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I wouldn't bother changing at the moment.Tiscali also strangles your speed.
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I know that was what I was saying but BT strangle it 5-midnight and all weekend whereas Tiscali only do it 5-11.
Is there a high user on here who uses them?
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Phone up BT to get your MAC code.
You might find they offer you a better deal to keep you onboard.
As Tiscali is up for sale, I would wait to see what happens to them.
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I've been with Tiscali for about 5 years now.
Never had much problem with them.
Also I've never got the advertised speed from them either.
When their base package was 512Kbps I got 256Kbps (my line wasn't good enough for 512Kbps).
When their base package went up to 1Mbps I threatened to terminate the contract and got 512Kbps (miraculously my line was now good for 512Kbps but not 1Mbps).
When their base package went up to 2Mbps another threatened termination later another miracle, my line was now good for 1Mbps but not 2Mbps.
Had a phone call last week trying to offer me an upgrade to 4Mbps, so I politely told them they couldn't deliver 2Mbps on their 2Mbps package and they'd already identified that it was the fault of my line (18years old and still going).
So unfortunately Marketing and Sales Department your Technical department assures me I can't benefit from your offer, so there's no point in paying for something I can't have, so no you can't have any more revenue from me. (Revenge is sweet served cold).
No doubt when Tiscali's minimum package says it's 4Mbps I'll pull my face again and another miracle increase to 2Mbps will occur..
Having said that my connection speed is rock solid and I've never hit any download limits, despite downloading Debian Linux (2 DVDs), Fedora Core (5Cds),Mandriva (3Cds) and another couple of DVDs worth of Linux Distros in a single month. All in all about 30GB worth.
So If everyone near you has BT, they're all contending for the BT bandwidth and presumably suffering from contention ratios. Switching to Tiscali will presumably reduce those contention ratio issues.
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| We had Tiscali for a couple of years. Speed was officially 512, which it exceeded. It was unlimited downloads and didn't seem to be throttled at all, but upload speed was dire. But recently it went down hill, so we moved to Orange.
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