The answer to that post is "Wow!"

You said at the start "currently can only recieve 8meg speeds". Uh uh!

On IDNet that is true, plus you would have a BT IP Profile of 7150kbps. For an explanation of what that means see this page. But you can't get the IDNet Home Plus package anyway as your exchange is not WBC enabled . You have to look at this range, which is less attractive. Note your upstream connection would be only half what it is now.

On my xilo/uno and vivaciti suggestions you should connect at between 18Mbps and 20Mbps and get over 80% of that as download speed. Plus upload at over 900kbps like now.

Which to go for I really don't know as I'm not a gamer so don't know what the pings on each would be like. For speeds I would go LLU purely because it is LLU similar to what you are on now.

Do you get disconnections/re-syncs happening a few times or more a week, or does the line hold for ever. If the former, then definitely LLU. If the latter, it doesn't matter as much. Background reading on my website about the BT DLM which IDNet has to use, and "What is LLU?" page. Looks like you had a disconnection less than 22 hours ago?

I forgot to say, NickJ's suggestion of Sky is worth checking out as well - I was meaning mine as alternatives to that.

Watch out for the LLU Broadband plus Sky line rental though. That is full LLU again. Broadband plus Sky Talk calls is fine.

thats it sorted mate i'm off to xilo pro16 home order placed and ready to go lets hope were trouble free from here on in £40 migration fee stings a bit though but at 14.99 a month if they are as good as the look i'll gain it back over the years..

Many thanks

£14.99?

£17.99 on the website?

Is it £14.99 + Vat?

Edited by RobertoS (Sat 19-Feb-11 23:38:34)

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I forgot to say, NickJ's suggestion of Sky is worth checking out as well - I was meaning mine as alternatives to that.

Watch out for the LLU Broadband plus Sky line rental though. That is full LLU again. Broadband plus Sky Talk calls is fine.

what is the problem with this? I have had my line rental with them since Oct and just given instruction for broadband. Thanks.

In reply to a post by NickyJ:

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I forgot to say, NickJ's suggestion of Sky is worth checking out as well - I was meaning mine as alternatives to that.

Watch out for the LLU Broadband plus Sky line rental though. That is full LLU again. Broadband plus Sky Talk calls is fine.

what is the problem with this? I have had my line rental with them since Oct and just given instruction for broadband. Thanks.

As I said, if you have Sky LLU broadband and Sky line rental then they put you on to full LLU, just like TalkTalk do.

That is no problem in itself, but it means that your phone line no longer qualifies as a "BT line" for other ISPs. So if you ever want to migrate the broadband elsewhere you have to get the phone line moved back to another provider first then order the broadband afterwards.

This can mean a possible phone connection fee and a possible 1-2 weeks without any broadband.

Having said that, BT themselves seem to be able to do this seamlessly, and Sky seem to cooperate. There have been a couple of posters in the last few weeks where BT have taken over the line first, and Sky have let the LLU broadband continue until BT then migrate the user to Infinity.

From the user point of view that isn't too bad. Free move back, no loss of service, and Infinity is possibly the front runner for BT FTTC, though not the one I chose.

Many people however wouldn't want to go from Sky LLU broadband to BT phone and BT ADSLx broadband!

In theory the same sequence can be followed by any provider. I have yet so see an instance, but we see many where the bad scenario occurs.

(Edit - speeling mistake).

Edited by RobertoS (Sun 20-Feb-11 15:45:32)

In reply to a post by blacky:

Hi all
I have been a long serving customer with (originally) nildram who i found fine, TALK TALK ate them up and now i'm off( due to many many issues mainly xbox live just not working properly!!) So i've finally got my MAC code and i'm looking elsewhere. I would like around 50gb allowance and I currently can only recieve 8meg speeds, The main 3 contenders so far are idnet home plus, BE unlimited and zen active, if Zen would supply me a free modem (I could do with a new one really) I would happily pay the extra for what looks like an excellent service but 50 quid for a modem on top makes it a bit costly.
Thats literally all i want 8meg broadband with around 50gb allowance that actually provides what it asays it will oh and a wireless modem/router!!! any thoughts guys??

Tia

Hi, if you are after a low priced excellent router that works well with 360 Xbox Live, go for the BT Business Hub 2Wire 2700HGV wireless router, you get one from eBay.

http://support.2wire.com/?page=view&article=29&text=...

http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwardi...

ebay http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=...

You may find your XBox problems are nothing to do with your ISP but to do with your router.

When it works at another house it is using a different router as well as ISP.

Thanks Robertos, I will watch out for that.