I have been loving BT infinity, but might replace my router ad the older home hub is basic. Can't comment on much else, have not used BTFon really.
Anton - Anton Piatek (sent from my phone, please excuse any typos) email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http:// www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On Jul 14, 2011 2:37 PM, "Peter Andrijeczko" <peter.andrijec...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Chris > > Keeping it honest, I have BT Fusion with the Home Hub 2 and it's very > reliable - I have the unlimited option at £25 a month but as a home worker > my company pays for it anyway - so price is secondary to me. > > I had huge instability problems when I first got BT Broadband about 4 years > ago, eventually the causes were found to be internal home cabling and the > totally crap BT Home Hub 1 - the Home Hub 2 is much better, it still has a > couple of firmware quirks but I don't think my service has been down more > than one in the past 18 months, and I am a heavy user of broadband. > > As for FON, I'm opted into it, I'm in a semi-rural area so I don't think > there are that many people that use my hotspot so I've not noticed any > slowdown because of it - and the benefits of good coverage outweigh the opt > in. > > BT are ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE for support or whenever you need to change any of > your services - but I've always found the services themselves to be fairly > good. > > Regards > > Peter > > On 14 July 2011 14:14, alan c <aecl...@candt.waitrose.com> wrote: > >> On 14/07/11 12:19, Chris Dennis wrote: >> > Hello folks >> > >> > I find myself being tempted away from the reliable plainness of >> > UKFSN/Entanet broadband towards the glossy excitement of BT broadband. >> > >> > For these reasons: >> > * I need a new wifi router anyway, and I'll get a free one with BT. >> > * It will probably be cheaper once the free UK landline calls and other >> > goodies are factored in. >> > * They offer lots of free wifi hotspots via BT Fon and BT Openzone, >> > which will be of interest to me if I get a smartphone or tabletty thing. >> > >> > Has anyone used BT Fon? Is it any good? >> > >> > I have experience of wrestling with BT Broadband customer support on >> > behalf of customers -- it's often not fun. But on the other hand, for a >> > lot of people BT Broadband is very reliable. >> > >> > What does the team think? Would moving to BT be a mistake? >> >> I use BeThere isp, good if they have equipment in your area. >> -- >> alan cocks >> Ubuntu user >> >> -- >> Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk >> Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire >> LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>
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