Tiscali are useless

[DarthInsinuate]

Tiscali are one of the most complained about ISPs, they're also one of the most popular, bewildering to me

[Samurai]

Thanks for the help and suggestions.Tiscali do not support migrations,do not give out MAC codes and can hold the line untill the end of contract. I'm paying £25/month for 512k and getting 30k most evenings!!! Ripped off big style !!! OFFcom gives ISPs 12 WEEKS to solve disputes. I have complained to ISPA, trading standards etc

It is illegal to not give out a MAC code. Take them to court. Trust me.

Let me search for the article on the law.

[andyrob]

Their the one of the most popular because of their pricing and advertising campaigns and duping mugs like me who don't know what their getting into.

[DarthInsinuate]

come to think of it, i almost convinced my parents to sign up for Tiscali at some point, luckily they're stingy wankers

[Samurai]

come to think of it, i almost convinced my parents to sign up for Tiscali at some point, luckily they're stingy wankers

lol

[andyrob]

Results from broadband speed test recorded on Tuesday, 18 January 2005, 18:33.

Your Connection
Direction
Actual Speed
True Speed (estimated)

Downstream 164 Kbps (20.5 KB/sec) 177 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 31 Kbps (3.9 KB/sec) 33 Kbps (inc. overheads)


'Actual Speed' is the amount of useful data that your connection can transmit/receive per second. The 'True Speed' figure includes an approximation of data overheads (non-useful data) and is estimated to be around 8%. 'True Speed' is for informational purposes only and is not used in any ISP rankings.

NOTE: Your downstream speed result is very low for the type of connection specified (ADSL/RADSL, 512Kbps). We strongly recommend that you check your Internet connection is not being used elsewhere during the test and/or contact your ISP to resolve speed issues you may be experiencing.

WOW I'm impressed! My connection is now up tp %30 of what I'm paying for!

"contact your ISP to resolve speed issues you may be experiencing." LOL!!!!!

[nanotek]

forget tiscalli , try to get out of the contract as they do cap speeds and also block ports , here in germany they do have a bad reputation for doing that

[Virtualbody1234]

How long is the contract?

I won't sign up to any service that I cannot cancel within 1 month.

[andyrob]

12 month contract. The connection was fine for 8 months but as Tiscali have added more and more users, their network cannot cope at peak times. To be fair, Tiscali have now contacted me and said they will sort the problem out. But I'm not holding my breath.

LOL !!!!

Tiscali engineer called, agreed my computer was fine and said the problem would be marked urgent and solved soon.
Recieved email today from Tiscali "according to our records,after our engineer's report, this problem is now solved"

&*%$ !!!

Tonights blistering connection speed - 116 kbps !!!!