Del Monte
08-06-2010, 22:54
Hi everyone. This is my first post at cableforum.co.uk :)
I found this forum earlier as I'm needing some good advice so I've come to ask you all what you think about my current situation.
Right, where to start. Now first of all I just want to say that I'm moving house soon at the end of June and I'm having to shift all my current Internet/Television channels/Phone over to another place...
The thing is that the new place that I'm going to be moving into happens to have 2 Telewest connection points in the flat. I went to look around it the other day and there's like a telephone socket that says Telewest on top and also there's like a white box that comes out of the wall with a plug facing down to the floor again that says Telewest.
I've spoken to the letting agent and she tells me that you're supposed to have Virgin Media in this place where I'm gonna go and live. It's all quite new in like a mill building and it's as if they've had a contract with a cable supplier to do the whole lot. I've said to the letting agent, can I put my own BT phone line in instead? And she is going to find out for me but surely she said that would probably be ok. But then again I have to wait until the landlord of this new property tells me whether they will allow a BT landline to be installed or do I just have to make do with these cable connections.
I'm not sure what the Telewest points are as I've never had them before in any place I've lived. At the moment in the place I live now I currently have Sky TV for my television channels and just pay about £19 a month for 2 of the entertainment mixes which is enough for me really. Also I have a BT landline in my current setup which I got installed myself 5 years ago and I have recently switched it to Primus. Primus seems to be very good, a little slow at switching over but still they've super good value for money, I pay for the line rental and also a call package with them and it's very cheap. The last thing I have in my current one is Bethere ADSL internet. Which I am more than happy with, it's an excellent broadband service and the speed is great, the service you get with Bethere is superb, it's the best I've ever had. Considering my current setup is quite close to the phone exchange it's pretty dam good really. Sadly I'm gonna have to leave that setup behind and start again :(
So with all being said, I really need to find out whether the new landlord in my new flat will allow me to have a BT landline, if so I could put Bethere ADSL back in my new place and carry on with that wonderful provider. I guess if I did that I'd have to go back to BT and have a 12 months contract with them again but I could live with that and at least then I could have an ADSL.
Now getting down to what I wanted to say. I wanted to say that IF I cannot have ADSL in this new property then I will be forced to have Cable internet/tv/phone with most probably Virgin Media. Now from what I've read all over the internet (there's a lot of stuff to read here and there) people are complaining about how terrible Virgin Media actually are. It's all very off putting how bad they sound. I just wouldn't want to get them if they're so terrible. I might have no choice but to get Virgin Media if in this new place there's no other option than Fibre Optic for your internet, television and phone services.
Is there really much of a choice other than having Virgin Media for your cable fibre optic connection to your home?
Can somebody tell me what it is like, is there anything good to say about Virgin Media? Is it also true that the Virgin Media internet service is very bad and also do they slow you down on purpose? With Virgin Media can't you have a unlimited download service? Also what about packet shaping or traffic shaping, do they slow you down in that respect?
There's so many things I need to know about Virgin Media because I could well be stuck with them already now that I'm moving into this new place. I might have to have the TV as there's no sign of a normal TV aerial on the roof where it is. I might also have to have the landline phone connected through Virgin Media because you're simply not allowed any of the other services due to the building and the rules etc.. (if that's the case).
So please if you can tell me as much as you know, what the TV is like with Virgin Media, what the internet is like. The phone, the good points the bad points would be very much appreciated.
I just hope that I can have a good setup like what I've got now but if there's no choice in the matter at least from the help of the people in this forum I might know exactly what I'm getting myself into before I end up having to get Virgin Media.
Many thanks for listening..... Feell free to say anything you think about my current situation. Cheers guys :D
I found this forum earlier as I'm needing some good advice so I've come to ask you all what you think about my current situation.
Right, where to start. Now first of all I just want to say that I'm moving house soon at the end of June and I'm having to shift all my current Internet/Television channels/Phone over to another place...
The thing is that the new place that I'm going to be moving into happens to have 2 Telewest connection points in the flat. I went to look around it the other day and there's like a telephone socket that says Telewest on top and also there's like a white box that comes out of the wall with a plug facing down to the floor again that says Telewest.
I've spoken to the letting agent and she tells me that you're supposed to have Virgin Media in this place where I'm gonna go and live. It's all quite new in like a mill building and it's as if they've had a contract with a cable supplier to do the whole lot. I've said to the letting agent, can I put my own BT phone line in instead? And she is going to find out for me but surely she said that would probably be ok. But then again I have to wait until the landlord of this new property tells me whether they will allow a BT landline to be installed or do I just have to make do with these cable connections.
I'm not sure what the Telewest points are as I've never had them before in any place I've lived. At the moment in the place I live now I currently have Sky TV for my television channels and just pay about £19 a month for 2 of the entertainment mixes which is enough for me really. Also I have a BT landline in my current setup which I got installed myself 5 years ago and I have recently switched it to Primus. Primus seems to be very good, a little slow at switching over but still they've super good value for money, I pay for the line rental and also a call package with them and it's very cheap. The last thing I have in my current one is Bethere ADSL internet. Which I am more than happy with, it's an excellent broadband service and the speed is great, the service you get with Bethere is superb, it's the best I've ever had. Considering my current setup is quite close to the phone exchange it's pretty dam good really. Sadly I'm gonna have to leave that setup behind and start again :(
So with all being said, I really need to find out whether the new landlord in my new flat will allow me to have a BT landline, if so I could put Bethere ADSL back in my new place and carry on with that wonderful provider. I guess if I did that I'd have to go back to BT and have a 12 months contract with them again but I could live with that and at least then I could have an ADSL.
Now getting down to what I wanted to say. I wanted to say that IF I cannot have ADSL in this new property then I will be forced to have Cable internet/tv/phone with most probably Virgin Media. Now from what I've read all over the internet (there's a lot of stuff to read here and there) people are complaining about how terrible Virgin Media actually are. It's all very off putting how bad they sound. I just wouldn't want to get them if they're so terrible. I might have no choice but to get Virgin Media if in this new place there's no other option than Fibre Optic for your internet, television and phone services.
Is there really much of a choice other than having Virgin Media for your cable fibre optic connection to your home?
Can somebody tell me what it is like, is there anything good to say about Virgin Media? Is it also true that the Virgin Media internet service is very bad and also do they slow you down on purpose? With Virgin Media can't you have a unlimited download service? Also what about packet shaping or traffic shaping, do they slow you down in that respect?
There's so many things I need to know about Virgin Media because I could well be stuck with them already now that I'm moving into this new place. I might have to have the TV as there's no sign of a normal TV aerial on the roof where it is. I might also have to have the landline phone connected through Virgin Media because you're simply not allowed any of the other services due to the building and the rules etc.. (if that's the case).
So please if you can tell me as much as you know, what the TV is like with Virgin Media, what the internet is like. The phone, the good points the bad points would be very much appreciated.
I just hope that I can have a good setup like what I've got now but if there's no choice in the matter at least from the help of the people in this forum I might know exactly what I'm getting myself into before I end up having to get Virgin Media.
Many thanks for listening..... Feell free to say anything you think about my current situation. Cheers guys :D