http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12970 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12970/comment-page-1#comment-154552 Eric Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:38:48 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12970#comment-154552 Another thing to watch for is the difference between 8Mbps and 8MBps, which companies will count on your not knowing. Another thing to watch for is the difference between 8Mbps and 8MBps, which companies will count on your not knowing.

]]> http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12970/comment-page-1#comment-154185 Reader's Write Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:03:31 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12970#comment-154185 Many UK ISPs, especially the big 'name' ones - my own experience was with Orange - routinely mislead customers regarding speeds, usage limits, throttling, mac codes and so on. Shopping around, we're all used to seeing the "up to 8mb" and "Unlimited*" type crap in adverts. Nothing will get done, and the customer continues to suffer because of the lack of alternative choices within the UK broadband market. So far, only ISPs I see bucking the trend and being honest (though they do use the 'up to 8mb' hype) are the entanet resellers. Many UK ISPs, especially the big ‘name’ ones – my own experience was with Orange – routinely mislead customers regarding speeds, usage limits, throttling, mac codes and so on. Shopping around, we’re all used to seeing the “up to 8mb” and “Unlimited*” type crap in adverts. Nothing will get done, and the customer continues to suffer because of the lack of alternative choices within the UK broadband market. So far, only ISPs I see bucking the trend and being honest (though they do use the ‘up to 8mb’ hype) are the entanet resellers.

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