BT or Cable?

[anotheoldgit]

Which is the best for Broadband + Telephone service?

BT or Virgin Media cable?

[cazzz1975]

it depends where you live I suppose, BT broadband where I live (birmingham) is abysmal, constant line drops and slow speed (0.5 sometimes) despite the 8mb branding.

I changed to virgin media which is brillopads, I still have a bt telephone line but my broadband is virgin

[ChuckFickens]

if you are in an area that can get cable broadband then go for the cable, its far more reliable, stable and you will get much more consistent speeds from it.

[Mobius1]

It's definitely a "pick your poison" scenario.

I used to have BT Broadband and it worked great, yet when I moved house they couldn't offer me a speed above 1Mbps - which I felt was unacceptable seeing as I live in a town centre.

I have Virgin cable for broadband and a BT phoneline. The broadband is excellent, fast and reliable, but Virgin customer support isn't very good. In fact, they told me I didn't live in a cable area when I called to get the service installed, despite all the other people in this set of flats having it...