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ron

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:55 pm

Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 9

am thinking of moving to skybroadband.if i ask for my MAC code from Orange and change my mind and stay with Orange, are Orange likely to get funny i.e. my connection deterioates etc

OrangeProblems

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:55 pm

Full information on how to change your broadband provider here. OrangeProblems.co.uk

sweeperdog

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:06 pm

Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 781

Shouldn't do

Expect sales patter on the phone such as "6 months free", but I guess this will end up being a new contract with me paying for a year after that.

She said I sounded what like I knew what I was talking about when asked if I was going to another LLU provider and from dialling to getting where she said would send it for issuing took about 5-10 minutes

sweeperdog

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:15 pm

Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 781

Just for a laugh, I did a speedtest test just now. At its peak, the dial was actually at my synch speed, and the overall total was about 15% higher than it's ever been

ron

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:12 am

Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 9

thanks for your reply

OrangeProblems

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:12 am

Full information on how to change your broadband provider here. OrangeProblems.co.uk

sweeperdog

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:15 am

Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 781

Just as I predicted. Less than 48 hours after requesting my MAC code they quadruple the speed of my line

sweeperdog

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:53 am

Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 781

I spoke too soon. Either something is funny going on with speedtest or Orange are somehow managing to spoof the packets as thinkbroadband shows the same old dull 1800 speed, and my router is still at 2272 even after a reboot.

I consistantly get spurious figures with speedtest but thinkbroadband seems more consistent - something to watch out for if Orange ask you to do speed tests, although they do usually ask you to use thinkbroadband

stevelondon

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:29 pm

Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 1689 Location: Marylebone Central London

Are you leaving at last sweeperdog?

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sweeperdog

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:50 pm

Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 781

yep Steve. Now my contract is up, I'm going to o2 (now Sky) (effectively Be) hopefully Smile

stevelondon

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:03 pm

Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 1689 Location: Marylebone Central London

I have 2 friends going to o2 (now Sky) one is activated tomorrow ille let you know how he got on.
Your Netgear will work well with them if you choose not to use the their Speedtouch Very Happy

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sweeperdog

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:21 pm

Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 781

Thanks
I may just use their Thomson router for the first couple of weeks or so, just in case it affects any support etc

cosmicdance

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:17 pm

Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 385

I Joined o2 (now Sky) a couple of months ago and it has been fantastic.
My next door neighbour joined too and he is pleased with them also.
His speed is fast and reliable, the same as mine.
Very easy to setup the router that they supply too.
I get an even faster speed than I did with Idnet, which was a great one.

Can thoroughly recommend them here.

Andy

stevelondon

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:02 pm

Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 1689 Location: Marylebone Central London

Update: sweeperdog

Mate was activated with 02 this morning 16 megs package and no problems hes getting 12 megs down 1.3 megs up on first speedtest hes using 02's SpeedTouch router.

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sweeperdog

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:36 pm

Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 781

Yep not been feeling too brilliant lately, so will do this some time over the weekend

cosmic and steve
As a rough guide, do you how long the migrations took, and whether they were previously Orange LLU customers

stevelondon

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:54 pm

Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 1689 Location: Marylebone Central London

The one that was migrated today was previously with BT he requested a MAC tuesday before last (BT gave it to him immediately over the phone) he ordered 02 the same day so it was 10 days incl the weekend, the other ordered a few days ago and is a Vivacity (Entanet) customer.

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sweeperdog

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:59 pm

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Probably pushing it for me to get it for next Friday then Smile

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