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Author Topic: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please  (Read 27499 times)

jelv

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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #120 on: May 03, 2017, 09:10:30 AM »

He has received a suggestion on the Plusnet forums which would absolutely 100% guarantee no geo-location list would have his IP: https://community.plus.net/t5/General-Chat/Recommend-a-fibre-ISP-with-dynamic-IP/m-p/1436283#M223855
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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #121 on: May 03, 2017, 09:18:47 AM »

 ;D
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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #122 on: May 03, 2017, 10:57:41 AM »

 :lol:
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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #123 on: May 03, 2017, 12:02:49 PM »

Jelv yeah.

On android, google I know actually will periodically phone home on its location service to report location of active ip addresses, they then put this into a database which is shared with commercial partners.

This occurs even if location is disabled in the phone settings, it will honour the GPS setting tho, so if GPS is disabled it wont use that for tracking just wifi and cell towers.

The location setting is basically just a permission master switch for apps to use the location API.
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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #124 on: May 04, 2017, 01:07:42 AM »

I see some of the trolls from PN forum are bringing up the same old same old rubbish, I have been over and over again. I am not going to repeat myself, especially about smart phones.

I am glad I left PN as the service were getting worse and no reply to tickets for weeks. Utter disgrace. Also Plusnet have put there prices up once again but then I got a better deal and more out of it, than if I had stayed with plusnet.

While not perfect, I have had far better advisers where I am now and more polite,helpful. Just the Indian call centres that are still flaming useless. That will be less of a problem soon, as they are going. ;)

This is a steping stone isp, or that's what the plan is but we will see.

Oh and another thing. I got myself a decent VPN before I left PN. ;D  :cool:

Just dont use a Romanian one, as kitz blocks Romanian spammers. ;)
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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #125 on: May 04, 2017, 01:43:42 AM »

Who did I choose to go with? Well dont get mad but they own EE ;)

<cough>They also own Plusnet</cough>

Not that I blame you - I use the same ISP - and they tend to be very reliable with decent introductory and reasonable retention deals.

You are of course dealing with a mass market ISP so won't necessarily get the same specialist support as easily as you might from a smaller ISP though customers on BT's own forums are quite knowledgeable and the moderators there can help resolve issues that their normal support struggles with.

Surprised you had a problem authenticating with your own modem though - that should have been very simple to do.
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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #126 on: May 05, 2017, 12:45:40 AM »

I see some of the trolls from PN forum are bringing up the same old same old rubbish, I have been over and over again. I am not going to repeat myself, especially about smart phones.

Well after the way you behaved over on the PN forum (completely ignoring advice about how locations are worked out - and then returning to tell those same people what they had told you) are you really surprised that people were watching this forum to see how long it took you to post here?

You tried to hold the PN board to ransom - help me or i'm going to kitz. Kinda silly really - that kinda attitude always does a great job of winding people up.
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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #127 on: May 05, 2017, 01:03:33 AM »

"After the way I behaved" I dont think so! Try looking in the mirror next time.

I were trolled by the many plusnet shills. I happen to get far more detail from speaking to a manager on the phone in the end but you lot just kept saying the same things.

Plusnet forums are not there to help customers or be transparent. The services and support from plusnet, even on the forum is crap!

I came over here because it's a better forum, with more knowledgeable and better understanding members. Kitz could probably knock cats off, off bob P. ;D I know what I know and that's all that matters. If you don't like that, that is not my problem. Believe everything PN tells you. I am still better off where I am now anyway, even if it's until the end of my contract but we will see.

If you registered on here to troll me, then you have wasted your time.  :police:
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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #128 on: May 05, 2017, 01:12:25 AM »

Hi gt94sss2. Yes were a good deal for me and save some cash compared to plusnet.

I dont know why I had issues with my own setup. Maybe their equipment is more finicky. I will try at some point the hub3 and then see what happens, if I try and put my own router back on. See if I get the same issue or if connects OK, which it should anyway.

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jelv

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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #129 on: May 05, 2017, 02:29:51 PM »

Kitz could probably knock cats off, off bob P. ;D
For anyone that is aware of Bob P's ability that comment has just proved something - and it doesn't reflect well on you! He and Dave (who we don't see so often) are without doubt the most reliable sources of technical information on all things Plusnet!

In fact it would not surprise me if a lot of the information Kitz has garnered over the years came from Bob P.
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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #130 on: May 05, 2017, 07:15:21 PM »

Could have jumped onto Plusnet ISP & Phone 3 times in the last year but the cost is just to much for what you get, for example for me it would need to be unlimited 40/10 and anytime International call plans caller ID and EE do all this for much less than Plusnet and don't even know if there Upstream is 10Mbps or just 2Mbps

OK you don't have an active CS support forum with EE but I always use the phone to call Customer Services if a issue surfaces which is unlikely  :fingers: 
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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #131 on: May 05, 2017, 07:21:59 PM »

. . . Plusnet and don't even know if there Upstream is 10Mbps or just 2Mbps

It is the 40/2 Mbps product for new customers.  :(
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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #132 on: May 05, 2017, 07:49:28 PM »

Strange that it does not clearly show it's only 2Mbps Upload burakkucat, on their purchase now Web page and ran though all the options and can't find it.
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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #133 on: May 05, 2017, 08:42:04 PM »

As you go through their order process, it says:

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Great news!
All our broadband packages are available in your area.

Postcode: XXXX XXXX
This means you can get our superfast Unlimited Fibre Extra Broadband, with an estimated download speed of 59 - 80Mb, and an estimated upload speed of 20Mb.

If you choose our Unlimited Fibre Broadband, you could get an estimated download speed of 40Mb, and an estimated upload speed of 2Mb.

and hidden under the 'Here's the legal bit' on the public page which lists their different packages it says:

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Fibre Broadband

† Fibre broadband speed is described as 'up to' because your actual speeds will vary. We'll give you the best speed available on your line, with up to 76Mb download speed and 19Mb upload speeds on Unlimited Fibre Extra, and up to 38Mb download speed and 1.9Mb upload speeds on Unlimited Fibre. This is dependent on your location, phone line, home wiring and time of day. We'll provide you with a speed estimate when you check availability of our products.
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Re: I need a certain type of isp - Recommendations Please
« Reply #134 on: May 07, 2017, 10:35:46 AM »

"After the way I behaved" I dont think so! Try looking in the mirror next time.

Multiple people there told you how your location was being worked out and published. Instead you chose to blame and accuse plusnet of deliberately publishing it.

Now while its true that they are using pools of IP addresses for particular locations, they are not deliberately publishing your IP address. But despite the explanations from multiple members you chose to ignore that and then go round insulting people.

I happen to get far more detail from speaking to a manager on the phone in the end but you lot just kept saying the same things.

I seem to recall that the manager actually told you what you had already been told - you just refused to believe it until that point and THEN you decided to tell the plusnet members how it worked as if you were educating them!

Look!:











(and so you went with BT - almost as if you're deliberately trying to find yourself more hassle)

and then after all of that.. (including other replies there that i've not bothered with) you then returned to educate those who had already told you how it worked - "now that you understand":




Plusnet forums are not there to help customers or be transparent. The services and support from plusnet, even on the forum is crap!

Thats a matter of perspective. You're the one harping on about state control.. yet plusnet will let you slag them off on their own forums - hows that for freedom of speech?. As for support.. well if you're the type of person who jumps up and down screaming "I want it now" then it's not for you i'll agree. Nobody likes "me me me" types. It must be said though that they're well known for being utterly useless with their phone waiting times.

I came over here because it's a better forum

You had to wait for it all to die down on the plusnet forum though didn't you!!!

Believe everything PN tells you.

On the contrary, i've been burnt by that ISP in the past myself - people on the phones there are idiots.. and i see thats been pointed out to you on their forum too!

If you registered on here to troll me, then you have wasted your time.  :police:

Sorry but you're not the most important person in my life although i will admit this particular thread is interesting.
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