BTO ADSL help possibly?

[old.Mitche]

I got adsl on the 23rd of this month, and installation was fine with the idiot bt engineers giving me some warez sites to goto to download some divx's etc which I found rather amusing.

Anyhow the first day I got it all was good, expect the instant pl but it wasn't that bad, and through the past few days the pl has got worse and worse. I've tried various different HG's but with little performance/pl difference, anyway to my point......

As I have had the service for only a few days is it possible to cancel it (at a cost if I must) or have I got to pay for the following 12 months!??!?!

I saw the following url http://www.challenge-uk.com/columns/z/ (thx slic3r) and this has provoked me to cancel, speed's been good 60k/sec, 35k/sec p2p with 25-40ms pings but I've already started thinking ahead. And after reading some of the many posts here I'm worried about what I've got myself into!?

thanks for any help u can give me
mitche^
uke:

 

[old.Kez]

if you're on a contract you're a bit fucked I imagine.

 

[old.SLiC3R]

ROCK ON BTO HEHEHEHEHEHE!!!!

 

[throdgrain]

I sympathise m8.bt should sort their fucking lives out on this one

 

[old.SLiC3R]

ERM.

Stay well clear of BTOPERNWORLD!!!


I got ISDN with bto dial-up and it is shit0 for gaming.

the funny thing is though, when you've signed the shit - you' have to keep the contract for 12 months.

what fucking wankers.


Anyone to do with bt who might read this - SUCK MY FUCKING COCK YOU COCKRANCHING COCKLICKING ANIMAL.

p.s. die.

 

[Embattle]

Re: ERM.

Originally posted by SLiC3R
the funny thing is though, when you've signed the shit - you' have to keep the contract for 12 months.

Its common practice since companies have to make the money back.

 

[old.SLiC3R]

Yes, but when the connection is pants, and is totally shitty compared to what you thought you we're paying for, isn't it a little silly to have to pay for 12 months?


p.s. your fucking shit.

 

[throdgrain]

u dont have to be quite so abusive do u??

 

[old.SLiC3R]

; )

 

[throdgrain]

actually i use bt dial up £14.99 a month-whatever-its-called and 25 days a month its not too bad.i had 08002go ,that was great for ,like a week,then unusable.all me mates moved to nutshell,it was great but now i hear u cant get on that either....

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by throdgrain
u dont have to be quite so abusive do u??

No one takes any notice since kids and morons are allowed to have fits.

ISDN is simply a on/off service, this is the part that you have a 12 month contract. The connection is effected more by what ISP you choose....in his case cheap and shit BTO which you can pay for month by month and change should you be un happy.

 

[old.bee]

openworld was fine for me until 2 weeks ago...now its complete wank...thankfully my contract is nearly up

 

[throdgrain]

tough to find a good one at sensible money tho m8.best ive had was that nguk one at £25 . it always connected and ping was always low.there seems to be a trend towards these rip-off isp's nowadays,ala 08002go,nutshell,+ lots more i dont know about im sure

 

[old.Jas]

My BTO ADSL is damned brilliant - zero downtime, great download speed (usually over 50k often 60k) and superb pings (usually 45ms, sometimes 30-35ms) and I have had it for 3 months.

A mate on Zen's ADSL was down for a day the other week

No - I don't work for them

 

[Embattle]

TBH most are shit since they're overloaded and this comes down to paying a monthly fee for connection instead of per minute.

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by Jas
My BTO ADSL is damned brilliant - zero downtime, great download speed (usually over 50k often 60k) and superb pings (usually 45ms, sometimes 30-35ms) and I have had it for 3 months.

A mate on Zen's ADSL was down for a day the other week

No - I don't work for them

I heard a funny one about BTO.....they give you a good connection at the start then throttle it back

 

[throdgrain]

what games do u play tho jas? no packet loss on quake?

 

[old.Jas]

I play CS and TFC on BW, Jolt, UK2 and few others - jack all packetloss

Maybe problems people are describing are with certain exchanges. I am on the Padgate exchange in Warrington

 

[throdgrain]

hmm thats interesting then.i thought of getting adsl but its such a bloody gamble innit?me isdn maybe slow for d/l's but otherwise its ok,'cept for q3 where it can struggle a bit.
no bw folk play q2 anymore

 

[old.Reverend Flatus]

Originally posted by throdgrain
no bw folk play q2 anymore

I do.

 

[GDW]

you CAN get out of the contract, just read the TTerms and Conditions

 

[throdgrain]

where do u play flatus m8?

 

[Wij]

at home usually

 

[throdgrain]

oooer