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    On Sun 17 Jun at 7:55am wanderer wrote:
    Hi, Just got bt broadband they promised 14mb in landport now its connected I'm only getting 7 they said line is still being stabilized and it will go up after 10days ??
    anyone else got bt down here or know if this statement is true
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    On Sun 17 Jun at 8:15am Deelite wrote:
    Line does need to 'stabilise'. That bit is true anyway. Still, it seems unlikely to stabilise at twice the speed you get now, unless they set it very wrong to begin with.
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    On Sun 17 Jun at 8:18am wanderer wrote:
    exactly what I was thinking, If I was down the cliffe I would expect good speed but when they said I would get 16mb in landport I got rather excited
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    On Sun 17 Jun at 8:35am Observer wrote:
    14-16Mb in Landport? I think someone's been selling you porkie pies.
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    On Sun 17 Jun at 8:39am wanderer wrote:
    yeah exactly but the nice thing is its in black n white so maybe nice half price deals until they finish poncing around with the green cabinets
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    On Sun 17 Jun at 8:55am wanderer wrote:
    whats talk taLk like round here im trying to cancel the agreement now
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    On Sun 17 Jun at 9:20am myself wrote:
    14 -16mb in Landport on Bethere. But BT traffic shape and it will dpend on how many other suckers are on BT in your street. Talk Talk are crap everywhere, wouldn't touch them with a barge pole.
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    On Sun 17 Jun at 9:31am Rookie wrote:
    I have Talk Talk on Nevill. 8MB speed, which is about right according to BT, and pretty much faultless.
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    On Sun 17 Jun at 10:26am Skyper wrote:
    From the end of the month Optic Fibre Broadband should be available in some parts of Lewes.
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    On Sun 17 Jun at 11:13am Pete wrote:
    I've got talk talk as well and also up in the Nevill, and it's fine....and cheaper than BT !
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    On Sun 17 Jun at 2:04pm Dunk wrote:
    Seem to get 6MB in Winterbourne with Sky. Bit annoying as I pay for 'up to 20' but, to be fair, it seems to cover all my internet needs.
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    On Sun 17 Jun at 3:00pm Wife of Bath wrote:
    Ive got BT Broadband, gives me circa 16mb down and just over 1mb up. Also have VoIP which is reliable. I have to say its all at a reasonable cost and is very consistent and reliable. So my question is, referring to an earlier post, why am I a "sucker"??
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    On Sun 17 Jun at 4:33pm cyclist wrote:
    Am up on Neville and with orange. Have just done test on U switch and got 4.7 Mb but the results also give an average for each provider. It might be useful for you to look at this. NB I would not recommend talk talk. They cut us off for no reason. They were impossible to contact there is just a call centre in India. They pass you round from pillar to post. To cap it all they are thieves. What else can I call it when they take random amounts from your bank account 6 months after you have cancelled your contract with them. Send you threatening letters when you cancel the direct debit agreement. Eventually agree to refund the money and then don't. Nb we were well out of our contract time when we cancelled. When I had a problem with Orange I called them up and they corrected the problem straight away. So I would rather have a slightly slower speed but be able to speak to someone who is capable of sorting out a problem.
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    On Sun 17 Jun at 5:10pm myself wrote:
    "why am I a "sucker"??" BT Traffic shape your connection, have consistently the worst customer service, take money when they feel like it. They are by far the worst company for selling your details and the biggest culprit when it comes down to cold calling . any more? The BT monopoly on the actual hardware lines should have been broken years ago, they have taken this country for monkeys for years. No real personal offense meant, more a dig at BT.
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    On Sun 17 Jun at 6:24pm Harry wrote:
    I'm on the Malling estate at the end furthest from the exchange and I get 4mb. Looking forward to the new infrastructure being ready.
    Don't touch Talk Talk. I used to have them and was getting less than 1Mb, sometimes less than 0.5mb. When I complained, they said this was acceptable performance. When I complained again, they said it was BT, not them and there was nothing they could do. I swapped to BeThere and the speed went up to 4Mb on day 1 and has stayed there.
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    On Mon 18 Jun at 8:18am wanderer wrote:
    hmmm mixed reviews o2/be speeds were good just not enough bandwidth
    hence BT
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    On Mon 18 Jun at 9:18am Sashimi wrote:
    I've just switched to Orange from BT on a deal that will more than halve my monthly bills. The broadband switch went fine: the only glitches were down to me not reading the instructions properly and Indian helpdesk put me right very politely. 10 days later the phone switched and cut me off completely: no dialling out, constant engaged tone incoming.Helpdesk confirmed there was a problem with the line that requires action at the exchange - but I'm due to be out for a week before it's fixed. Is this BT punishing me for leaving, or is it just one of those things that has to take time?
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    On Mon 18 Jun at 8:53pm Sussex Jim wrote:
    No problems with my BT broadband: as you can see I am on the Forum. I think in the long term the old established firms are the best. Seeboard, (or whatever fancy name they now have) are still cheapest for electricity in this area. It's a pity BT cannot bar international calls from one's phone, as this is where the worst junk calls come from.
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    On Wed 20 Jun at 11:13am Cliffite wrote:
    O2/Be in Cliffe 25Mb down, 2.5Mb up - oh yes. Nothing else can compare to Be There

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