Hi Chris
Keeping it honest, I have BT Fusion with the Home Hub 2 and it's very
reliable - I have the unlimited option at £25 a month but as a home worker
my company pays for it anyway - so price is secondary to me.
I had huge instability problems when I first got BT Broadband about 4 years
ago, eventually the causes were found to be internal home cabling and the
totally crap BT Home Hub 1 - the Home Hub 2 is much better, it still has a
couple of firmware quirks but I don't think my service has been down more
than one in the past 18 months, and I am a heavy user of broadband.
As for FON, I'm opted into it, I'm in a semi-rural area so I don't think
there are that many people that use my hotspot so I've not noticed any
slowdown because of it - and the benefits of good coverage outweigh the opt
in.
BT are ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE for support or whenever you need to change any of
your services - but I've always found the services themselves to be fairly
good.
Regards
Peter
On 14 July 2011 14:14, alan c <aeclist@???> wrote:
> On 14/07/11 12:19, Chris Dennis wrote:
> > Hello folks
> >
> > I find myself being tempted away from the reliable plainness of
> > UKFSN/Entanet broadband towards the glossy excitement of BT broadband.
> >
> > For these reasons:
> > * I need a new wifi router anyway, and I'll get a free one with BT.
> > * It will probably be cheaper once the free UK landline calls and other
> > goodies are factored in.
> > * They offer lots of free wifi hotspots via BT Fon and BT Openzone,
> > which will be of interest to me if I get a smartphone or tabletty thing.
> >
> > Has anyone used BT Fon? Is it any good?
> >
> > I have experience of wrestling with BT Broadband customer support on
> > behalf of customers -- it's often not fun. But on the other hand, for a
> > lot of people BT Broadband is very reliable.
> >
> > What does the team think? Would moving to BT be a mistake?
>
> I use BeThere isp, good if they have equipment in your area.
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