Probs with ntl/virgin broadband

alybaba · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:23 pm

My connection has gone down 6 times since four anybody else got probs

stupoolie · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:25 pm

alybaba wrote:

My connection has gone down 6 times since four anybody else got probs

Yeah, But my connection has been like that for months, Switching soon since Virgin Media took over its got a helluva lot worst!

alybaba · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:29 pm

You now only get less than half rate what you pay for between 4 and 12pm im on 4mb checking it it says only1.8 robbing barstewards

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:52 pm

I haven't had any problems with my NTL/VirginMedia connection. This speedtest shows the 2K I'm supposed to be on, is a little down at the moment at 1811, last time I tested it, it was 1972.

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/

no6bus · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 5095

3121 through orange free broadband :grin:

alybaba · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:18 pm

im in billingham also and i think everyone is getting 1.8 whether they paid for more or not

stupoolie · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:43 pm

alybaba wrote:

You now only get less than half rate what you pay for between 4 and 12pm im on 4mb checking it it says only1.8 robbing barstewards

Yeah, Thats correct everyone is lowered to 'Accomodate major useage' Mind you mine drops even less than that!
I'm supposed to be on the 10MB but only ever came across the speed it produces after midnight, No good at all
Looking at other options

whitelight.whiteheat · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:48 pm

BillinghamPoolie wrote:

I haven't had any problems with my NTL/VirginMedia connection. This speedtest shows the 2K I'm supposed to be on, is a little down at the moment at 1811, last time I tested it, it was 1972.

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/

Broadband in Billingham in 1972, fantastic. Years before I could get it. Always been with freeserve > wanadoo > orange. Name changed but service always ok. Cos I'm a country bumpkin though 2 meg is the max in our exchange which is a downer. Family members complain about NTL and swear by Sky!

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:10 pm

whitelight.whiteheat wrote:

BillinghamPoolie wrote:

I haven't had any problems with my NTL/VirginMedia connection. This speedtest shows the 2K I'm supposed to be on, is a little down at the moment at 1811, last time I tested it, it was 1972.

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/

Broadband in Billingham in 1972, fantastic. Years before I could get it. Always been with freeserve > wanadoo > orange. Name changed but service always ok. Cos I'm a country bumpkin though 2 meg is the max in our exchange which is a downer. Family members complain about NTL and swear by Sky!

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:14 pm

Just tested mine and it was 2007. :grin:

Mute Witness · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:10 am **Posts:** 3572

Orange has been terrible for me since it took over from Wanadoo.

Frequently cutting me off, lots of downtime etc.

Mine is...2753...paying for up to 8mb but my area can only get 6.

katcha · **Posted:** Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:57 am

ntl pished me off so argued with them as unhappt with the world's most unreadable bills and told them to put me on their basic basic packages

so now getting billed for 2M but still getting 4M -baffoons

arse and elbow springs to mind

my connection is a solid as a rock and never drops

broadband is a but dodgy but overall it aint too bad

JohnnyMars · **Joined:** Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:24 am **Posts:** 2468

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this but when our NTL/Virgin Media cable TV box fires up it comes up with the three letter slogan 'nlt' ! What chance have you got with a company who can't even get its own name right - and theres only three fu~*!ng letters in it!!!

ptbap · **Posted:** Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:15 am

I was on freeserve/wannado/orange and never experienced any downtime, but it was dog slow.

However a couple of weeks ago I switched to Sky, which is free because we have premium packages, speed has tripled and not a single problem so far.

clappp

John the Baptist · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:04 am **Posts:** 634

We're on Sky too. It works. And it's free. I dunno anything more technical than that.

But when we were on NTL at the old place it didn't work and they expected to be paid for it.

LeicesterPoolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:48 pm **Posts:** 1278

Last year, I was paying £25 per month, for the 4Meg NTL service.
I rang them up to cancel, as I was going to transfer to Sky, after a bit of 'negotiation'
they agreed to drop their price to £10, for a 6 month period.
In May (after the 6 months), the they had now become Virgin Media, but agreed to continue the service at £10.

On checking a recent bill, I noticed that they had dropped me from 4Meg to 2 Meg, and on enquiring
discovered this is their new pricing structure (£10 => 2Mb, £18 => 4Mb, ???)
The best I can get in my area is 4Mb, so I'm not to stressed at the moment, but I reckon when I get
my e-mail addresses sorted out, I will be off to Sky

Must add, I've had pretty reliable service from NTL (2 new modems and reasonable telephone support)

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