Home Broadband - any opinions on O2??

[crc-ict]

Hi all,

Just wondering if any of you 'Geekers have had any experience with O2 Home Broadband?

Had an offer of an 'upto' 8Meg connection with unlimited usage for £7.50 a month as part of my phone contract. Seems like a good deal, considering we're paying Orange (ex Wanadoo customers!) £17.99 for 1Meg, with a 2Gb cap.

Any opinions?

Cheers!

[StewartKnight]

The amount you're paying to Orange is scandalous!

[saundersmatt]

The O2 dsl is a rebranded Be LLU connection. (www.bethere.co.uk)
Be are my provider and I am extremely happy with them. You may with to check that Be provide service to your area before you sign up. Also, i think that O2 have usage caps, you may wish to check that these are suitable.

Matt

[crc-ict]

Cheers for that - looks ideal! They've even unbundled our local exchange! I'm not too worried about usage caps - it says 'fair use policy', but I'm on a fixed 2GB limit at the moment anyway, so anything extra is a bonus!

Phoned Orange for a MAC code, just got to cross fingers that they actually send us one now! I've heard they're not to good at actually issuing them...

[Edu-IT]

I didn't have any problems getting a MAC code from Orange.