Fjool Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 you cut my quote off to early.. i said if i wasnt "lazy" i could get it up to 8mb.. weather that be with pipex or another provider I just quoted the relevant part. You said that £22 for 2mbit is 'slightly over the odds', and I'm arguing that it's significantly higher when compared to most other providers. You are giving the impression that Pipex's service is competitively priced; it's not. It seems that you could be paying about 40% more for your 2mbit connection than most people are paying for their 8mbit connection. Their 'upto 8mbit' service is only marginally more at £25 pcm, but this is still way higher than Tiscali (£18 ), Red Ten (£20 pcm, plus free computer), Bulldog (£20)... etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twerto Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 These are odds that at the moment i am willing to pay for ease of connection and reliability. soemthing that BT customers cant say. as is say ive yet to phone/email pipex and see what deal they wil offer me for a 8mb connection. and if all they can offer me is what si on their website.. then that is the time i wil move.. but until i feel the urge to change due to any circumstance weather I start to download movies, games and actually use it for more than WoW or emails. I'll happily stick with what ive got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifi Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 You are giving the impression that Pipex's service is competitively priced; it's not. It seems that you could be paying about 40% more for your 2mbit connection than most people are paying for their 8mbit connection. Their 'upto 8mbit' service is only marginally more at £25 pcm, but this is still way higher than Tiscali (£18 ), Red Ten (£20 pcm, plus free computer), Bulldog (£20)... etc Cheapest ain't always the best when it comes to ISPs... http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/cheapest-broadband.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 No, but value-for-money doesn't mean cheapest. And I'm talking about value. None of the ISPs I listed above are the cheapest options available. They're options I consider to be better value than Pipex and BT. In fact.. that site you linked to, Fifi, suggests that getting the 'free' anti-virus and firewall software (worth, say, £50... ahem...) justifies a higher monthly service charge. I don't see how they can call it free when it costs you extra every month. Especially when such software is available much more cheaply than the 'worth £blah' figure they give. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifi Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 No, but value-for-money doesn't mean cheapest. And I'm talking about value. None of the ISPs I listed above are the cheapest options available. They're options I consider to be better value than Pipex and BT. In fact.. that site you linked to, Fifi, suggests that getting the 'free' anti-virus and firewall software (worth, say, £50... ahem...) justifies a higher monthly service charge. I don't see how they can call it free when it costs you extra every month. Especially when such software is available much more cheaply than the 'worth £blah' figure they give.The mention of Bulldog made me wonder about value for money, quality of service, etc when you consider all the problems they had. My point in quoting that website was that, as the gist of it states - you need to decide what you need/want and find out about various ISPs then you pays your money and makes your choice. It's not just a case of going for what looks like the cheapest. Talk Talk have famously had problems. So we're probably in agreement.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouth Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 One of the reasons that I don't have a phone is that I have no choice over who provides (cable) telephone services to my home. As soon as BT has some competition here I will weigh them up then go with BTs competitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 One of the reasons that I don't have a phone is that I have no choice over who provides (cable) telephone services to my home. As soon as BT has some competition here I will weigh them up then go with BTs competitor With the advent of Skype (and other VoIP services) plus the ubiquitous mobile-phone, I guess that the traditional telephone market is not far from extinction. Give it another ten years, say, and most homes will have a voice-call system through their router and 'land line' calls will be a thing of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Hmm, Faroese call centre? Service would obviously be the priority. Questions would needed to be asked but as the supplier of the backbone link to the mainland I would quite like to be in 'their team'... If we (Shetland) waited for BT to give us the link we would have to wait another 5 years.... As far as call centres go I would prefer to be dealing with Toshavn than Delhi... Mario's post pretty much sums up why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Better the devil you know? I'd be worried if I had technical problems (like those we've just experienced with BT) - would a Faroese ISP be any better at dealing with it? Yes....more than likely..they couldnt be any worse I know BT can be rubbish - but at least I know where I am with them. Do you? You are the only one then...if this thread is anything to go by, no BT customer know's where they are with BT....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 http://www.shetlandbroadband.co.uk/adsl.html Anyone use these people. Looks like someone has the former Zetnet setup at Garthspool but with bits added on. Not cheap but better??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twerto Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Yeah my parents use them as their provider. and speak highly of them, very helpful and easy to talk with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairislefaerie Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Fair Isle is a bit of a backward turn re- broadband, we get just over 1/2meg here, which is pretty *ra* when your used to 5meg city speed. I can only hope that someday soon they'll do an update here. I'm just thankfull im a patient person by nature & dont mind having to wait for webpages to load. Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 When you consider Fair Isle's location and population compared to the cost of providing a reliable telephone service (never mind broadband) then I think you are doing pretty well! Wait until Winter hits and you have to start warming the pigeons on the Rayburn before you send them off for messages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairislefaerie Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Dern it ! I knew there was a reason why we should have kept the clapped out raeburn ! & it wasnt to warm the caddy lamb box either. Hmm straw filled box & a hotwater bottle.... Here birdie birdie birdie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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