Anyone have experience with Be/O2 internet? - Page 2

divine · 13-11-2008, 23:34

You don't have to use the O2/be supplied router if you don't want, I just did because it was better than what I already had.

Mark · 14-11-2008, 00:43

I know that. That wasn't what I said though. What I said was that using their router would avoid the impulse noise protection issue I have with my own router - at the cost of potentially ending up with a less stable solution.

It's all turning into a hellish carbuncle of tech-speak. Oh to be in a position where I didn't know what I was talking about. I think I've caught something OCD from Phykell (or more accurately, he caught it from me, as I've been pondering my ISP choices on and off for about three years

).

LeperousDust · 14-11-2008, 01:10

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Originally Posted by Mark

I suppose I could use the O2 router and ditch my trusty Draytek, since that's the source of my problem with moving to O2, but I'm not sure I want to. I doubt many can claim 165 days uptime on their routers.

Quite easily with my WRT, i didn't even realise routers where flaky things? I don't think the one back home has ever been switched off apart from when i relocate it. The rents and my brother wouldn't have a clue what to do if it "went wrong"

Mark · 14-11-2008, 01:20

My WRT seems to get its knickers in a twist and self-mutilate every so often, though it's behaved a fair deal better since I ditched my bridged wireless setup. Plus, with the firmware currently on it, it reboots if you change pretty much anything. Given that I access my systems remotely quite regularly, and actually plan on hosting on the connection next year, an unstable router wouldn't be so clever.

The older Netgears used to be horribly prone to dropping connections for no obvious reason. And then of course there's Belkin *spit*. :/

LeperousDust · 14-11-2008, 02:27

I'm running tomato on my WRT and you'd think since its third party and does so much it would be a little temperamentally, but tbh i've found the exact opposite to be true...

Mark · 14-11-2008, 02:38

Just don't try plugging any hard disks into it. That'll really sort it.

Stan_Lite · 14-11-2008, 05:30

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Originally Posted by LeperousDust

Quite easily with my WRT, i didn't even realise routers where flaky things? I don't think the one back home has ever been switched off apart from when i relocate it.

Same here. I've had mine for over a year and the only time it's been rebooted was when we switched the Virgin account to my name and Virgin insisted on changing the modem for an identical one. The only router I've had problems with was a cheapo Zoom thing I had a few years back which had overheating issues. After a bit of a search, the only solution I found on the web which appeared to work was to drill holes in it to let the heat out - I decided at this point, it was time for a new one

Streeteh · 14-11-2008, 09:23

BeBroadband rock, i dropped them a support ticket due to my email not working correctly, within an hour i had received a reply detailing exactly how to fix it. They even texted me to tell me they had sent a reply!

Mark · 14-11-2008, 10:59

Oh well, my request for a MAC prompted PlusNet to drop the monthly price below what I'd pay by switching. They've been very good to me in the past, so with them being the devil I know I'm afraid I bit. Game over.

leowyatt · 14-11-2008, 11:01

well if you get it cheaper then nice one Mark

13-11-2008, 23:34	#11
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	You don't have to use the O2/be supplied router if you don't want, I just did because it was better than what I already had. __________________

14-11-2008, 02:27	#15
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	I'm running tomato on my WRT and you'd think since its third party and does so much it would be a little temperamentally, but tbh i've found the exact opposite to be true... __________________

14-11-2008, 09:23	#18
Streeteh Vodka Martini Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Kingston Posts: 862	BeBroadband rock, i dropped them a support ticket due to my email not working correctly, within an hour i had received a reply detailing exactly how to fix it. They even texted me to tell me they had sent a reply! __________________ PSN & Live! ID: Streeteh

14-11-2008, 11:01	#20
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	well if you get it cheaper then nice one Mark __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

14-11-2008, 00:43	#12
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I know that. That wasn't what I said though. What I said was that using their router would avoid the impulse noise protection issue I have with my own router - at the cost of potentially ending up with a less stable solution. It's all turning into a hellish carbuncle of tech-speak. Oh to be in a position where I didn't know what I was talking about. I think I've caught something OCD from Phykell (or more accurately, he caught it from me, as I've been pondering my ISP choices on and off for about three years ).

14-11-2008, 01:20	#14
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	My WRT seems to get its knickers in a twist and self-mutilate every so often, though it's behaved a fair deal better since I ditched my bridged wireless setup. Plus, with the firmware currently on it, it reboots if you change pretty much anything. Given that I access my systems remotely quite regularly, and actually plan on hosting on the connection next year, an unstable router wouldn't be so clever. The older Netgears used to be horribly prone to dropping connections for no obvious reason. And then of course there's Belkin spit. :/

14-11-2008, 02:38	#16
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Just don't try plugging any hard disks into it. That'll really sort it.

14-11-2008, 10:59	#19
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Oh well, my request for a MAC prompted PlusNet to drop the monthly price below what I'd pay by switching. They've been very good to me in the past, so with them being the devil I know I'm afraid I bit. Game over.