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I have had BE* unlimited for the last month. Previously I had the VM 20 meg cable BB service (actual top speed of 16 meg).
With the BE* line I get 12-14 meg d/l and 1.2 meg u/l.
Even though the d/l is slower, browsing is a heck of a lot faster with BE* and my gaming ping has halved (to about 20ms)!
I am very happy with BE*, their customer service is excellent, as is their tech support. :tu:

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That's good to know, thanks.

Glad that BE is working well for you. :)

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Working exceptionally well! :)

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Im on Bethere to

Its Very good

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I like being on Be. The speed fluctuates between 1.8 MBps and 2.2 (normally hovering nearer the 1.8), but that could be line quality as much as anything, so I am happy. Also, when I have had problems (caused by BT BTW), Be were quick in sorting them out where they could, and helpful to me where I needed to intervene (basically, they told me what I needed to say to BT to get them to fix it).

The only slight problem is that Speedtouch modem/router they supply isn't very good at dealing with wireless inteference, so tends to give slow wireless speeds. No problem for me though. I just shut down the wireless connection, and fired up my old Linksys wrt54G, which copes well.

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I find the wireless to be great for browsing but I use my PC (ethernet) connection for gaming and d/l's.
The BEbox seems to run a lot cooler if you turn it upside down :D

---------- Post added at 20:08 ---------- Previous post was at 20:07 ----------

Those are really slow speeds Stuart.....how far are you from the exchange and have you tried connecting your Bebox to the master socket (hidden inside the main BT box) ?

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I too have just dumped VM and am waiting for BT to hook me up so I can get Bethere.
Gonna start on the 8 meg and see what that's like. All I want is a stable gaming connection, so whether its 2, 3 4 or 20 meg wont make a huge difference for my needs.

VMs 20 meg, which I did have was unusable, as pings and latency were up and down, most afternoon and evenings download speeds were under 1 meg and gaming was impossible. I would rather a lower top end download speed but a more stable connection than an insanely fast, but impractical and flaky, 20 meg service that I have unfortunately had to live with for a year.
I m hoping Bethere will solve my dilemna - am 870 metres (straight line) from the exchange - Should that be OK??

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I suspect that you will be very happy with your connection :)

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I am 708 meter's from the exchange,i would be happy,but bethere is not in my area,so i guess i will have to suffer with the strangle hold of VM.

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That Line distance is "as the Crow Files" ??

If thats ur real line lengh...Exspect 20MB +

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Ideally you should be close to 20 mb unless your wiring is very poor.

Please come back and post your speed when you're hooked up as I would be very grateful to hear.

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Iam 1.5km from the exchange and get 15mb with Sky ;)
You should see 20mb, or very close.

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Will do......BT in on the 15th and then get Be as soon as I can before VM come to cart off the remains of the broadband equivalent of a carpet offcut ie my modem and anything else with a VM insignia on it.

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Congratulations, you are in a broadband enabled area.

The following services are available in your location:

Now if only BT could supply a decent line, I would be off like a shot.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/10/14.gifBT Wholesale ADSL
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/10/14.gifBT Wholesale ADSL Max
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/10/14.gifBT Wholesale SDSL
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/10/14.gifAOL LLU
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/10/14.gifBe LLU
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/10/14.gifBulldog LLU
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/10/14.gifTalkTalk (CPW) LLU
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/10/14.gifSky Broadband / Easynet LLU
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/10/14.gifTiscali LLU
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/10/14.gifOrange LLU (Formerly Wanadoo)
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/10/14.gifZen LLU

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I was wondering what my line is like for adsl2 called be just to find out and they can only offer me 1mb now that is really baddddddd