At around 25 minutes past midnight this morning the Digital Region Network was switched off.It has been a very costly exercise with losses exceeding £100 million.
Who is to blame for the failure?..Well when it started (and even now)there are thousands of people across South Yorkshire who have never heard of Digital Region or any of the isps who were under its umbrella.They should have mail dropped every home in South Yorkshire where Digital Region FTTC was available and done more to let people know what was available and who the isps were.
I was with an isp called Origin broadband.They were excellent when I joined but the last few months there credentials have plummeted due to not keeping people informed of the Digital Region closure and what now was available to them,offering different prices and plans to different users.They constantly removed posts on their Facebook page if anyone complained or spoke out against the company.
Even ispreview ran an article a couple of days back about the number of complaints
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2014/08/origin-broadband-fail-give-30-days-notice-digital-region-closure.htmlI have already left the company as I had no alternative to go back to ADSL,which on my line means under 3mb.I have gone with AAISP.Not the cheapest but the efficiency of this company is just amazing.From the moment I presented them with my MAC they kept me informed every step of the way.The day I went live was nothing more than a tiny blip,my connection went down and by the time I had disconnected the old equipment and connected the new router I was back online.You have your own online portal where you can see all your line stat graphs,usage,billing etc.
Its a real shame that DR has gone,it was excellent while it lasted,I have now gone back from just over 23mb downstream 9mb upstream to 2.8mb downstream and 0.70mb upstream.
