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Posted by Swamper on May-11-2004 14:38:

Most popular ISPs in the UK ?

cableinet.co.uk
ntl.com
btopenworld.com

who else?

Posted by Misty Kitty on May-11-2004 14:59:

telewest which seems to be part of blueyonder

Posted by [mart] on May-11-2004 15:15:

Pipex are pretty popular. Well, at least I think they are...

Posted by Ste on May-11-2004 15:37:

telewest aka blueyonder, pipex and virgin.

i dunno who cabelinet.co.uk are?

Posted by Yella Fella on May-11-2004 15:42:

ZEN adsl!!

Posted by dukes on May-11-2004 16:11:

quote:
Originally posted by MaRt
Pipex are pretty popular. Well, at least I think they are...

yes they are

pipex = fucking nails! very hard to get better for price and quality. alto getting tech suport over email is a nightmare (they didnt reply)

Posted by KilldaDJ on May-11-2004 17:37:

tiscali 150k

some say it fucking sucks but i reckon its ok, unlimited bandwidth and no restrictions on anything

32kbps upstream/16kbps downstream = good enuff for me

Posted by DJ_FRAZ on May-11-2004 17:39:

pipex =]

Posted by sykadelik on May-11-2004 17:51:

AOL & Wanadoo (Freeserve) are the two biggest I thought.
Although i think http://www.ispreview.co.uk has some charts

Posted by DRM on May-11-2004 18:05:

nobody is testing telewest atm cuz i just got my free upgrade from 1mb to 1.5mb

Posted by sykadelik on May-11-2004 18:10:

quote:
Originally posted by DRM
nobody is testing telewest atm cuz i just got my free upgrade from 1mb to 1.5mb

Spawny bastard!

Posted by slinkyhead on May-11-2004 21:53:

had no problems with pipex

Posted by Simcut on May-13-2004 10:50:

I noticed how nobody mentioned NTL, and rightfully so, the biggest joke of an ISP in the UK, even worse than BT! AVOIIIIIID! :|

why do you need to know by the way Swamper? you moving over here or something?

Posted by Coup on May-13-2004 12:16:

quote:
Originally posted by Simcut
I noticed how nobody mentioned NTL, and rightfully so, the biggest joke of an ISP in the UK, even worse than BT! AVOIIIIIID! :|

my arse! granted NTL's old dial up service back in teh day was farscial. but ive had ntl cable for atleast 3 years, had it go down about 3 times, other than that its been plain sailing. and the service has gone up 238k since it began free of charge. thats nearly 50% from when it began.

if i moved elsewhere and only wanted a 700k-ish stlye connection, id prob get ntl again.

Posted by Simcut on May-13-2004 12:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Coup
my arse! granted NTL's old dial up service back in teh day was farscial. but ive had ntl cable for atleast 3 years, had it go down about 3 times, other than that its been plain sailing. and the service has gone up 238k since it began free of charge. thats nearly 50% from when it began.

if i moved elsewhere and only wanted a 700k-ish stlye connection, id prob get ntl again.

well, let me tell you the complete opposite mate.

I have had SO many problems with NTL, I have experienced speed issues for the past 2 months, I've made 17 phonecalls, I've had continuous disconnections to my service, in one of my phonecalls I was told my connection has dropped over 3000 times in the past 12 months, THREE THOUSAND!

made the 18th phonecall yesterday, they still have not done anything about it, I have been told its a server issue that wont be fixed until 1st of June, so mate, dont tell me I am talking out my arse.

dont wish to be funny with you man but come on, 3000 disconnects in a year, 500 of which were in a couple of weeks... an utter joke, NTL have been fobbing me off for ages, I managed to get a refund on my next NTL bill but that aint the point mate, to say I am talking bollocks is just a tad bit harsh! I am appalled by them, you seem to be one of the lucky ones :|

Posted by Luke Terry on May-13-2004 15:08:

quote:
Originally posted by MaRt
Pipex are pretty popular. Well, at least I think they are...

Posted by DJ_FRAZ on May-13-2004 20:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Luke Terry

Posted by Coup on May-13-2004 22:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Simcut
well, let me tell you the complete opposite mate.

I have had SO many problems with NTL, I have experienced speed issues for the past 2 months, I've made 17 phonecalls, I've had continuous disconnections to my service, in one of my phonecalls I was told my connection has dropped over 3000 times in the past 12 months, THREE THOUSAND!

made the 18th phonecall yesterday, they still have not done anything about it, I have been told its a server issue that wont be fixed until 1st of June, so mate, dont tell me I am talking out my arse.

dont wish to be funny with you man but come on, 3000 disconnects in a year, 500 of which were in a couple of weeks... an utter joke, NTL have been fobbing me off for ages, I managed to get a refund on my next NTL bill but that aint the point mate, to say I am talking bollocks is just a tad bit harsh! I am appalled by them, you seem to be one of the lucky ones :|

ive been there with ntl. u of all people should remember the old ntl 56k days i and yevat used to have, so i feel ur pain. while their old service to me is as their current service to u is, this cable rocks.

their tv is still shite tho

Posted by Simcut on May-14-2004 06:34:

Indeed Coup mate.

NTL TV is so damn slow... interactive takes half an hour to appear (thats if it actually works!) and just the rest of it takes forever....