Loon,
Virgin still have to give you your MAC

Can't see why you can't take up the offer,
if you don't like PN ask for your MAC and try another ISP.

Edited by deleted (Wed 30-May-07 18:28:50)

I'm not sure what Plus.Net are like for games as I ghave only played Red Alert a few times and I have had no problems.

As for a Good ISP Plus.Net are hard to beat, ticket response times are now extremely good!!! (Never thought I would say that again). General surfing is excellent...

I take it the service and speeds have improved for you in the last few months

Unless you're moving from cable Virgin should give you a MAC key. Not only does it make the transfer easier (no downtime) but they also need to be this under the new Ofcom rules.

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Sky is particularly good value in conjunction with its TV offering

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I can't believe anyone in their right mind would recommend Sky as a gaming ISP

If you don't use a MAC key you will be lumbered with a

Makes sense then

I get pings of 18 and I am on Sky - and only

Dave

According to the guy I spoke to about cancelling if I want to wait for the MAC code I will have to wait 30 days. It's a bit complicated as I moved from Blueyonder cable to Virgin Adsl (house move being the reason). I was very happy with BY and wrongly assumed by staying with Virgin the move would be easy and straight forward. Oh how wrong could I be.
After waiting 7 weeks for the line to be made ready (in which time Virgin seemed to do [censored] all unless I hounded them daily) the line speed was absolutely pants. Even after the 10 days while a small improvement in speed the latency was horrendous. After multiple calls to tech support (and many

You have been given the wrong info.
You have to use a MAC withing 30 days, Virgin must give you a MAC within working 5 days of asking.

Edited by deleted (Thu 31-May-07 10:00:04)