10th November 2008
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Location: Berkshire, UK
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Thumbs Up! for 02 Broadband!
Been with 02 for two months now at home and their Internet connection is absolutely solid!
Strange to say, I'm getting a constant 890KB/sec DL speed and 500KB/sec UL speed on their cheapest package which seems strange i should be getting slower, oh well.
Just used their phone support for the first time as they blocked port 25 for smtp and they answered within 3 minutes queue time. Been prime time as well. They gave me a relay server to use which is good.
So all in all very good service and thumbs up to 02 BB
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10th November 2008
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Are you in an LLU area? If so, I think O2 use BE :O
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10th November 2008
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Yeah they do use BE's network all i can say is I'm very pleased
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10th November 2008
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No qualms with 02 here either..
All be it, everything is piped over an OpenVPN tunnel to Real Hosts network and I don't use their DNS..
And I get a discount for having my mobile with them.. on 16meg tarriff.. couldn't be bothered with the static IP.. Roughly 9meg down 1meg up.
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10th November 2008
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O2 own Be IIRC so they'd be stupid not to use their network 
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11th November 2008
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They do?
Holy shit.. I need to pay more attention.
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12th November 2008
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yupps, O2 own Be*. You all know my thoughts on how wonderful Be* are 
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18th November 2008
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I ordered Be at 11am yesterday, a few seconds after BT activated my line - was live when I got up at 7am this morning! (new line order), and that's nothing special just a normal order - I'm impressed. 
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19th November 2008
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James, put if you e-mail them and let them know that i referred you, we'll both get a month free
PM me for my name/telephone number ;D
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19th November 2008
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I can try it - but I went via quidco anyway for £40 cashback + free setup with code quidco - PM me your details and I'll send them a message
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19th November 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesC
I ordered Be at 11am yesterday, a few seconds after BT activated my line - was live when I got up at 7am this morning! (new line order), and that's nothing special just a normal order - I'm impressed. |
Seems odd seeing there is a three week delay in provisioning tie pairs at exchanges at present, unless of course they were previously on the line and it was merely a case of removing the block.
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27th November 2008
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I have to say that having used Be* for a few months now I'm very happy with them. They've had a few minor issues (aka half the Internet going offline on a few Saturday evenings) - but really I guess that's my fault for not been out...
I was a little nervous when I realised that Be* were bought by O2 (I think I realised just before ordering, but still seemed ok so gave them a try) - and to be honest the grass is still feeling much greener that the Tiscali shambles I moved from (F2S).
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22nd February 2009
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Hm... O2 block port 25, do Be* aswell?
Will they not remove this block? I was looking forward to having the local exchange unbundled but now not so much..
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22nd February 2009
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I believe that both will unblock if you have a static IP. I think O2 charge a small fortune for that, but I think Be* include static IP with all but their cheapest plan. Which works out best for you depends whether you're an O2 mobile customer.
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22nd February 2009
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O2 Broadband SMTP relay server is relay.o2broadband.co.uk - to get around the port 25 block.
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