Any opinions on o2 broadband?

Clairvoyant · 19 Feb 2009 at 19:23

GSDog said:
Have you tried following this guide; http://www.dslzoneuk.net/socket.php
Some people have gained quite a bit from disconnecting wires 1, 3, 4 and 6 from the master socket and extension sockets.

Did that about 6 months ago, and I have a face plate.

JC · 20 Feb 2009 at 11:35

I've read through a lot of the thread but would like to clarify some up-to-date details.
Currently aware that the family home paying £21 for broadband that syncs at under 3mb is a rather costly approach!

Line is ADSL2+/LLU capable but due to the length of the cable I wouldnt expect to exceed 5mb on anything.

I believe we'd be looking at the £12.23 package offered for non O2 customers?

The Quidco deal is showing as £50 currently?
The friend/family scheme discount that was previously offered here, is it still available and what would this bring the line cost to? I gather it's not compatible in conjunction with the quidco offer?

We have ADSL1 at the moment so would we require a new set of microfilters to ADSL2+ standard?
Is a filtered faceplate at the main socket a better approach?

Thanks for any answers

Draeger · 20 Feb 2009 at 11:51

I keep meaning to check my socket for those wires but never get round to doing so.

Does it really make that much of a difference?.

Clairvoyant · 20 Feb 2009 at 12:44

Draeger said:
I keep meaning to check my socket for those wires but never get round to doing so.

Does it really make that much of a difference?.

I origanly got about 500k (if I remember correctly) when I was on Std ADSL.

So just I would say its worth it.

Draeger · 20 Feb 2009 at 12:55

Cool, will give it a go this afternoon if I get 5 minutes to myself. :cool:

GSDog · 20 Feb 2009 at 14:06

Draeger said:
I keep meaning to check my socket for those wires but never get round to doing so.

Does it really make that much of a difference?.

I gained 1MB sync myself on ADSL.

F2kSel · 20 Feb 2009 at 14:27

JC said:
I've read through a lot of the thread but would like to clarify some up-to-date details.
Currently aware that the family home paying £21 for broadband that syncs at under 3mb is a rather costly approach!

Line is ADSL2+/LLU capable but due to the length of the cable I wouldnt expect to exceed 5mb on anything.

I believe we'd be looking at the £12.23 package offered for non O2 customers?

The Quidco deal is showing as £50 currently?
The friend/family scheme discount that was previously offered here, is it still available and what would this bring the line cost to? I gather it's not compatible in conjunction with the quidco offer?

We have ADSL1 at the moment so would we require a new set of microfilters to ADSL2+ standard?
Is a filtered faceplate at the main socket a better approach?

Thanks for any answers

You get a free router with filters, I didn't notice any real difference in speed changing from filters to a filter plate but I have noticed I don't get quite so many dropped connections.

I'm on a long line (LLU 55-56db attenuation) and although I was quoted 4.8mb I get 5-5mb average. 5mb with O2 is 10x better than BT at 4.4mb as I get max speed 24/7 and don't have to mess about with waiting for the line to adjust before getting the best speed.

I only got £20 back from Quidco myself but it's better than nothing.

There are some people though who are having a rough time with O2 due to over demand in certain areas. You may want to ask in the O2 forum and see if anyone else in your area is having problems.

FerociouS · 20 Feb 2009 at 22:59

Can someone give me a simple explain on how to Forward a Port on 02 Wireless Box II please,

Bane · 21 Feb 2009 at 11:06

JC said:
... The Quidco deal is showing as £50 currently?
The friend/family scheme discount that was previously offered here, is it still available and what would this bring the line cost to? I gather it's not compatible in conjunction with the quidco offer?

Remember the Quidco deal takes £5 of that saving, if this is the first time using Qudico, to pay a £5 anual fee.

As for Friends and Family your best sending an email to Wicksta as this thread is fairly old and long.

JC said:
We have ADSL1 at the moment so would we require a new set of microfilters to ADSL2+ standard?
Is a filtered faceplate at the main socket a better approach?

The O2 box includes two filters. If you require more it might work out cheaper to get a master socket filtered face plate, but depends on how cheap you can source additional filters.

Clairvoyant · 21 Feb 2009 at 13:16

FerociouS said:
Can someone give me a simple explain on how to Forward a Port on 02 Wireless Box II please,

as long as the upnp is on it should do it on its own.

metachi · 22 Feb 2009 at 00:25

mr_x_plosion said:
Your already over 20mb, not sure if its limited or it would go even higher with a lower SNR, you must be right next to the exchange to get those line stats.

I'd be tempted to get a Netgear DG834GT and use custom firmware and lower the SNR to see what happens.

i've tried put down to 50% SNR on my custom firmware DG834GT.
DownStream Connection Speed 21462 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed 1334 kbps

30%
DownStream Connection Speed 21839 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed 1317 kbps

but i better leave it to 100% as it might go wrong if lower than that.

Arcane · 22 Feb 2009 at 10:45

I signed up yesterday. Premium 20meg for £9.79 a month. I'm 0.58km away from the LLU exchange according to samknows, does this sound promising?

cybergeek · 22 Feb 2009 at 10:50

Mine game with WEP and I switched it straight over to WPA... I'm not very impressed with ADSL(ex-cable user for past 10 years)... it keeps disconnecting every so often.

JC · 22 Feb 2009 at 16:54

Hope to get O2 broadband ordered soon, emailed Wicksta about the friend/family deal, hope it makes it via the trust email system.

Si MPS · 23 Feb 2009 at 18:18

thank you to everyone who took a F&F deal off me or wicksta, you just got us £100 and an Iphone 3G