catmag 336 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Does anyone have their home phone and broadband through O2? Any problems? Worth having? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35671 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I used to have broadband with them. They were very good, but they aren't truly unlimited so if you are gonna be streaming a lot and downloading, they will piss about with your speeds a bit. If you just want a good, solid broadband provider, then they'll do the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) I used to have broadband with them. They were very good, but they aren't truly unlimited so if you are gonna be streaming a lot and downloading, they will piss about with your speeds a bit. If you just want a good, solid broadband provider, then they'll do the job. Not sure about this statement ^ Have used them for years for home broadband and they have been great. UK call centres were a pleasure to deal with after a few years dealing with oranges horrendous Indian call centres. Up until a few weeks ago we had been on their premium package (now discontinued). When our lass went to get my Iphone 5, the salesman said I can also give you half priced broadband as well as you have been with us a while and we have a great offer on. "No need to do anything and everything will be the same" he said. In the last two weeks, downloading has been shockingly slow. Anyway I finally spoke to them yesterday and was told that we had been moved onto their middle package, "the all rounder" which has a limit on the speed, not quantity, at which you can download. Its a very low speed. Anyway, after a bit of argy bargy we are now on their top package, the works. Last night they told me this is totally unlimited and has no traffic management whatsoever. You also get their super dooper router rather than the normal one. This is costing around £10 a month on their current year half price deal. Also worth noting you will get an extra discount if either of you have an o2 mobile phone, either contract or pay as you go. Edited October 23, 2012 by Christmas Tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35671 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Aye just checked and it looks like they are now claiming "truly unlimited". Wasn't the case when I was with them, so good to see that they've got that sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Aye just checked and it looks like they are now claiming "truly unlimited". Wasn't the case when I was with them, so good to see that they've got that sorted. Probably your overuse of Netflix that fucked the network tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Hog 361 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Been with them a year now and mostly no complaints. Was with TalkTalk before and they were poor compared to O2, would sometimes lose internet for a weekend/couple of days. Dreaded their call centres too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 17128 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Been with them a year now and mostly no complaints. Was with TalkTalk before and they were poor compared to O2, would sometimes lose internet for a weekend/couple of days. Dreaded their call centres too. Aye I was the same Recently my O2 drops for a minute or two on an evening, but other than that its been fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 What's your maximum line speed with O2 Christmas Tree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 What's your maximum line speed with O2 Christmas Tree? 16 meg. Think I'm more limited by the local exchange than O2. From memory I was getting about 9meg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 What's your maximum line speed with O2 Christmas Tree? 16 meg. Think I'm more limited by the local exchange than O2. From memory I was getting about 9meg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 Cheers chaps. I've had my mobile through O2 for years so I'll give them a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 What about Virgin? Anyone got the phone calls/ line rental/broadband and satellite package? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Virgins Internet is slower than a snail pulling an aeroplane. Don't go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14146 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Virgin's been spot on for us, super fast too. Probably depends on where you live though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4291 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 In virgin for all Internet, phone and tv They've been excellent, I use the Internet a lot for a lot of different things and it never misses a beat. Recently they've updated their packages so quickly that we're regularly able to upgrade to better Internet or tv package and wind up paying less a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted October 30, 2012 Author Share Posted October 30, 2012 Spoke to my cousin who is a broadband consultant with Virgin and she can get me a soopa doopa family rate for all the channels, 60meg broadband, line rental and weekend calls. Looks like that's sorted then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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