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Old 23-02-2004, 13:16   #1
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NTL bb vs Bulldog ADSl

Ok - I currently have NTL 600kps service and am thinking - as I live less than 1 mile from my local exchange in Chertsey, Surrey, I was pondering Bulldog's ADSL PrimeTime 1000 - which is on par with NTL's ref price.

Ok - opinions?

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Old 23-02-2004, 13:20   #2
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Re: NTL bb vs Bulldog ADSl

if you go to this section
http://forum.nthellworld.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=37
and search for bulldog i am sure you will find lots of opinions
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Old 23-02-2004, 16:43   #3
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Ok - I currently have NTL 600kps service and am thinking - as I live less than 1 mile from my local exchange in Chertsey, Surrey, I was pondering Bulldog's ADSL PrimeTime 1000 - which is on par with NTL's ref price.

Ok - opinions?

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Have you checked on Bulldogs website to see if you can have the service by using the postcode checker?
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Old 23-02-2004, 19:14   #4
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Re: NTL bb vs Bulldog ADSl

Well- I am thinking of alos dumping NTL phone and going abck to BT as NTL keep sticking me with a £1 charge for non direct debit.

And yes - I live 1 mile from Chertsey Exchange so no problem getting ADSl.

Just seeing if anyone else has gone over?

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Old 23-02-2004, 22:43   #5
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Well- I am thinking of alos dumping NTL phone and going abck to BT as NTL keep sticking me with a £1 charge for non direct debit.

And yes - I live 1 mile from Chertsey Exchange so no problem getting ADSl.

Just seeing if anyone else has gone over?

Scott
The problem with Bulldog is that if you cannot have 1mb ADSL installed on your BT line even though the post code checker says that you can have it Bulldog charge you £30

2.5 If Bulldog is unable to activate the Service due to your act or omission or due to incorrect information being provided by you, Bulldog reserves the right to charge you a failed connection fee of £30.

If you had a BT line & you used the phone number tracker it is more accurate than using the post code checker.

What can go wrong if the post code checker or the BT telephone number checker says yes your local BT exchange supports the speed you want, i have known of a NTHw forum member finding out his BT line was okay for 1meg/2mb (results of the BT phone checker) but BT said that he couldnt have the service because the ADSL line check results said that there was too much line noise on the line, so that was ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£ÃƒÆ ’‚£ down the drain plus time waiting/wondering if the BT line check would be okay.

(sometimes things are not rosey when signing upto ADSL)

If you read the rest of the ADSL threads in this forum you will see that people have moved to ADSL from NTL BB for various reasons, some have posted their experiances (which unfortunatly doesnt include speed* tests after they have signed up to ADSL).

*You might find that after you have moved from NTL BB to ADSL the speed is different (it can swing either way)

The majority of the forum members that have made the switch from NTL BB to ADSL (that have posted in this forum) have gone to Pipex as far as im aware no one that has signed up to Bulldog has posted what their service is like.
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Re: NTL bb vs Bulldog ADSl

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as far as im aware no one that has signed up to Bulldog has posted what their service is like.
I'm pretty sure 'Dellwear' switched to Bulldog, & has posted to that effect.

I'll try to find out......

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http://forum.nthellworld.co.uk/showt...844#post148844

http://forum.nthellworld.co.uk/showt...180#post148180

http://forum.nthellworld.co.uk/showt...639#post141639
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Old 25-02-2004, 20:52   #7
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I'm pretty sure 'Dellwear' switched to Bulldog, & has posted to that effect.

I'll try to find out......

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http://forum.nthellworld.co.uk/showt...844#post148844

http://forum.nthellworld.co.uk/showt...180#post148180

http://forum.nthellworld.co.uk/showt...639#post141639
Hmm unfortunatly not in this forum (Alternatives to ntl) where non forum & forum members would most likely look...

1st link Re: What is your Broadband Speed (Forum: General ntl Discussion)

2nd link DrAwesome, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
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cheers Neil for the links
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Re: NTL bb vs Bulldog ADSl

bulldog isnt the best of adsl isp's, unfortanetly most people think about price and only price, but if you have a snoop at adslguide.org you will see what I mean. If you want 1mbit adsl I suggest either nildram or plusnet.
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Old 26-02-2004, 11:08   #9
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bulldog isnt the best of adsl isp's, unfortanetly most people think about price and only price
Pricewise yes i agree, i think anyone who's making the leap to ADSL looks at the prices once they have decided on what connection is open to them..

If you look at isp posts in other forums you will find that someone somewhere has had bad experiances (which inc Bulldog, Pipex & Nildram) problems seem to arise with isp's when people start having problems with their connection & then people find out what joe bloggs recommended as a good isp to be with isnt that good at all.

but reading on the reviews on people who have joined an expensive isp's
(they must have thought when signing up the more you pay the better the connection/service)

some are not very happy at all
(A). The actual speed & (B). The service/tech support..

As people look for faster speeds than 512k/1meg the choices get harder.
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Old 26-02-2004, 12:37   #10
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Re: NTL bb vs Bulldog ADSl

Well - Bulldog must ahve done somehting right because at the Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA) Awards they got the Best Consumer Broadband award.

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These days awards mean nothing (they are just an advertisement ploy) NTL won awards 2 years running & they have alot of disgruntled customers complaining about their service.
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