read review
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Tiscali - Broadband which is cheap fast and great!

Advantages: value for money, customer services
Disadvantages: web space (see review)

...Computers are becoming more advanced and people have to keep up to speed with these things. Different parts of the computer are becoming more amazing for example the games on computers are becoming me detailed and graphics improved. But on the compute now is a thing called the internet. Like most things on the computer this too is becoming more advanced. If you are keeping up to speed on computers you may have the internet in fact you have got the internet or access to it if you are reading this review. There are two different types of internet the older version which some of you may have also known as dial-up or as technology has improved you may have the faster version called broadband either way they both do the same thing but broadband is better because it is a lot lot faster. *-*-* Different company's that supply broadband...

ste231191 06.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of Tiscali- Broadband

Want fast broadband service? be*

Advantages: Excellent service, super efficient.
Disadvantages: Call centre is in another country

...I have been using be* for almost a year and I must say that I?m very satisfy with the service. The reason I have chose be* as my broadband provider is because of the speed. Be* is currently provide the fastest broadband in the UK ? 24Mb compare to others which only go up to 8Mb. Once you ordered, they will send you a package contenting modem, cables and everything else that you will need. However, you DO need to have a phone line connection in your house first. Since they are using BT exchange to connect to the local phone loop, it would be best to have BT phone connection. The modem contained in the package is only on loan, which means that if you decided to cancel the service when the contract is finish, you DO need to send the modem back or there will be a charge for it. I suggest you keep the modem box. The installation is...

vinvinli 22.06.2007 · Read review
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Sky Broadband

Advantages: fast speeds, good service
Disadvantages: connection drops sometimes

...up to , which means you can get any speed up to the advertised speed. The actual speed you get, is dependant on the distance you are from the exchange. Therefore, if you live close to your exchange, the speed you receive will be much closer to the advertised speed, than someone who is much further away I am currently on the Sky Broadband MAX package, which is advertised around 16mb. I however, due to my distance from the exchange, get around 4-5 meg, which for me, is good, as it is fast enough for me What else do I get? When you get Sky Broadband, you also get an email service, which is powered by Google. You also get Sky Store and Share, an easy way to keep your files safe. These two features are helpful, and the email service is very good What is required? To be a Sky Broadband customer, you must have Sky TV...

RyanC92 13.04.2008 · Read review
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AOL Broadband

Advantages: Good Speeds
Disadvantages: Bloody call centres

...and talk to "Sanja" Hurray someone honest, it didn't last I am afraid, what a joke this chap reckons its my Sky interfering with AOL? He said AOL should only be the only thing in the main phone socket, and he says it is definitely sky's fault sending data down my line? I said for 5 hours you're telling me sky is stealing my bandwidth he says YES....so I disconnect my sky and my phone and try it...still the same. I decide enough is enough and tell him to put me through to someone so I can cancel my AOL broadband. I am put through to the Irish call centre and I am asked what the problem is, I explain again about what has been going on and there pathetic so called Level 2 Technicians. He asked me for my phone number and someone will contact me in the next few hours. About half hour later the phone rings and it's a Irish man called Dennis who...

the_enlightened_one 24.11.2006 (03.02.2007) · Read review
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BT : 'Now That's What I Call Broadband!'

Advantages: Free wireless router and phone, fast and reliable, excellent technical support, value for money!
Disadvantages: Too many options to speak to someone on the phone.

...I signed up to BT Broadband on the 4th February 2007. Having ordered it through the Internet on the 30th January 2007, I was really impressed with the general service of BT. I signed up to a wireless package, that offered me a free wireless router, worth £50, for £14.99 for the first three months, after the initial three months this then rises to £22.99 a month. If you pay by direct debit, every month, you get a £1 discount every month so in affect your paying £21.99 after your initial three months at £14.99. I was really impressed with how quick everything was sorted out. Three days after I signed up I received my free wireless BT home hub through the post via Royal Mail Special Delivery. This then gave me three days to wire the router up and remove my old speedtouch modem from my computer. My internet was activated on the 4th...

f1insidetrack 09.02.2007 (29.11.2009) · Read review
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BT Total Broadband

Advantages: Reliability
Disadvantages: Price

...activated for the following Friday and your equipment would be delivered the same day. What do you mean usually? There are occassions when this could be delayed, maybe work needs to be carried out on your line or exchange. If there is a marker on the line, meaning someone has had broadband before then this needs to be removed, something that can be arranged for you. What comes in my pack? Your pack will include your modem or rooter, an installation CD, an installation guide, all the cables required (it does not include a USB wireless adapter) Is it easy to install? On average BT says it will take 8 minutes to install, this will vary from person to person and how slow or fast your PC is. In terms of where all the stuff needs to go, that is simple and straight forward and the installation guide points you to where everything...

steven3001 06.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of BT Broadband

Broadband Sneaks

Advantages: No longer a reliable broadband service
Disadvantages: Reduce download speed if they can get away with it

...I've added an update to the end of this review. See below. It's been nearly a year now since I started my contract for Post Office Broadband. My package also includes Post Office Home Phone so the review also includes a few details about the phone line service. The monthly charge for my phone line and broadband is roughly £22 for the whole package. I now see that the same package is available for £19.95. They offer various packages that you can check on their website www.postoffice.co.uk. My package includes monthly phone line rental and the broadband service and is a twelve months contract. I knew there were slightly cheaper packages out there but I got tired of looking around and reading so many bad reviews. I'd had previous bad experiences with Tiscali and of course the awful BT - the rip off merchants from hell. I constantly warn...

Zmugzy 15.12.2008 (13.01.2009) · Read review
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Sky Broadband Max Review

Advantages: Fast speeds, easy to set up, unlimited downloads, cheap
Disadvantages: less then average wifi range with supplied router

...also be true for any laptop using the same card (Broadcom). Overall this broadband package is very good. It's has very fast speeds, truly unlimited downloads and best of all, it's only £10 a month! If you are looking for an ISP, or thinking from moving from your existing ISP, I highly recommend the Max package from Sky....

AndrewSteele 26.03.2009 · Read review
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Sky Broadband

Advantages: Quick and good value
Disadvantages: Can be quite inefficient

...SKY BROADBAND We've had Sky Broadband since it first came available in our area about 2 years ago now. In my opinion, it is a great ISP which offers good speed and download limits etc. for a great price. We have the top package, which is the most expensive at £10 per, and this is cheaper than a lot of ISPs who offer the same/similar services. For this price, we get fast internet (I'm not going to mention speed as it'll always be different depending on your location from the telephone exchange, I'm not too sure on my actual speed anyway). However, it only takes about a minute to download a 1 hour+ podcast from itunes, which I think is a good speed. There is no download limit (the usual "fair usage" applies) When you take out Sky Broadband, you get your wireless router free which comes with all wires (ethernet etc.) and some...

JPizzle91 30.05.2008 · Read review
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