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Re: o2’s joint mobile and home broadband service – wicked!

muthumadhu — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:44:42 -0000

I am Using the Same O2 Mobile Broadband,Also Home Broadband ..The Connections are Providing the Service Better.I am using this also in my office.The speed Is the Highlighting Thing..

Re: o2’s joint mobile and home broadband service – wicked!

Ewan — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:29:26 -0000

Thank you!

On 8 Aug 2008, at 15:18, "Disqus"

Re: o2’s joint mobile and home broadband service – wicked!

The Cloud — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:18:01 -0000

The O2 Broadband ‘Home and Away’ package gives users mobile broadband courtesy of The Cloud Wi-Fi. As Europe's leading independent wireless broadband provider, The Cloud partners with some of the world's leading telecommunications operators.

We welcome O2 customers and would like to give them some information to help maximise their experience. The Cloud provides extensive outdoor broadband coverage throughout the City of London, and for a full list of our Wi-Fi hotspots, please visit www.thecloud.net/for-you/where. Should you have any support enquiries, please contact O2 customer services.

Happy surfing!

Re: o2’s joint mobile and home broadband service – wicked!

AJ — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:56:40 -0000

Rather than email server, I meant smtp server.

Check out the following link which explains the issue (ignore the bit about skype though because this is no longer the case):

http://www.intomobile.com/2...

For some weird reason they tie the get-out with a static IP which is obviously a completely different issue.

It still worked out cheaper than my previous broadband package and the service is much better. Virgin told me the best speed I would ever be able to get was 1mb but I get around 6mb with O2.

Re: o2’s joint mobile and home broadband service – wicked!

Ben Smith — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:13:21 -0000

AJ - I use Be (the same provide, just not bundled by O2) and you are free to use any mail server you like - I use a good number of IMAP and SMTP servers. I believe this is the same as for O2. Static IP is only useful for hosting your own server.

Re: o2’s joint mobile and home broadband service – wicked!

Barry-Jon — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:52:10 -0000

Very cool - moving end of September and had been looking at O2 as a new broadband provider - I think this clinches the deal.

Re: o2’s joint mobile and home broadband service – wicked!

AJ — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:51:50 -0000

Noticed this post about tethering and the iphone:

http://www.macrumors.com/20...

Apple are so predictable sometimes - you know it is going to end in tears even before you get to the last paragraph.

Re: o2’s joint mobile and home broadband service – wicked!

AJ — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:51:48 -0000

I switched from virgin to O2 a few months back and they are fine. Very stable connection. Good download speeds not far off the advertised 8mb. Excellent customer service - 24 hours on an 0800 number and very helpful. They force you to use their mail server though unless you pay an extra £5 per month for a static IP.

Re: o2’s joint mobile and home broadband service – wicked!

Anthony — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:41:46 -0000

If only o2 did their own version of 3 Like Home with their sister networks - I'd have loved something like this Spain

Re: o2’s joint mobile and home broadband service – wicked!

MarkW — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:22:04 -0000

Oh, okay. My fears are somewhat soothed! As I'm in the market for a new provider I may take a look. Although I'm not in the 60% coverage that get the cheapest deal. Doh!

Re: o2’s joint mobile and home broadband service – wicked!

Kip Hakes — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:32:33 -0000

From what i've heard the O2 broadband service is VERY good - I do believe its won some awards too!

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DanLane — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:13:57 -0000

As you may have noticed, I'm not O2's biggest fan, but the ADSL part of the connection is provided by Be Unlimited who are absolutely fantastic :)

Re: o2’s joint mobile and home broadband service – wicked!

MarkW — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:48:09 -0000

It sounds great, but I can't help that oft-proven adage "you get what you pay for" popping into my head. And I'm far from sure I'd want to put all those eggs into O2's basket, given their track record and the hassles people have had with similar 'too-good-to-be-true' offerings from others...

Still, it could be one to sit back and watch (til at least mid-October, perhaps!).

Re: o2’s joint mobile and home broadband service – wicked!

Michael — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:29:33 -0000

This o2 service has been available in Germany for quite a while - I've been thinking about this, too (my main mobile operator is o2 anyways). But, then, I heard from some people - one beeing my direct neighbor - that the "home broadband part" wasn't all too good in terms of stability and transfer rates. So, I will observe this a bit longer...

Re: o2’s joint mobile and home broadband service – wicked!

Sampha — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:23:27 -0000

All that for £20!?!?
Wow. My connection (home), is a bog-standard 2mb, at the same cost. None of the extras or anything.

Could it sound too good to be true though? Remember the Carphone Warehouse and their attempt to offer home broadband, it was terrible.

Let's hope it works out!

Samantha.