I have had free broadband on a landline from orange with my mobile contract and i have to say it is good.I ran it alongside my previous provider on the other line to see if it was reliable and to date it has been just that.
Free wireless router,broadband and no problems for zilch per month is a great deal.
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Post by scot-canuck »
Bit belated but
BT retail (ISPs) not the same as BT wholesale and not the same as openreach (who fix things)
Openreach were created so every ISP has same access to fix dates etc as BT weren't.....playing nice, so OFCOM relectantly intervened and they put Openreach in a seperate division away from retail.
If I had been round here when you were considering I would have warned you that BT consumer BB goes to India, Business support calls go to Dundee (near me) as well as newcastle and some other places. Run by clientlogic or whoever they bought this week
See my other post for some ideas for new ISP, also look at ISPreview
they might have a list of apple supporting ISPs
BT retail (ISPs) not the same as BT wholesale and not the same as openreach (who fix things)
Openreach were created so every ISP has same access to fix dates etc as BT weren't.....playing nice, so OFCOM relectantly intervened and they put Openreach in a seperate division away from retail.
If I had been round here when you were considering I would have warned you that BT consumer BB goes to India, Business support calls go to Dundee (near me) as well as newcastle and some other places. Run by clientlogic or whoever they bought this week

See my other post for some ideas for new ISP, also look at ISPreview
they might have a list of apple supporting ISPs
scot-canuck
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