morto

ok anyone thought of doing away with bt and just having a dongle plus your own mobile, im just looking into it to save money? firstly who has a broadband dongle and are they any good, from what im reading there saying there faster then most at home broadband.. are they reliable , i think bt are right rip off merchents as i only have it for my tesco broadband , what do peeps think

andy

Jim Galbally

its more expensive, less reliable, adn slower

answer your question?

Crowder

agreed keep the bt line! also helps for my job security!!! lol

PGT

dont know whata dongle is but recently got rid of bt as it cost Ł11 per month and the only thing it was ever used for was ringing the mobile to see which room it was left in!. got skpe for that now

RS LOZWORTH

im thinking about getting rid of my bt line and doing this as it costs Ł40 a month for line and net and i dont even have a phone!

morto

just looked into it and the bigest down side is the down load limit, but as you have all said its also not fast enuff.. im with tesco at the mo and gona look for a better deal, i pay 18 quid for around a 1 meg speed with unlimited downloads, what i dident realise was when you have a download limit it means when your surfing i thought it ment when you download..

andy

RichieST

iTrader: (2)

I take it you work for BT then? If that is the case, PLEASE fix my caller ID as it doesnt work. Contacting the useless gom cunts at the other end of the phone at BT is just pointless. by far the WORST customer service myself and all my family have ever experienced!

RichieST

iTrader: (2)

I use BT for my line rental, then I pay sky Ł26 a month, thats for broadband, telephone (free evening and w/ends) and sky TV. Now that is a deal

Crowder

Its either the mapping in the exchange equip to enable to the caller id or its ur monitor mate. i actually had one lying around brand new that i think ive now lost as it happens!!

RichieST

iTrader: (2)

Well i've got a brand new philips dect phone that should work with caller ID. I do use sky though for my phone service, and BT for my line rental. Should i be contacting BT or sky?

Rich

Crowder

bt should be a simple call to have it activated though how simple the call to india will be im not sure...

Jasesapphy

iTrader: (1)

i use a 3 dongle which is great when stuck in a hotel somewhere without wireless as i stay away every other week, but at home i love my 20meg broadband, live streaming on my 3G dongle is a no go off youtube or bbc i player

Jasesapphy

iTrader: (1)

and im capped to 5gig limit per month with dongle

PhilM

I was considering the same the other day. Just spent 7 weeks in Glasgow living it a hotel, and I was using a laptop connected to my XDA Orbit 2 using HSDPA (ie, 3g net) and was getting ~1.5mb/sec.

At home in Cardiff my net connection is only 1.5m/sec anyway! (Crap line, even though i can see the exchange off my balcony ).

So I have been considering just switching to mobile access, as its unlimited & free on my o2 contract. Having a BT landline sucks when its just for the net.

skeg

I've recently moved house and have gone from 10meg cable broadband to ADSL of upto 8meg with sky so had to get BT line rental, thing is I'm now in a rural village area and the line/exchange only supports upto 512kbps/0.5meg.

So even though some people close by get up to 8meg on their lines I'm paying for both line and broadband on top and getting a speed that actually loads up images on web pages. What a waste of 7.5meg. Pure torture. Guess I'll have to wait for their planned upgrades.

God i miss Virginmedia, takes the piss though as BT hold all the keys to the doors when it comes to adsl type.

Red16

Im in the same boat, albeit with a slightly faster connection speed (should be though! as i live in a town) im limited to 1-1.5MB diue to distance from the exchange

Virgin or Telewest as it was known when i had it is THE best option if youre serious about broadband honestly cant praise them enough since ive dealt with the likes of BT and Tiscali

Jim Galbally

since virgin media took over it's all gone shit tho, their traffic shaping is terrible

daz1968

Must agree telewest was great, but since virgin the customer support is useless, I have trouble getting the speed I am paying for and they have started capping downloads, But they suit me at the moment until something better comes along.