What's the worst ISP?
Admiral Wesley
14 Jun 2009
Hey guys, I just wanted to take this opportunity to ask you: What is the worst ISP (Internet Service Provider) out there? Use your experiences to base your conclusion. I have Comcast, it's pretty reliable. I think Road Runner is the worst.
A bad ISP has low value, high prices, (low) bandwidth limits, high downtime, time limits, parental controls and no virus protection.
A bad ISP has low value, high prices, (low) bandwidth limits, high downtime, time limits, parental controls and no virus protection.
Pav:3d
14 Jun 2009
Virgin Media can just GTFO.
Slow down, tracking your stuff, cost alot for a pretty small speed. (Ive been on upto 250kbps for far too long) RETARDED FUCKING CUSTOMER SERVICE.
Slow down, tracking your stuff, cost alot for a pretty small speed. (Ive been on upto 250kbps for far too long) RETARDED FUCKING CUSTOMER SERVICE.
Admiral Wesley
14 Jun 2009
Shit, dude, I feel bad for you! Get Comcast before it's too late!
I heard of one called Pricewert that was so bad, the FCC had to shut it down. They distributed kiddie porn, or some shit like that.
I heard of one called Pricewert that was so bad, the FCC had to shut it down. They distributed kiddie porn, or some shit like that.
Shirou
14 Jun 2009
This is a bit country based unfortunately. In Holland, it was @home being notorious, currently named Ziggo.
Pav:3d
14 Jun 2009
BeefJeRKy
14 Jun 2009
Not everybody lives in the States General Wesley
Also I've heard mixed things about Comcast but that it is still better than Verizon and Sprint, No idea about Road Runner.
Knowing that there is technically only one really shitty ISP here in Lebanon, I'll pass mine off as worst

Knowing that there is technically only one really shitty ISP here in Lebanon, I'll pass mine off as worst

Slightly Wonky Robob
14 Jun 2009
You can only get 2 ISPs over here, and suprise suprise, they are both redicously expensive. One thing I will say though, the package we are on is advertised at 2mpbs and that's what we get (which is more than I can say for a lot of ISPs in the UK), we also rarely experience any problems.
Libains
14 Jun 2009
I have Sky here, and to be fair it's OK. BT refused to provide service here, but Sky said they could, and they did. BT really suck in some areas, but are ace in others, eg my Grandmother gets 15mbps from them easily.
Ion Cannon!
14 Jun 2009
My current ISP is excellent. My previous ISP could probably have been classified as the worst in Britain. I say been because they went bust a while back.
Edited by Ion Cannon!, 14 June 2009 - 23:07.
Edited by Ion Cannon!, 14 June 2009 - 23:07.
BeefJeRKy
15 Jun 2009
RaiDK
15 Jun 2009
In Australia it's Telstra.
High price for what you're getting, and it took us several months to get out plan cancelled.
High price for what you're getting, and it took us several months to get out plan cancelled.
CommanderJB
15 Jun 2009
Yeah, no contest. Thankfully I've never had the misfortune of using them, but the 'value' of their plans is atrocious.
I have AAPT, they're pretty good and I have few real complaints, though they did once forget to unshape us after we went over our data limit, which I wasn't too thrilled with.
Edited by CommanderJB, 15 June 2009 - 03:58.
I have AAPT, they're pretty good and I have few real complaints, though they did once forget to unshape us after we went over our data limit, which I wasn't too thrilled with.
Edited by CommanderJB, 15 June 2009 - 03:58.
Ghostrider
15 Jun 2009
I also have Comcast, and I find it to be VERY reliable, and pretty darn fast. As for the worst, well my school connection isn't so good. It blocks torrenting, and if a lot of people are on at once, forget about using the internet.

CodeCat
15 Jun 2009
I don't think we've ever had a bad ISP. Our first broadband connection was with Demon, who provided great service without any problems whatsoever. Then they got taken over by XS4ALL, and they seem pretty decent too.
Alias
15 Jun 2009
Ghostrider, on 15 Jun 2009, 16:26, said:
I also have Comcast, and I find it to be VERY reliable, and pretty darn fast. As for the worst, well my school connection isn't so good. It blocks torrenting, and if a lot of people are on at once, forget about using the internet. 

COMCASTIC!
Dr. Strangelove
15 Jun 2009
I have Verizon FiOS and I get a smooth 54mbps(that's AFTER going through a cheap wireless router). I have no idea what my bandwidth limit is because I don't think I've ever reached it. It just works and I don't complain.
Edited by Dr. Strangelove, 15 June 2009 - 10:08.
Edited by Dr. Strangelove, 15 June 2009 - 10:08.
Slightly Wonky Robob
15 Jun 2009
CommanderJB, on 15 Jun 2009, 4:58, said:
Yeah, no contest. Thankfully I've never had the misfortune of using them, but the 'value' of their plans is atrocious.
I have AAPT, they're pretty good and I have few real complaints, though they did once forget to unshape us after we went over our data limit, which I wasn't too thrilled with.
I have AAPT, they're pretty good and I have few real complaints, though they did once forget to unshape us after we went over our data limit, which I wasn't too thrilled with.
RaiDK, on 15 Jun 2009, 6:04, said:
Telstra forgot to shape us once.
What an awesome month that was
What an awesome month that was

"un/shape" us ?
Alias
15 Jun 2009
In Australia, we have download limits.
Usually, your ISP will throttle your connection down to dial-up speed ("shaping") when you exceed said limit.
Usually, your ISP will throttle your connection down to dial-up speed ("shaping") when you exceed said limit.
BeefJeRKy
15 Jun 2009
Alias, on 15 Jun 2009, 5:20, said:
In Australia, we have download limits.
Usually, your ISP will throttle your connection down to dial-up speed ("shaping") when you exceed said limit.
Usually, your ISP will throttle your connection down to dial-up speed ("shaping") when you exceed said limit.
Here you get charged extra without being notified. Thankfully with DSL you keep your speed. Those on Wireless internet though get it completely cut-off I believe.
Foxhound
15 Jun 2009
Comcast here. It's decent, speed's generally alright, internet goes down perhaps once a month...but I hate dealing with their customer service. To give you an idea of how bad it was at one point: a few years ago, they had the worst customer service ratings in the country entirely. Less than even, *drumroll* the Internal Revenue Service. And they're against net neutrality. Oh, and, the bills went up by a fair amount a few months back when they got that new skyscraper in Philadelphia.
CommanderJB
15 Jun 2009
Scope, on 16 Jun 2009, 2:19, said:
Alias, on 15 Jun 2009, 5:20, said:
In Australia, we have download limits.
Usually, your ISP will throttle your connection down to dial-up speed ("shaping") when you exceed said limit.
Usually, your ISP will throttle your connection down to dial-up speed ("shaping") when you exceed said limit.
Here you get charged extra without being notified. Thankfully with DSL you keep your speed. Those on Wireless internet though get it completely cut-off I believe.
RaiDK
16 Jun 2009
Bob, on 15 Jun 2009, 20:19, said:
CommanderJB, on 15 Jun 2009, 4:58, said:
Yeah, no contest. Thankfully I've never had the misfortune of using them, but the 'value' of their plans is atrocious.
I have AAPT, they're pretty good and I have few real complaints, though they did once forget to unshape us after we went over our data limit, which I wasn't too thrilled with.
I have AAPT, they're pretty good and I have few real complaints, though they did once forget to unshape us after we went over our data limit, which I wasn't too thrilled with.
RaiDK, on 15 Jun 2009, 6:04, said:
Telstra forgot to shape us once.
What an awesome month that was
What an awesome month that was

"un/shape" us ?
They sent us the email saying we'd been slowed, but didn't
