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ukgaz · 10th November 2008

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

Jon-RackSRV · 10th November 2008

Are you in an LLU area? If so, I think O2 use BE :O

ukgaz · 10th November 2008

Yeah they do use BE's network all i can say is I'm very pleased

JSamuel · 10th November 2008

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.

Ed-Freethought · 11th November 2008

O2 own Be IIRC so they'd be stupid not to use their network

JSamuel · 11th November 2008

They do?
Holy shit.. I need to pay more attention.

Ricky-Serverstream · 12th November 2008

yupps, O2 own Be*. You all know my thoughts on how wonderful Be* are

JamesC · 18th November 2008

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.

Ricky-Serverstream · 19th November 2008

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

JamesC · 19th November 2008

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

Pete-CCS · 19th November 2008

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.

Layershift Damien · 27th November 2008

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).

sean · 22nd February 2009

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..

Layershift Damien · 22nd February 2009

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.

BoostDrinker · 22nd February 2009

O2 Broadband SMTP relay server is relay.o2broadband.co.uk - to get around the port 25 block.