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Off Topic Broadband in Hull " worse than Shetland Islands "

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by alanpartridge, Oct 14, 2015.

  1. BOJACKHCAFCMAN

    BOJACKHCAFCMAN Well-Known Member

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    Yes, he should put his money where his mouth is (or something). I have Sky and wouldn't mind having their very cheap and decent broadband too, another thing I curse KC for, but not PLT of course
     
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  2. Oregon Tiger

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    I look at some of the numbers in the article and I am jealous. I currently - in Cambridge - get a max 2Mb/sec. According to the BT website they are "investigating" how to enable the exchange that I am on with fibre. I tried with Virgin and Sky as well but both of them said no.
     
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  3. ElTigre

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    I can only watch HD catch up if I download overnight.
     
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  4. MattTheTiger

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    There was an outbound campaign when I worked there last year from the Contact centre part with similar instances. If you receive a call from KC contact centres your best off ignoring it as it's a completely different part of KCOM and they know bugger all about the services or what's actually available. PLT do you still work for Group?
     
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  5. Lincoln Tiger

    Lincoln Tiger Well-Known Member

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    You must be in the student village then?
     
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  6. PLT

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    I'm not gonna say where I work but I don't work for KC any more no.
     
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  7. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    Are you talking about SKY? You can watch their after only part of the programme has downloaded. For BBC I use iplayer on Freeview.
     
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  8. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator Staff Member

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    I never bother downloading anything in HD from Sky, it takes forever before it's 'available to view' and SD is usually absolutely fine anyway.
     
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  9. Barchullona

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    Takes a couple of minutes for me.
     
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  10. swftiger

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    Live in Essex but I get a download speed of 1.8 but two neighbours get 14 and 16?
     
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  11. PLT

    PLT Well-Known Member

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    So yeah something isn't working right. Speak to your ISP and they'll help you fix it and you'll get the same speeds as the neighbours. Might have to speak to someone in Bangalore but still.
     
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  12. Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC

    Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC Well-Known Member

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    Are they on the same feed as you?
     
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  13. swftiger

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    Yes. From the connection in the road 3 seem to be on the same spur. When the internet connection went down all 3 were affected.Have contacted my broadband provider who agree the speed is very slow. To check, it they wanted £65 and if they found the problem was not theirs I would have to pay the cost.
     
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  14. MattTheTiger

    MattTheTiger Well-Known Member

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    I'd suggest changing the micro filer and plugging the router into the test socket and then checking your speeds. If they are still low after all that then just get the engineer out
     
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  15. Spook

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    Yeah.
     
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