[Bradford] Broadband suppliers

[Alan D Barnard]

Hi everyone

Lovely link from A&A site to:

https://xkcd.com/806/

cheers

Alan

On 22/11/2019 21:29, Devo Too via Bradford wrote:
> Hi Steve,
> 
> They haven't. Off this exchange 3Mbps is very fast. 3. Not 30. 300??? 
> Daydreams. Perhaps "ethical" should have been added into the wants 
> description, too. No fans of Branson here.
> 
> A further objection is them saying only they can provide X, Y and Z 
> because it controls the wire " . . and there's nothing you can do about 
> it". That's monopoly behaviour, as distasteful as it is unethical in my 
> view. A&A have no such restrictions even though they can supply 
> everything and do it all very well.
> 
> Checking the line-only deals it looks as though the "paired copper wire" 
> is no worse than the rest. Even the £24 comes back over time as the 
> tenner is inclusive of VAT. I'll just have to tell the relatives to use 
> the VoIP number in case of emergency.
> 
> PlusNet and PO Telecom were dismissed in my OP.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mike
> 
> On 22/11/2019 20:56, Steve Kerr via Bradford wrote:
>> Hi Mike
>>
>> I get on well with Virgin Media and would recommend them... if they 
>> have cabled your street. It's not cheap though and they like to bundle 
>> everything, but their broadband service is reliable - only one 
>> (noticed) outage in a year - and is always running at just above the 
>> specified speed. Prior to switching to VM I was with PlusNet for many 
>> years and had no problem with them. Obviously PlusNet's FTTC @45Mbps 
>> couldn't compete with VM's DOCSIS @350Mbps. So until FTTH services 
>> appear around here I'll probably stick with VM. Prior to PluNet I used 
>> Freeola and Force 9, but that's going back many years to dial-up, and 
>> I doubt these even exist any more.
>>
>> I do have a 'backup' Internet service, using ADSL with Post Office. It 
>> came 'free' with their phone service. I only power it up once a month 
>> to make sure it still works, just in case I ever really need it for 
>> work. So I can't comment on the reliability, other than it works every 
>> time I try it!
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 at 12:34, Devo Too via Bradford 
>> <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi Folks,
>>
>>     Does anybody out there have a good recommendation for a broadband
>>     supplier? Nothing fancy needed, just a reasonably reliable 
>> connection.
>>
>>     I recently left PlusNet, whose service has been sliding downwards for
>>     years in tandem with their price rises, and took out a contract with
>>     Post Office Telecoms. But they are trying to act as a nanny state and
>>     now their connectivity appears to have crumbled and fallen apart.
>>
>>     Having only been with them for a short while and not yet had a
>>     satisfactory service by any stretch of the imagination, I think I can
>>     get around the 1 year contract term on the grounds of failure to
>>     provide
>>     a service.
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Mike
>>
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