tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post8565283457869562093..comments2024-03-19T09:14:24.926+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: Most Reliable Broadband?RevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-25101312585569986362014-01-05T01:15:54.211+00:002014-01-05T01:15:54.211+00:00Can you see http://www.loopsofzen.co.uk/ on the &q...Can you see http://www.loopsofzen.co.uk/ on the "most reliable" broadband?Alan Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203284236816302240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-91528170182835448932014-01-01T13:59:48.685+00:002014-01-01T13:59:48.685+00:00Absolutely agree - and people are confused by it. ...Absolutely agree - and people are confused by it. I may go get one of those Which report things and see if they try and educate people on this, or perpetuate the same confusion.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-58522506527518584232014-01-01T13:57:49.886+00:002014-01-01T13:57:49.886+00:00I do also feel that various providers (Sky in part...I do also feel that various providers (Sky in particular, but also BT) are deliberately attempting to use their TV adverts to confuse the public on the different between broadband and wifi: Sky "our broadband reaches further" [when you pay for delivery of a wifi repeater], BT "more reliable broadband" [our HomeHub is "proven" to be more reliable than some other wifi hubs] etc.Richy Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328244621821820978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-72876632736422478912013-12-31T09:33:06.328+00:002013-12-31T09:33:06.328+00:00For those of you who are not aware, Thinkbroadband...For those of you who are not aware, Thinkbroadband are measuring speed and could measure reliability. They have got themselves a Firebrick FB6000 box to continuously ping you a bit like AA do. (I know AA do it at the PPP level.)<br /><br />Good for Thinkbroadband. But since I am an _AA_user, I'm not sure I want to be pinged twice, both by AA and IPv4-pinged by ThinkBroadband, but then I suppose I should let them see how reliable AA and BTW is(n't).Cecil Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16477035597238561739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-35217712601469777572013-12-31T08:19:22.746+00:002013-12-31T08:19:22.746+00:00If I get my dongle plugged into my Firebrick, comp...If I get my dongle plugged into my Firebrick, complete with AA SIM, can I tunnel through to AA-land to get IPv6?<br /><br />Out of interest, is it possible to use your Firebrick to tunnel to AA (for IPv4 even) using an alien 3G provider? (Why? because the Three coverage isn't quite so good. EE signal is possibly slightly better here because I can roam between Orange to T-Mobile base stations. Although an AA Three SIM is obviously preferable for a whole load of reasons.)<br /><br />.Cecil Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16477035597238561739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-74747902600459650742013-12-30T22:57:08.089+00:002013-12-30T22:57:08.089+00:00The latest BT blurb - not advertised - desperately...The latest BT blurb - not advertised - desperately offering a deal with them, was for broadband & calls FREE for a year + BT sport, then £13/m for the last months of the 18m contract. Plus usual line rental of course. <br />Dont worry NOT tempted :-)obanclipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08898598047093022942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-26530536969119964722013-12-30T17:30:57.290+00:002013-12-30T17:30:57.290+00:00I joined A&A many years ago because I had such...I joined A&A many years ago because I had such a bad connection to the internet & the Vanilla providers took up to a fortnight to resolve serious problems I had. A&A dealt with my MANY fails per year with grit & professionalism & the most downtime I have suffered was 2 days.<br /><br />Interestingly this year A&A suggested trying a switch from BT to a talk talk line to see if it made any difference.<br />Not one drop-out, much lower noise & rock steady speeds.<br /><br />As Jim Royale might say "BT reliability..........My @rse"pebshamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02373814486358099104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-2250808929480482422013-12-29T21:33:26.948+00:002013-12-29T21:33:26.948+00:00What does SamKnows say about reliability? Independ...What does SamKnows say about reliability? Independent third party with monitoring boxes in many locations (we have one along with a RIPE Atlas probe).Richy Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328244621821820978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-11164069876894806642013-12-29T20:01:13.814+00:002013-12-29T20:01:13.814+00:00Except that if you click through to the relevant R...Except that if you click through to the relevant RyanAir article the ad has a sexily dressed model in a very short skirt designed to look like a schoolgirl stood in classroom. This is clearly making sexual allusions about children. I would far rather see a fully naked model being clearly an adult in an adult context, and I support the ASA in banning the RyanAir advert. It is hypocritical of RyanAir to moan about it being banned when they knew exactly what they were doing with that advert. Also it makes me even more determined than I already was never to fly with RyanAir ever again.Owen Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890951742186614705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-75565058422621674062013-12-29T16:39:01.557+00:002013-12-29T16:39:01.557+00:00One of my pet hates this - yet we regularly move c...One of my pet hates this - yet we regularly move customers away from "BT Broadband" because it's anything but the most reliable, and we regularly throw away the pathetic routers they give that allegedly offer "the most complete and reliable wireless" because they also offer nothing of the sort.<br /><br />It's a complete nonsense claim.The Backup Exec Goathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532538047698437455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-83908863071810252782013-12-29T16:35:04.065+00:002013-12-29T16:35:04.065+00:00In case you have not seen it, here's what Ryan...In case you have not seen it, <a href="http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/asa-quango-rules-picture-of-fully-clothed-girl-is-offensive" rel="nofollow">here's what Ryanair has to say</a> about the ASA:<br /><br />"This isn’t advertising regulation, it is simply censorship. This bunch of unelected, self appointed dimwits are clearly incapable of fairly and impartially ruling on advertising."<br /><br />It makes me smile every time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427000118752159232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-17470949152231397892013-12-29T16:24:43.058+00:002013-12-29T16:24:43.058+00:00Actually, I would love to publish average uptime f...Actually, I would love to publish average uptime figures, but there are loads of people that actually turn off their broadband over night and when not using the internet. I know it seems strange to most of us. If we could exclude users turning stuff off, I'd do it. If I average people on line more than 15 days in November, I see 98.2% average uptime. Over 60% of lines have more than 99.9% uptime in November. But as I say, I have no easy way to exclude user caused outages, and I think I am including data SIMs in those stats!RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-90517630780966406472013-12-29T15:02:04.307+00:002013-12-29T15:02:04.307+00:00I suppose that this makes a change from their prev...I suppose that this makes a change from their previous claim to have "the most complete broadband".grahammmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109132566499338078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-64838495538110389182013-12-29T11:42:13.416+00:002013-12-29T11:42:13.416+00:00Is this a new definition of most, hereinafter refe...Is this a new definition of most, hereinafter referred to as "most*"?Phil Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080812032624786351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-24088387534431353892013-12-29T10:50:33.100+00:002013-12-29T10:50:33.100+00:00Quite, and the fact that all the ASA do is tell th...Quite, and the fact that all the ASA do is tell them not to run the advert again means they just get away with it. If anything the ASA case adds more publicity.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-19452449286103659302013-12-29T10:42:31.270+00:002013-12-29T10:42:31.270+00:00How are they measuring it? Nobody publishes avera...How are they measuring it? Nobody publishes average uptime figures..<br /><br />The only survey I could find for 'most reliable broadband' was uswitch from 2012 and talktalk won that (uswitch dropped the category in 2013). Ofcom stats say BT is complained about more than virgin media, so less 'reliable' in that sense...<br /><br />They've made very similar claims before and the ASA slapped them down - http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2012/02/01/asa-uk-bans-bt-tv-ad-for-misleading-most-reliable-wireless-connection-claim.htmlTony Hoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485210895681350152noreply@blogger.com