I would disagree. My own LLU connection's reliability, speed and uptime has been excellent and ADSL2+ doesn't mean that pings go up automatically, there are different modes.
I would imagine I'm not the only satisfied customer too
Pinging
www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.224.121] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.224.121: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.224.121: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.224.121: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.224.121: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=245
Ping statistics for 212.58.224.121:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 7ms, Maximum = 8ms, Average = 7ms
Pings slightly high due to wireless, using the wired takes a ms or so off
Locky is a college student. May I suggest that the gentleman grows up a bit, gets a mortgage, bills, commitments, possibly a family then after actually trying it out tells the rest of us about the real world. A 'bit put aside' doesn't last long when you're paying a grand a month just to keep a roof over your head.
If you lose your job through gross misconduct or quit it you don't get anything. Personally I see no problem with people who've paid thousands in National
Insurance getting something back from time to time and find it quite offensive someone who isn't even paying tax telling those of us who do that we are scroungers for having been on the dole. I have been briefly after losing my job, hated having to do it but was told not to be so proud and was required as if I didn't do it I couldn't claim insurance. I guess that makes me a scrounger too.