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qasdfdsaq · 22-10-2009, 23:13

Yeah, I've had the exact same problems. Got my own thread about this too, but short summary, nine months of complaining, they've claimed to fixed it, but no improvement. Except for a short period over the summer when the students all left and there were no festival guests. September comes around, speeds down to 0.5-1.5 meg again.

Finally had enough and just left them, very happy with my new DSL service. I'd suggest you check if any good ADSL2+ providers are in your area. BT Wholesale seem to majorly underestimate (at least around here) when predicting line speeds so I wouldn't worry if it predicted speeds aren't so hot. I've found it to underestimate by at least a factor of two in my city...

22-10-2009, 23:13	#26
qasdfdsaq B&. Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,323	Re: Manchester - the honeymoon period is over then Yeah, I've had the exact same problems. Got my own thread about this too, but short summary, nine months of complaining, they've claimed to fixed it, but no improvement. Except for a short period over the summer when the students all left and there were no festival guests. September comes around, speeds down to 0.5-1.5 meg again. Finally had enough and just left them, very happy with my new DSL service. I'd suggest you check if any good ADSL2+ providers are in your area. BT Wholesale seem to majorly underestimate (at least around here) when predicting line speeds so I wouldn't worry if it predicted speeds aren't so hot. I've found it to underestimate by at least a factor of two in my city...