Best Broadband for cs

[krupatel]

Hello people,

I want to buy an broadband for normal use or maybe satellite cs, i do download regularly so do need high speed, O2 broadband looks very good and cheap. Does anyone else have o2 here if yes whats the speed like and will it freeze and slow down with cs? which is the best broadband connection you think is good for cs other then virgin or sky.. Thanks

[unadkat]

Originally Posted by krupatel

Hello people,

I want to buy an broadband for normal use or maybe satellite cs, i do download regularly so do need high speed, O2 broadband looks very good and cheap. Does anyone else have o2 here if yes whats the speed like and will it freeze and slow down with cs? which is the best broadband connection you think is good for cs other then virgin or sky.. Thanks

I know peeps with that ISP and they are the best no doubt with high quality customer service and top notch service.

Its ADSL line so this is all down to what your line is capable of handling and also how far you are from the exchange as well

If you planning to use it for C/S then you dont need it a super fast connection, as all your downloading is a few kb's of data

Secondly yes your TV wil be effected when your downloading movies etc etc... which in turn would be mean freezing etc etc.


With a VM connection you will get the full 10MB. I wouldn't use VM or Sky for C/S thats for damn sure mate.

[krupatel]

Thanks unadkat, I have just done speed check with BT and its says the Maximum connection speed I will be able to get is 6.5mb is this good enough for cs? thanks

[unadkat]

Originally Posted by krupatel

Thanks unadkat, I have just done speed check with BT and its says the Maximum connection speed I will be able to get is 6.5mb is this good enough for cs? thanks

as mentioned before mate u dont need alot of bandwidth to be able to do c/s

you can do c/s with 256 connection.

kind regards

[krupatel]

Thanks, it looks like I will have to get BT line before I can get o2 home broadband.

[unadkat]

Originally Posted by krupatel

Thanks, it looks like I will have to get BT line before I can get o2 home broadband.

exactly right!!!

[krupatel]

I thing I don't get with o2 is that they are also selling home phone! what is the point in that if people will have to buy BT line they can just use that.

[Macabre]

Originally Posted by krupatel

I thing I don't get with o2 is that they are also selling home phone! what is the point in that if people will have to buy BT line they can just use that.

Same with a lot of them , you rent the line off BT but get cheap calls off 3rd party

[waqasahmed]

Or what happens sometimes is that the line is still coming from BT, but as other companies are renting in wholesale, they can afford to charge you something like £9.50 for the line if you take BB with them

We have also now moved to O2 bb(via quidco)+ a BT line rental. We were going to get Orange at first, but O2 give a better level of service and customer service as well (and they give more cashback as well-if we receive it that is )

BT had an offer for £135 cashback via quidco, however that was a gamble as it was only for the first 500 customers. So we're now on O2 BB and a BT line

In 18 months time, we'll probably get the line with O2 as well or more likely get Orange bb installed with the BT line we already have, considering BB companies give you cashback each time you join

It pays not to be loyal lol

Also, BT are going to install fibre(apparently FTTC) all over the country, so thats something to look forward to-though it comes from our tax! Saying this, if you get a non paper bill, your actually saving 75p a month after the 50p tax lol

Also, with FTTC(fibre to the cabinet), then you should get your full speed that you paid for. Of course there are other factors ie: the people on the line

With VM, most of the street was with them and we were getting 9.79Mb/s, so its not a big loss. We are currently on the "up to" 8Mb package, as we dont really need the "up to" 20Mb package. I was happy with 2Mb
Sorry about the rant

[krupatel]

thanks guys, you really helped me, I will go for o2 now. Thanks