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+If you are with Tiscali or one of the many companies they have bought recently WOO it is getting more and more common. I think Cowboy Warehouse is starting to do the same thing. It is because too many email accounts are trying to connect at the same time. Should right itself in time but will happen again. Basically it's just rip-off Britain again.

 

woo i am with bt and i get it too, it has even happened connecting to gc error cannot connect to server, think its when there is a lot on the internet the system get clogged, mine normally rights itself on another attempt.
The joys of happy computing :D :D or not

 

useless fact;

If your ISP says ..............BT line required, guess who is providing the connections?
its only cable companies that have their own phone lines, every one else rents them from BT

 

And that's probably the only good reason for using BT as your ISP. I been using BT for years and while they seldom attain the connection speeds they advertise, they are pretty reliable. Though I do find that on occasions I get a 'can't connect' message. Never lasts longer than a few minutes though.

 

Hi all and thats why i stick with bt now, a little more expensive but lets hope they reduce their broadband prices as they have just reduced their phone call prices to keep up with the competition.

 

i never said there is anything wrong with BT, far from it, I have been with BT since? had BT BB since 2002

mate went to TalkTalk, they cut him off, their error, they admited it, over a month to get reconected, waste of time.

 

watergarden, bt has its moments :D :D not as bad as tiscali i went with them for a few months their broadband is useless so i went back to bt, I would never fall for that again, these companies offering faster broadband, cheaper prices its all a big con.
:D :D

 

Sky gets very good reports but you are right Linda. I was with Tiscali for a couple of months and asked them for a user migration advisory code. They pointed out that I had a one year contract and would have to pay the rest. I said 'Sue me then and I'll counter sue for damages and breach of contract on your part. i.e. charging for one speed and supplying another far slower'. So they sent a MAC. I switched to Pipex and they were excellent. Then 3 months later Tiscali took over Pipex which is now horrendously slow. So I'm going again. BT doesn't get great reports but it is certainly better than Tiscali or Cowboy Warehouse. I'll try Sky first though.

 

john I wouldnt even go with sky broadband at the moment its pretty new, friends of ours are with sky and they had problems getting into their mail, this went on for 2 months, our friends went mad telling them they were going to pull out, still think they are having problems.
when i was with tiscali i got my migration code off them and heard nothing regarding a years contract, i had e-mails from them proving their services were bad and i threatened them to take me to court, as long as you get the migration code off them they cant do a thing.
A friend of mine wasnt so lucky she couldnt get the migration code off them and had loads of arguments with tiscali, shes pleased now she is back with bt.
I have bt total package pleased with it and i dont get many problems its quite fast.

 

For anyone wanting to test the speed of their internet connection here a couple of links to sites that will do it.
First one is quick and easy and provides basic info. The second one is better and allows you to save your results so that you can look back over several tests and see the variations in speed.

http://homepage.eircom.net/~leslie/testpage/testlrge.htm

http://www.speedtest.net/

 

To add to that Dave, these 2 require registration (easy and thay don't spam) but are both very exact. My son tells me that the professionals use them but no problems for everyday users,

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/

http://www.dslzoneuk.net/

And here is BTs own:

http://www.speedtester.bt.com/