Lo peeps, just found out that the full bulldog LLU service has just been released on my local exchange..
Anyone have it and got any opinions about it or the replacement phone service?
I'm quite tempted to ditch BT...
Lo peeps, just found out that the full bulldog LLU service has just been released on my local exchange..
Anyone have it and got any opinions about it or the replacement phone service?
I'm quite tempted to ditch BT...
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Phone is fine. Internet speed is great (1.5MB/s at all times just-about).
BUT (and that's a big but) you get random disconnects. Sometimes you can go days without a single disco, other times you get 4 in an evening.
They only last about 10 secs each time, many BD customers suffer from them and if you ring their support line you get told "Sorry, the issue must be there when you call us"....great support!
I have 2 weeks left on my contract and them I am kicking them into touch and never considering them as a potential ISP ever again. BeThere here I come!
Main PC: Asus Rampage IV Extreme / 3960X@4.5GHz / Antec H1200 Pro / 32GB DDR3-1866 Quad Channel / Sapphire Fury X / Areca 1680 / 850W EVGA SuperNOVA Gold 2 / Corsair 600T / 2x Dell 3007 / 4 x 250GB SSD + 2 x 80GB SSD / 4 x 1TB HDD (RAID 10) / Windows 10 Pro, Yosemite & Ubuntu
HTPC: AsRock Z77 Pro 4 / 3770K@4.2GHz / 24GB / GTX 1080 / SST-LC20 / Antec TP-550 / Hisense 65k5510 4K TV / HTC Vive / 2 x 240GB SSD + 12TB HDD Space / Race Seat / Logitech G29 / Win 10 Pro
HTPC2: Asus AM1I-A / 5150 / 4GB / Corsair Force 3 240GB / Silverstone SST-ML05B + ST30SF / Samsung UE60H6200 TV / Windows 10 Pro
Spare/Loaner: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 / i950 / 12GB / HD7870 / Corsair 300R / Silverpower 700W modular
NAS 1: HP N40L / 12GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Arrays || NAS 2: Dell PowerEdge T110 II / 24GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Hybrid arrays || Network:Buffalo WZR-1166DHP w/DD-WRT + HP ProCurve 1800-24G
Laptop: Dell Precision 5510 Printer: HP CP1515n || Phone: Huawei P30 || Other: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Pro 10.1 CM14 / Playstation 4 + G29 + 2TB Hybrid drive
Bulldog is the only LLU at my exchange, and as for disconnects, I'm offline more than on with the BT line..
not too fussed about billing after cancellation as this is going into my parents house long term..
As long as there are no stupid caps, and it's half reliable I'm sorely tempted..
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Actually, skip that, I just called them up and apparently my line can only support "1.5meg"..
I'm currently on about 4 meg..
Apparently the service they're offering *isn't* LLU, but standard adsl with a re-branded phone line..
bah!
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Stoo...
I'd Steer clear mate from bulldog if I was you.
Their line might be stable for me, but yet again for the 2nd time in 2 months they have "cut off" my ADSL because they reckoned it was not paid for when I had statements to prove otherwise.
After liasing with billing and support on Saturday I was promised this would be rectified by Midnight on Sunday at the latest. However, it is still off and they now cannot give an indication as to when it would be "on" again.
As soon as I move I'll be moving to a proper ISP - 1 that has communication between their 2 departments.
Just thought I'd update you Stoo.
Still no active connection - The router connects to bulldog and gets allocated the IP address allocated as standard.
Once the router connects a page from bulldog comes up showing as " You are not on a PAYG service" and this pops up no matter on the URL entered.
Their CS department is bewildered as to why this is still on after we spoke to them over a week and 1/2 ago and everyday we have contacted them for updates but have had little to no information at all, with several false promises on when it would be back up and running. It seemed the departments just want to fly through their " tally " of calls for the day and then not bother on actioning what they have stated to the customer.
As such We've requested our MAC address and are porting across to another ISP pronto.
Last edited by Lee H; 03-07-2007 at 10:45 AM.
Isnt Bulldog part of Pipex now ? Pipex for me (as per my current connection) currently means bad connections, occasional dropouts and major throttling.
Edit - Just noticed the random disconnects mentioned above ... Thats the same issue I have with my Pipex connection.
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Yes, Pipex bought Bulldog out a few months ago.
The service wasn't great even before then though, I gave them notice of contract termination on Friday *cheer*
Main PC: Asus Rampage IV Extreme / 3960X@4.5GHz / Antec H1200 Pro / 32GB DDR3-1866 Quad Channel / Sapphire Fury X / Areca 1680 / 850W EVGA SuperNOVA Gold 2 / Corsair 600T / 2x Dell 3007 / 4 x 250GB SSD + 2 x 80GB SSD / 4 x 1TB HDD (RAID 10) / Windows 10 Pro, Yosemite & Ubuntu
HTPC: AsRock Z77 Pro 4 / 3770K@4.2GHz / 24GB / GTX 1080 / SST-LC20 / Antec TP-550 / Hisense 65k5510 4K TV / HTC Vive / 2 x 240GB SSD + 12TB HDD Space / Race Seat / Logitech G29 / Win 10 Pro
HTPC2: Asus AM1I-A / 5150 / 4GB / Corsair Force 3 240GB / Silverstone SST-ML05B + ST30SF / Samsung UE60H6200 TV / Windows 10 Pro
Spare/Loaner: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 / i950 / 12GB / HD7870 / Corsair 300R / Silverpower 700W modular
NAS 1: HP N40L / 12GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Arrays || NAS 2: Dell PowerEdge T110 II / 24GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Hybrid arrays || Network:Buffalo WZR-1166DHP w/DD-WRT + HP ProCurve 1800-24G
Laptop: Dell Precision 5510 Printer: HP CP1515n || Phone: Huawei P30 || Other: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Pro 10.1 CM14 / Playstation 4 + G29 + 2TB Hybrid drive
I'm staying put - I wanted to get away from a BT provided line, but seeing as I keep the bt line but just get billed through the other company.. stuff it![]()
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Great for me, sync and download at 8 Mbps, no disconnects with a Draytek router.
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