Re: [Hampshire] ISPs (again): Recommendation and warning

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Author: James Ashburner
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] ISPs (again): Recommendation and warning
Alastair Biggs wrote:
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> I can relate to the orginal poster I cannot possibly begin to describe how terrible Orange are!
> I was with them since the Freeserve days but when Orange took over that was enough for me. I got fed up with the hassle of trying to explain to there technical support guys what DNS is.
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> Trying to get them to resolve connection issues was a nightmare! it seems that 50% of the time is spent having no internet connection and the other 50% of time is spent on the phone to incompetent techincal support.
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> The whole scenario of the internet connection dropping issue was a nightmare I kept getting the reponse of check your cables or reset the router. I gave up in the end and demanded Orange to give me my MAC code.
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> I'm now with Bethere they advertise it being 24mb for £18 per month but of course it all depends on your location from the exchange and other factors come into play.
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> I Think i roughly get about 8mb which is better than orange I have been with Be since November 2007 and havent had one issue. There service is reliable speeds are great and overall I am a happy customer.
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One of my neighbours Orange broadband stopped working and after serveral
phone calls they pretty much told her they weren't interested in fixing it.

She switched to Sky and hasn't had a problem since.

James