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Re: Laptop
« Reply #9 on: Monday 10 January 11 21:40 GMT (UK) »
I have been with Tiscali for years although it's been taken over by Talk Talk. The main reason with the package I have is I have unlimited download, not many if any other offer this service.

You want to consider what are you going to use the internet for before taking the plunge. I'm sure you can get broadband for around the same price as dial-up.

I thought dial up stopped years ago. God how do you manage. ;D

TT  don`t do Unlimited (in the true sense of the word) as far as I know?



I can download as much as I want, any time of day or night seven days a week. Most have a limit on how many Gigabyte  per month. I don't have any limit, there for it is unlimited.
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« Reply #10 on: Monday 10 January 11 21:41 GMT (UK) »
Hi Sue

You should check out www.samknows.com for a summary of the ADSL providers in your exchange. The details for your BT exchange will tell you when they plan to roll out C21N - 21st Century Network - to your area. ADSL gets worse the further from the exchange you are. You cannot believe the ‘up to’ speeds quoted in the ads. If you pick a less well known brand you will be competing with fewer people. But you need to get on the forum of your intended provider to discover the true quality of their customer service. If you have Sky their basic broadband package is free and they are more tolerant than BT for high usage.

If you can get Virgin cable you should go for that. Services based on mobile phone sim cards in a dongle depend upon the strength of the mobile signal in your area. All websites will allow you to check this using your postcode. These are just as 'always on' as are cable and ADSL. They are priced on data downloaded each month - usually 5Gb or 15GB, so there are no issues with ‘fair use’ policies. You get approx 90 minutes of BBC iplayer per GB. You can get a PAYG sim card for a few pounds to check the signal yourself.  All packages should come with free texts that you can send from your PC.

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« Reply #11 on: Monday 10 January 11 21:46 GMT (UK) »
Why not just go with Tesco broadband? I think that you will get a wireless router with the package which will make using it with a laptop much easier.

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Re: Laptop
« Reply #12 on: Monday 10 January 11 22:12 GMT (UK) »


I can download as much as I want, any time of day or night seven days a week. Most have a limit on how many Gigabyte  per month. I don't have any limit, there for it is unlimited.

Ok, not from what i`ve read about throttling by TT.

I`ve read of 40GB as a trigger value?

But hey you use it so who am I to disagree.

TT are it seems under investigation by Ofcom at present, not for Limits though.

Customer service is I believe lacking?


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Re: Laptop
« Reply #13 on: Monday 10 January 11 22:47 GMT (UK) »


I can download as much as I want, any time of day or night seven days a week. Most have a limit on how many Gigabyte  per month. I don't have any limit, there for it is unlimited.

Ok, not from what i`ve read about throttling by TT.

I`ve read of 40GB as a trigger value?

But hey you use it so who am I to disagree.

TT are it seems under investigation by Ofcom at present, not for Limits though.

Customer service is I believe lacking?

I would say there customer service is better then a year ago, but by no means perfect.
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Re: Laptop
« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 11 January 11 14:40 GMT (UK) »
We've got Virginmedia and we have unlimited downloads day or night.  We've never had any problems.  We were with NTL originally, then when Virgin took them over we changed to Virgin.  Many, many, many years ago we had Tiscali when it was a new young company but now it's grown and been taken over, I wouldn't recommend it.

If you can get it broadband is much better than dial-up.  If you can get Virgin on cable, that's what I'd go for.  My daughter has that, but unfortunately, my part of the same town doesn't have cable, so we're connected via the telephone line.

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« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 11 January 11 16:35 GMT (UK) »
I'm with Tiscali (Talk Talk) unlimited and I believe that since Talk Talk took over, it actually is no longer unlimited.
When I went into my account to check my package, I am now on a 40gb package!!  No one informed me of the change!
I have no idea what 40gb means - how much downloading or streaming I can do. But I haven't had a problem yet.

As for there customer service - you are right!  It is pretty appalling!!  I had big problems 2 years ago and ended up having to go to the head office - which at the time was Mary Turner's office.  I kept losing my connection in the evenings and this went on for months.  When it was finally sorted, I was refunded two months subscription, but it had been really annoying!!

I worry about changing though.  I think all companies have thei pros and cons.   :)
I'm not young enough to know everything.


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« Reply #16 on: Tuesday 11 January 11 17:23 GMT (UK) »
Surprise! Surprise! I got an e mail yesterday from them saying they were upgrading me for free. I then checked and found that the limit was 40gb. To be fair it's a heck of a lot and not really relevant unless you download lots of BBC i player or films.

This is the 2nd major change. The last one (2010) was an undisclosed price hike. My package went from £19.99 (based on 17.5% VAT) to £22.50. No doubt they will add 2.5% to this figure. I complained and got a £10 credit. At least with the new package, we can phone them free. Ah! By the way I got a refund on my calls 2 years ago when I complained about losing the service for 2 days.

It's a bad, bad company to complain to....but it really is dirt cheap compared to the rest. My daughter lives in Spain and we phone 5 times at least a week. I've now found a new cousin in Oz (family history) and that will be inclusive as well. So that's broadband, calls to Spain and OZ and 24/7 at home and rental for £22.50!!! No one else can do it can they?

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« Reply #17 on: Tuesday 11 January 11 20:26 GMT (UK) »
Thank you everyone for your help
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