Thread resurrection!...and a happy ending.

I moved house to get closer to work. Virgin Media available. Hello 50mb line......and they all lived happily ever faster :p

BT definately still have a way to go! :giggle:

Edited 13 February, 201214 yr by RainbowFore

I bought a new build about 3 years ago and had never had ADSL before, was told I could get 20mbit on an 'up to' 24mbit service. Actual download speeds turn out to be >100kb/sec. After a year I moved to a lovely 60 year old house with Virgin Media in the area.

I'm now enjoying real speed of 11.5mb/sec(paying for 100mbit). I'll never move to an area without VM fibre.

I've just moved over to BT Infinity. I get in the low to mid 30mps now. Quite happy.

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I'm on BT - fortunately 18-month contract ends in February - Virgin set up my street in the summer there, so I'll be hoofing over to them. I have connection problems all the time via the BT hub.

I'll be able to get TV (two rooms), internet and phone for less than I'm paying for internet and phone at the moment.

BT are experts of "continuous contracts" - presently being outlawed .It means that unless you cancel ,they assume you will renew the contract for another year ,with penalties for early closure .Virgin also try it on - I couldn't get anyone to sort out my problems ( well in this country anyway) ,so I ditched them .They did try to charge me for the period before they realised they weren't going to get paid . I asked for a copy of any contract .

I know this is old now as the OP has moved.

But the fault here was signing up with BT Broadband. Awful, awful ISP.