On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:12:31 +0000 Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For "beginners" I always recommend BT for ADSL, since if there is a > connection problem, they can't blame it on anyone else. Other ISPs, > if you get a connection problem, sometimes they try to fob you off > saying there's a fault on the line, and that it's BT's fault; BT then > come back and say it's the ISP's fault, and so it goes on in circles. > Both my parents and my in-laws use BT broadband and have had zero > hassle. Once my dad reported a connection problem to BT, it turned > out to be water collecting in a cable tray under the pavement over > the road, and of course they sent a man out to dig it up and fix it.
It really makes no difference which ISP you use when it comes to faults - they are all customers of BT Wholesale, even BT Broadband. BT Broadband *might* get higher priority when it comes to getting faults fixed, but that's not enough to make me recommend them especially when balanced against the tales of poor performance from BT. I was told this by a BT Wholesale engineer whilst fixing a fault with my (non-BT Broadband) ADSL connection when I asked about BT Broadband. -- Dave Murphy - http://schwuk.com Get in touch - http://schwuk.com/contact -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
