Pipex Broadband

[Wayne]

Yeah, I'm currently using AOL which I've had since around the year 2000 but in the post, we got this letter from Pipex saying they'll offer us anytime calls for £4.99 a month including 8MB broadband, free wireless router, free connection and no download limits. Is this worth it? Also, does Pipex provide a good internet connection/speed etc?
Cheers.

[mangle]

Pipex used to cut my mate off at night because she downloaded too much, that was me sending her 1 song on msn.

I don't know about them, I wouldn't tbh.

[Wayne]

It says here no download limits but I dunno.

[N!ck]

They are reasonably strict with the DL limits/copyright theft, but other than that they are an excelent ISP, great speed and reliability etc.

[Wayne]

Hmm, I download quite a lot of stuff tbh.

[DaveTaylor]

BT are good, I was surprise also Bethere aswell.

[Wayne]

Lol I just want to know whether to stick with AOL at £14.99 a month or switch to £4.99 Pipex, not be adviced of other providors since I am unsure about their prices etc.

[Flisker]

tbh, I'd recommend BeThere or o2 broadband (runs off the BE There network)

[[Chris]]

Tbh, if you download quite a bit - Virgin media, im on their 10mb package and get 6-9mb 90% of the time and thats when i have my xbox running. Not really a bad price and i have had the same provider from before virgin took over NTL..

I recommend virgin.. i also download a bit

[Joe!]

Your getting ripped off with AOL, they are crap. I've heard good things about Pipex tbh. If I had the choice though, i'd go with Bethere.

[Wayne]

AOL hasn't really been that bad for me over the years, I'm seeing a lot of Bethere recommendations so I might have to research Bethere. Thanks guys.

[xxMATTGxx]

I think most people on here will tell you to move away from AOL, as its one of the worst companies you can be with for internet.

[bigdavecox90]

Yeah, I'm currently using AOL which I've had since around the year 2000 but in the post, we got this letter from Pipex saying they'll offer us anytime calls for £4.99 a month including 8MB broadband, free wireless router, free connection and no download limits. Is this worth it? Also, does Pipex provide a good internet connection/speed etc?
Cheers.

You will still have BT line rental on top of that though mate.

£11.75 a month.

[LOLROB]

tbh, I'd recommend BeThere or o2 broadband (runs off the BE There network)
Yes i would recomend bethere (http://www.bethere.co.uk)

[Florx]

I think most people on here will tell you to move away from AOL, as its one of the worst companies you can be with for internet.
Can I hear your reasoning behind that comment please?

[Snex]

Do NOT go with Pipex, they are now part of the Tiscali group which has many problems which are never resolved such as slow speeds, bad pings, poor support etc.

[Agnostic Bear]

Can I hear your reasoning behind that comment please?

Yeah, it's AOL!

[Florx]

What problem is AOL?

[xxMATTGxx]

To JH,

Well most people on here don't like AOL. They either had bad experiences or just take it from others. Although the only time I used AOL was last year and it was pretty bad. Either way its up to the thread starter.

[Florx]

Thanks for explaining.

I am currently with AOL and have been for about 9 years.

They have cause no problems, the service is always up. Obviously there are times when outages occur but nobody is perfect. Their customer service is fine but the waiting times leave much to be desired.

I don't plan on changing anytime soon :)

[Leetzgirl]

Thanks for explaining.

I am currently with AOL and have been for about 9 years.

They have cause no problems, the service is always up. Obviously there are times when outages occur but nobody is perfect. Their customer service is fine but the waiting times leave much to be desired.

I don't plan on changing anytime soon :)

Most ISPs keep the internet top notch unlike aol.

[Florx]

What problems have you encountered with AOL?

[Leetzgirl]

What problems have you encountered with AOL?


Slowness, doesnt work with ps3/wii/ps2/xbox/360, cuts off, caps my download speeds.

[Agnostic Bear]

Slowness, doesnt work with ps3/wii/ps2/xbox/360, cuts off, caps my download speeds.

It does work with ps3 etc, you just need to know how to configure it.

Also AOL is slow, very poor uptime and poor performance.

[Florx]

Well I disagree with that :)

[Agnostic Bear]

Well I disagree with that :)
Go with Virgin Media in a cable area, your opinion will very quickly change.

[The Professor]

Well I disagree with that :)

I have to disagree with your disagreement. I think you've been fortunate with their customer support, I phoned them on behalf of my cousin and the person on the other end was about as computer literate as my shoelace dunked in honey. Took me 15 mins to explain the wifi light wasn't on on the router and ask what button to press to turn it on. When I phoned them for my own problem (the charger on the free laptop had broken) it took me 15 mins to explain what a charger was, let alone ask for a new one. As much as I don't want to sound racist, native english speakers make for far better customer service to english speaking clients, and ones trained in basic IT would be doubly as helpful. As it happens, AOL have neither, or at least not the ones on the other end of my phone.

Never had a problem with uptime but speed is abysmal, I could walk the data to where its coming from faster than AOL can download it. Shame we're contracted with them for another year, I'd love to switch to o2 broadband purely because their customer service when I phoned up with a problem with my mobile was excellent and I've heard many good things about them :)

[Leetzgirl]

It does work with ps3 etc, you just need to know how to configure it.

Also AOL is slow, very poor uptime and poor performance.

Actually, Lemmie reword that

"It cannot support too many requests at once :P"