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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband 12:20 - Aug 2 with 2680 viewsSTID2017

Fed up of Virgin - looking to swap Broadband provider
Talk Talk are offered a 17mb service for £20 per month (as opposeed to my current 100mb from Virgin)
will it make any difference to the actual streaming etc and surfing ?

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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 12:26 - Aug 2 with 2671 viewsswanforthemoney

I just looked into this for a family member. If you are streaming 4K programs, youll need more than 17mb.
She was going to switch to Plusnet, they were offering a 29.99 package, but when she rang her supplier (BT) they matched the Plusnet offer. So no switch, but anyway you might struggle with 17Mb depending what you streaming. Turns out Plusnet and BT are actually the same company behind the scenes!

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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 12:30 - Aug 2 with 2662 viewsmonmouth

I've used them for years. They've been fine, although they are obviously still shitheads that don't tell you about better deals etc. I have unlimited fibre currently running at about 36mbs, should be 50, all UK calls to mobile and landline, line rental, plus their rather crappy tv box for £32. Heard some horror stories about service availability from people in other locations but it's been fine for me. I've never really noticed any difference in streaming no matter how much the 'speed' has been upgraded.

Edit: I'm not a big user of higher tech stuff. Sport and yootube is probably the limit of my streaming. Certainly not 4K, whatever the **** that is.
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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 12:36 - Aug 2 with 2642 viewsswanforthemoney

Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 12:30 - Aug 2 by monmouth

I've used them for years. They've been fine, although they are obviously still shitheads that don't tell you about better deals etc. I have unlimited fibre currently running at about 36mbs, should be 50, all UK calls to mobile and landline, line rental, plus their rather crappy tv box for £32. Heard some horror stories about service availability from people in other locations but it's been fine for me. I've never really noticed any difference in streaming no matter how much the 'speed' has been upgraded.

Edit: I'm not a big user of higher tech stuff. Sport and yootube is probably the limit of my streaming. Certainly not 4K, whatever the **** that is.
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For information

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/4k-ultra-hd-1707-commercial.html

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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 12:42 - Aug 2 with 2635 viewsjedijack

As long as the 17Mb is stable, will be OK for HD, too slow for 4K though probably. I couldn't go back to that kind of speed these days, personally.

My virgin contract expired recently, I handed in my 30 day notice and got a call back within a week offering 200 Gamer broadband and phone line for £32 per month. Was paying £77 previously with the Tivo box.
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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 12:44 - Aug 2 with 2631 viewsmonmouth

Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 12:36 - Aug 2 by swanforthemoney

For information

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/4k-ultra-hd-1707-commercial.html


Shit the bed!

Thanks but, no thanks. My life is complicated enough in SD. If I could I'd go back to black and white. If I want rich colours and exceptional detail, I'll go outside.

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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 13:12 - Aug 2 with 2600 viewsjedijack

Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 12:44 - Aug 2 by monmouth

Shit the bed!

Thanks but, no thanks. My life is complicated enough in SD. If I could I'd go back to black and white. If I want rich colours and exceptional detail, I'll go outside.


I've got a 4K TV, but only because they're the same price as 1080p sets these days.

Load of bollox to be fair.
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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 13:58 - Aug 2 with 2571 viewstheloneranger

Before you sign up, check on their site when they ask for your address.
Depending how far you are from the exchange it will give you a "Download Speed Range" 0 - ??Mb
This could be way below their advertised 17Mb

Also if you report a fault they will send out an engineer from a private firm. Then if the fault is deemed outside it's passed to Openreach.

This can take many many days!!

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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 14:13 - Aug 2 with 2551 viewspikeypaul

I will switch from Virgin media after the latest price increase regardless what they offer me to stay I have asked for my PAC code a few times but retentions have persuaded me to stay,but not this time it's about principle now not price.
I have fibre optic I assume if I switch to Plusbet / BT they use the cable currently installed by Virgin.
Any one know?

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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 14:21 - Aug 2 with 2534 viewstheloneranger

Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 14:13 - Aug 2 by pikeypaul

I will switch from Virgin media after the latest price increase regardless what they offer me to stay I have asked for my PAC code a few times but retentions have persuaded me to stay,but not this time it's about principle now not price.
I have fibre optic I assume if I switch to Plusbet / BT they use the cable currently installed by Virgin.
Any one know?


Virgin Media and Bt use totally different networks.

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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 14:29 - Aug 2 with 2521 viewspikeypaul

Thank you.

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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 17:41 - Aug 2 with 2451 viewsmax936

I use Virgin up here in Cimla, but I was having problems with glitchs in the internet so ran speed checks and was getting much less than 20mbs on download and even less on upload, they sent engineer out who changed router and told me the area up here is generaly poor anyway and I've been paying for super fast ffs.
Phoned and complained and they dropped price and increased speed to 200mbs, it worked sort of for a little while but its back to bad again with similar download and upload speeds,

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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 17:47 - Aug 2 with 2440 viewsJackfath

Virgin are hilarious if you complain to them via twitter.

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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 18:05 - Aug 2 with 2429 viewsmax936

Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 17:47 - Aug 2 by Jackfath

Virgin are hilarious if you complain to them via twitter.


I complained end of last week over the phone to them and said I'm cancelling my contract, but they said it had gone past the 14 day cool off period and said I'd be in breach of contract the cheeky bastards, I responded by saying that they are in breach and have been for a long time, their sending a senior techie out now on Monday. it won't make a blind bit of difference but at least they'll have to cancel my contract then if I want them to, if not lookout for me on Watchdog.
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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 19:53 - Aug 2 with 2380 viewsSTID2017

Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 18:05 - Aug 2 by max936

I complained end of last week over the phone to them and said I'm cancelling my contract, but they said it had gone past the 14 day cool off period and said I'd be in breach of contract the cheeky bastards, I responded by saying that they are in breach and have been for a long time, their sending a senior techie out now on Monday. it won't make a blind bit of difference but at least they'll have to cancel my contract then if I want them to, if not lookout for me on Watchdog.
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Spoke to Virgin yesterday about the intermittent drops in internet connection.

My customer notes show I've been complaining about this for at least 4 months.
They apologised and gave me a £56 compensation credit, but also told me that the engineers cannot give a date when the issue in my area (SA10) will be resolved
I've paid in advance for the phone line rental, but may still look at changing my services.
Wife likes TIVO so won't drop TV

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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 20:50 - Aug 2 with 2329 viewstheloneranger

Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 19:53 - Aug 2 by STID2017

Spoke to Virgin yesterday about the intermittent drops in internet connection.

My customer notes show I've been complaining about this for at least 4 months.
They apologised and gave me a £56 compensation credit, but also told me that the engineers cannot give a date when the issue in my area (SA10) will be resolved
I've paid in advance for the phone line rental, but may still look at changing my services.
Wife likes TIVO so won't drop TV


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Something interesting to read about Virgin Media Broadband problems

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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 22:16 - Aug 2 with 2268 viewsbazzool

Iv been with talk talk well over a year prob close to 2 years and no problems whatsoever in baglan area, no problems with streaming or watching movies either and no vpn as yet
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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 22:26 - Aug 2 with 2254 viewsmagicdaps10

You have the legal right to cancel your broadband contract if you are not getting the internet speed that they guarantee.

They will give you a speed that they believe you will get when you sign up, normally less than what they advertise.....if that is not achieved, you then have the right to cancel.

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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 22:31 - Aug 2 with 2246 viewsmax936

Just carried out a Speed Test using Ookla Download Speed 15.52mbps Upload 12.22mbps that's with Virgin Cimla area, shocking for what they're charging.

All I'm using is a Laptop on WIFI.
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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 22:32 - Aug 2 with 2243 viewsjedijack

Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 22:26 - Aug 2 by magicdaps10

You have the legal right to cancel your broadband contract if you are not getting the internet speed that they guarantee.

They will give you a speed that they believe you will get when you sign up, normally less than what they advertise.....if that is not achieved, you then have the right to cancel.


There is a time limit on how long a fault has existed before they will cancel without charges.
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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 22:47 - Aug 2 with 2218 viewsjedijack

Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 22:31 - Aug 2 by max936

Just carried out a Speed Test using Ookla Download Speed 15.52mbps Upload 12.22mbps that's with Virgin Cimla area, shocking for what they're charging.

All I'm using is a Laptop on WIFI.
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Try the same test with the laptop on a cable mate. Disable the wireless card
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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 22:53 - Aug 2 with 2213 viewsmax936

Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 22:47 - Aug 2 by jedijack

Try the same test with the laptop on a cable mate. Disable the wireless card


Tried that last week it was slightly better, but at this time of night it should be stronger surely, unless all my neighbours are all watching porn on their PC's

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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 23:05 - Aug 2 with 2204 viewsCooperman

Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 22:53 - Aug 2 by max936

Tried that last week it was slightly better, but at this time of night it should be stronger surely, unless all my neighbours are all watching porn on their PC's


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Anyone Use Talk Talk for Broadband on 23:05 - Aug 2 by Cooperman

Darran will be in bed by now mun.
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