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Previously on "Vodaphone fibre broadband - any good?"

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  • Lance
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    Originally posted by TechRiskPartners View Post
    I am thinking about Business Broadband. The offer is Virgin £42 + VAT per month with £50 one time set up for 350 MB line. The near BT and Vodafone are less than 100 MB and little cheaper. Am I missing anything why Virgin is way ahead and others aren’t?


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    I have Virgin cable and it's tulipe.
    Plenty of bandwidth (>100Mb/s) but the latency is awful and they filter through their godawful proxy servers.

    Unless you're talking about Virgin reselling BT. In that case it's an expensive BT line. I don't believe Virgin have any LLU presence.

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by TechRiskPartners View Post
    I am thinking about Business Broadband. The offer is Virgin £42 + VAT per month with £50 one time set up for 350 MB line. The near BT and Vodafone are less than 100 MB and little cheaper. Am I missing anything why Virgin is way ahead and others aren’t?


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    You've already asked this in a different part of the forum. Haven't you been warned against this before?

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  • TechRiskPartners
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    I am thinking about Business Broadband. The offer is Virgin £42 + VAT per month with £50 one time set up for 350 MB line. The near BT and Vodafone are less than 100 MB and little cheaper. Am I missing anything why Virgin is way ahead and others aren’t?


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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
    Hmmm. So you can restrict the wifi to certain times but NOT wired connections it seems (used ethernet over power adaptors).

    Need another solution it seems... Any ideas?

    The battle continues. In the blue corner we have adging, piss taking teenager who constantly tries it on, in the red corner we have Dad who can;t be arsed to check hes off PC at certain time every night.
    Do you really need the EOP at all times?

    if not just unplug it when needed... or even get a second set and have him on that and just unplug his EOP as needed.

    Or

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  • Lance
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    Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
    Hmmm. So you can restrict the wifi to certain times but NOT wired connections it seems (used ethernet over power adaptors).

    Need another solution it seems... Any ideas?

    The battle continues. In the blue corner we have adging, piss taking teenager who constantly tries it on, in the red corner we have Dad who can;t be arsed to check hes off PC at certain time every night.
    cancel it. Use 4G for your own purposes. And teenager can earn some money to pay for it himself.

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  • psychocandy
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    Hmmm. So you can restrict the wifi to certain times but NOT wired connections it seems (used ethernet over power adaptors).

    Need another solution it seems... Any ideas?

    The battle continues. In the blue corner we have adging, piss taking teenager who constantly tries it on, in the red corner we have Dad who can;t be arsed to check hes off PC at certain time every night.

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  • SimonMac
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post

    Also, I hear that Vodafone is not great for contractors as there are parking issues.
    POTD

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  • psychocandy
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    If you are so intent on saving a few pounds here and there why isn't the phone in the company name?
    Used to be. Im inside IR35 now if you remember and have been at current client for last two years. All done via umbrella these days....

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
    Vodaphone offer includes home phone too. Its extra on top with Sky again...

    I am existing vodaphone customer. Currently not in company name.
    If you are so intent on saving a few pounds here and there why isn't the phone in the company name?

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  • psychocandy
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    Originally posted by filthy1980 View Post
    you can certainly do this with BT's Home Hub 5, although most devices are displayed as MAC addresses and when you have about 20 it's a little tricky to figure out which is which so i end up not bothering
    Same with sky router.

    Little tulipe teenage son surpassed my expectations by working out he could change his mac address. Now if only he applied himself like this on a regular basis.

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  • WTFH
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    I'd stick with BT/Plusnet. It's also worth considering switching each time your contract is up, it can save you money and get you the latest gear.

    Also, I hear that Vodafone is not great for contractors as there are parking issues.

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  • psychocandy
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    According to the Vodafone comparison page the Sky one is £33 so you must have a bad deal. Ring their customer retention team and tell them you are thinking about going to someone else unless they can do something for you.

    Also the £26 Voda offer is for existing mobile users but yours will be in the company name won't they so you won't quality?
    Vodaphone offer includes home phone too. Its extra on top with Sky again...

    I am existing vodaphone customer. Currently not in company name.

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  • psychocandy
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    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    I was with Vodafone, can't fault the broadband, moved to EE at the end of my contract because it was cheaper.

    Be warned though, they ask for their router back after your contract is up so keep all the crap that comes with it as they threaten to charge you £72 which would wipe out an entire month JSA
    Yeh I heard they ask for the router back - no problems with that. I've got 3/4 old routers in a cupboard from sky/BT.

    One weeks JSA BTW that is.

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  • Lance
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    Originally posted by filthy1980 View Post
    you can certainly do this with BT's Home Hub 5, although most devices are displayed as MAC addresses and when you have about 20 it's a little tricky to figure out which is which so i end up not bothering
    arp is your friend.

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  • filthy1980
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    You've been able to do that on the BT router for as long as I can remember. Do providers really give you routers you can't do that on?
    you can certainly do this with BT's Home Hub 5, although most devices are displayed as MAC addresses and when you have about 20 it's a little tricky to figure out which is which so i end up not bothering

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