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Post# 923277 , Reply# 1   2/23/2017 at 04:21 (2,591 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Sorry to hear of your problems with PlusNet, but it may be that your rural location, and the available network infrastructure, is part of the problem. I have been using PlusNet now for about 12 years with no problems, and its also the ISP that has been used by the company I work for for even longer. Neither is in a rural location.
It is now owned by BT of course and I would not be surprised if there is a degradation in performance, I have seen that happen with DABS.com which was my computer supplier of choice for a great many years (both personal and work) but their performance recently has completely gone to hell - they are also owned by BT now. When I moved I opted for fibre optic thinking that they would lay the fibre into the house but no, it still uses the same wire coming into the house that I suppose was installed 47 years ago when the house was built. They just installed another box ahead of the router - it is noticeably faster than where I used to live (regular broadband) in London. It was the same when we upgraded the office connection as well, a similar box installed ahead of the router. I do not know if any changes were made at the exchange or "the box at the side of the road" so it may be possible you could get faster broadband after all. Al |
Post# 923387 , Reply# 2   2/23/2017 at 14:14 (2,590 days old) by liberatordeluxe (UK)   |   | |
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Hello Vacbear, Thanks for your helpful advice. So not a fan of BT then? Looks like it will have to be Sky then because the current service is slow. |