O2 anyone??

ianm2k4 · 24-02-2008, 16:44

http://broadband.o2.co.uk/

20meg and free customer service 24/7.. 15 quid a month

Anyone tried this?

Ben B · 24-02-2008, 17:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by ianm2k4

http://broadband.o2.co.uk/

20meg and free customer service 24/7.. 15 quid a month

Anyone tried this?

I haven't, always had cable broadband but you might have been better posting this in the 'Other ISP's Discussion' board www.cableforum.co.uk/board/63

~Ben B~

**Jefferson T** · 24-02-2008, 17:06

Indeed - thread moved...

Nemeth · 24-02-2008, 17:10

It's re-badged Be Broadband, so yes plenty of people have tried it. If you live within a short distance of a Be enabled exchange they should probably be your first choice. Just bear in mind that you need a BT land line to use the service, so add another £11. Also to get their ultimate service for £15 you need an o2 contract mobile, if you don't have one you're better off going straight to Be.

webcrawler2050 · 26-02-2008, 14:31

Its just BT to be honest - Most people that say "BT Line Required" are just BT WHolesalers.

People like:

* Tiscali
* Pipex
* Orange
* 02

The list could go on and on and on!

haydnwalker · 26-02-2008, 15:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by webcrawler2050

Its just BT to be honest - Most people that say "BT Line Required" are just BT WHolesalers.

People like:

* Tiscali
* Pipex
* Orange
* 02

The list could go on and on and on!

O2 aren't just "BT Whosalers" - They have their own kit (well...BE* Kit) in the exchange so thats why then can provide faster speeds as they use ADSL2.

"BT Line Required" just means that you use the BT phone network up until the local BT exchange which is where the hand-off to O2/Be Happens.

webcrawler2050 · 26-02-2008, 15:06

Yeah even if they have their own kit - they are still in the BT centre / using the BT network. They may as well call them Cellnet again!

andygrif · 26-02-2008, 15:13

Er, O2 is owned by Telefonica, the Spanish equivalent of BT. These days BT's mobile customers get to use the Vodafone network, o2 has its own network (which was the one sold off by BT).

Think this all happened quite some time ago now...do try and keep up

webcrawler2050 · 26-02-2008, 15:13

tweetypie/8 · 26-02-2008, 15:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by ianm2k4

http://broadband.o2.co.uk/

20meg and free customer service 24/7.. 15 quid a month

Anyone tried this?

you want a bit of sound advice ? dont touch it with a barge pole,2 of my sons had it and couldnt wait to get rid of it + the cs is crap.

injuneer · 27-02-2008, 19:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by ianm2k4

http://broadband.o2.co.uk/

20meg and free customer service 24/7.. 15 quid a month

Anyone tried this?

I've got the standard 8 meg package & it seems ok. The router they supply (a Thomson ST780WL) does seem to re-synch quite a bit but I believe there is a firmware rollout in the pipeline to address this.
O2 bought out the Be network & use ADSL 2+. It's LLU so not using BT wholesale. Support is freephone & Uk based. Be had a good reputation I believe.

---------- Post added at 19:21 ---------- Previous post was at 19:12 ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by webcrawler2050

Its just BT to be honest - Most people that say "BT Line Required" are just BT WHolesalers.

People like:

* Tiscali
* Pipex
* Orange
* 02

The list could go on and on and on!

Orange & Pipex (now acquired by Tiscali) use LLU which means they have their own DSLU's on the BT site. Tiscali are also migrating all their BT wholesale provided customers to LLU. The only part BT play in LLU is with the copper line distribution itself which is maintained by their Openreach division.

dragon · 29-02-2008, 18:26

I'd use speedtest.net but it just tried to tell me I have an 80Mbit/s connection

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedt...576516317.html

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/res...0622&v=3701454

Code:

Uptime:	1 day, 6:31:34

Modulation:	G.992.5 Annex M US 56

Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]:	2,606 / 24,574

I do live very close to an exchange tho

Thats with BE

kingabs · 06-03-2008, 14:47

O2 have owned Be* for a while now so when orange started offering broadband to their cmr's O2 were planning their own solution using Be* which they own but lowered the package contents to up to 20mbs instead of up to 24mbs like Be*.

Nemeth · 07-03-2008, 21:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingabs

O2 have owned Be* for a while now so when orange started offering broadband to their cmr's O2 were planning their own solution using Be* which they own but lowered the package contents to up to 20mbs instead of up to 24mbs like Be*.

The o2 service is identical and is up to 24mb, they haven't lowered the package contents in any way. 20mb is simply the figure quoted in their marketing materiel, very few people will be able to sync at over 20mb anyway due to the usual constraints for DSL (line length and quality).