Talk Talk

[d000hg]

We switched to TT (with most people we know) when they first announced the free broadband thing. We've stayed for 2 reasons:

1. Usage limit is pretty high, especially for the price
2. If you move you have to start a new contract which you're tied into... we keep moving before escaping!

They're actually been OK for us for something like 4 years. Hardly spectacular but it works and doesn't cost much, free international calls were also great when I used to have lots of calls with clients in the US. Hopefully though we'll escape this time round, our mobiles are both with O2 who do a cheap discount for customers (or used to).

[hyperD]

Run, don't walk, away from the appalling mess that is Talk Talk.
Not only is their "service" non existent, at least one person on here is actually being taken to court by them after terminating their contract, legally from what I can see.
Talk Talk should actually be banned from business by OFCOM IMHO, they're that bad.

That be me sasguru, I've posted about it before.

Do not use TalkTalk. Ever.

Why?

Here

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and the one I am caught up in:

TalkTalk faces £139m fine for bogus bills



(apologies for the Phil Clark-esque link pornage)

[RichardCranium]

Pipex

Who make VirginMedia look good.

Pipex is the Grim Reaper of small independent ISPs.

[Dearnla]

My phone is with Talk Talk after they took over Pipex who took over Homecall. I get one of their Bob's ringing me on a regular basis to persuade me to re sign with their broadband. They have offered it for free but I still turned them down - their reputation is that bad!!

[amcdonald]

And another thing, how come I can type Talk Talk without it getting it replaced with tulip ????

[suityou01]

The other thing, if they ever send you a router don't use it. They only supply tulip routers like tulip D-Link ones
I put my own adsl modem/router on there and my got about a 30% increase in download speeds immediately

Sasguru swears by them

[Spacecadet]

Why not switch to a totally web-based email solution such as Gmail or Hotmail? With Gmail you can access and "send as" all your existing email accounts (upto 5). And Gmail's spam filter is excellent.

That way, you only need the ISP to access the internet.

I'm surprised anyone uses their ISP email address these days anyway, TBH.

WHS - although I use a web hosting and email package
For broadband I'm on Sky, it was a good deal when combined with the TV and phone and hasn't given me any problems in 2+ years

[amcdonald]

The other thing, if they ever send you a router don't use it. They only supply tulip routers like tulip D-Link ones

I put my own adsl modem/router on there and my got about a 30% increase in download speeds immediately

[Platypus]

My previously satisfactory ISP has been taken over by Talk Talk and the service has gone way downhill imo. Spam filters no longer work, have made numerous calls to tech support but no joy. Consequently my inbox gets flooded with crap. They've also put a 2M limit on size of email attachments from webmail. This is a real problem as I rely on webmail while I'm away from home.

Don't know where to go as all roads seem to lead to Talk Talk or BT, both of which are, from my experience, dreadful.

Why not switch to a totally web-based email solution such as Gmail or Hotmail? With Gmail you can access and "send as" all your existing email accounts (upto 5). And Gmail's spam filter is excellent.

That way, you only need the ISP to access the internet.

I'm surprised anyone uses their ISP email address these days anyway, TBH.

[suityou01]

Do KUATB

[pacharan]

Try VISPA, they are a smallish and definitely independant ISP. I have used them since I had 33kbps modem dial up service. Not the cheapest around but are very helpful.

So were mine until they were taken over. That's the worry.

[sasguru]

Run, don't walk, away from the appalling mess that is Talk Talk.
Not only is their "service" non existent, at least one person on here is actually being taken to court by them after terminating their contract, legally from what I can see.
Talk Talk should actually be banned from business by OFCOM IMHO, they're that bad.

[Fred Bloggs]

Try VISPA, they are a smallish and definitely independant ISP. I have used them since I had 33kbps modem dial up service. Not the cheapest around but are very helpful.

[pacharan]

My previously satisfactory ISP has been taken over by Talk Talk and the service has gone way downhill imo. Spam filters no longer work, have made numerous calls to tech support but no joy. Consequently my inbox gets flooded with crap. They've also put a 2M limit on size of email attachments from webmail. This is a real problem as I rely on webmail while I'm away from home.

Don't know where to go as all roads seem to lead to Talk Talk or BT, both of which are, from my experience, dreadful.