internet providers! who's best? who's s#@t?

Joined: Aug 02, 2006 Posts: 85 Location: colchester, essex

hi guys
at the moment i am having problems with my internet, i am unable to log on to BF2 or BF2142! Sad

i can use the internet fine for web surfing but gaming just wont work, this only seems to happen during the evening 6-11pm!
i am currently with Tiscali, is anyone else getting this problem? as a friend of mine is getting the same problem with tiscali.
i rang tiscali who said that i should avoid online gaming during peak times(7-11pm) but strangly i have to work during the day so this was top advise!! Evil or Very Mad

after listening to all of tiscali's top tips i cancelled my contract with them!

now i need to find a new internet provider!
WHO IS BEST? WHO DO YOU USE?

PS i live on the coast of essex and cant get cable so NTL or similar are out of the question!

cheers for your help guys

Jackrabbit23

Community Founder Joined: Jun 30, 2005 Posts: 2530

Everyone will have their own preferences but for me BT have been fine 90% of the time for that last 3 years so um happy Wink

Cheers
|2es-mrix

Joined: Mar 30, 2006 Posts: 545 Location: wick

I was with Plusnet and had no prob's until i moved house so i changed to BT and so far have had no prob's except i had to turn off/on hub once as i lost connection.

Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 94 Location: Oxford

www.adslguide.org.uk

i personally recommend nildram if like me you waste most of your life playing pc games (i.e. i have a very low ping ~16 average)

Joined: Jul 02, 2005 Posts: 1410

I use UKonline, i was with BT but they tried to screw me over for 200 quid cos i went over my bandwidth which was funny cos they didn't even tell me, just sent me a bill and told me to pay up or change companies Razz

i wonder which one i chose lol.

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:18 am

LOL! Im afraid im on Telewest, so i cant be of any assistance other than to say with all companies you will get a problem at some point, it is how they deal with it that counts, good customer care is the key! I rang Telewest at midnight on a sunday and they sorted my problem over the phone. That is service for ya!

LT!

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:37 am

i use ntl and never had prob with it but a good tip for when u cant pay ur bill ring them up and tell them u are thinking of leaving they will bend over backwards to keep ya lol as u said thow ntl is outa the question so....

DgO

Joined: Sep 19, 2006 Posts: 417 Location: KERB CRAWLING

Hi, Im with tiscali and ive been with them for over a year and never really had any problems with them but their customer service is crap! I have been looking for a different provider though as im not getting the best speeds out of my line! A couple of my mates have been going on about freeola who are meant to be really good so you might want to have a read up on them because im like you i cant get cable neither Sad

hope you find a good one mate!

Geordieste

Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 161 Location: Bolton

Another vote forPlusnet