I blagged a bargain Cable and Wireless one off Fleabay last year and its great...never drops signal.....I maybe in a minority but I have never had issues with Karoo either....always get online and speed is around 6Mb....

Any router should be compatible with karoo so logn as you change the VCI/VPI settings from 0,38 (BT) to 1,50. All Netgear routers are pretty good and easy to configure. Their latest offering has USB sharing over network too www.google.co.uk/products/catalo ... CoQ8wIwAg#

Any router should be compatible with karoo so logn as you change the VCI/VPI settings from 0,38 (BT) to 1,50. All Netgear routers are pretty good and easy to configure. Their latest offering has USB sharing over network too www.google.co.uk/products/catalo ... CoQ8wIwAg#

Eh?

So Karoo are amazing?

They are certainly "not the worst ISP on the planet"

If you have switched to one of the 'mid' packages, you could have refused the modem, and demand that you don't want to go on another 12 months contract.

who is?

No. They are not amazing. Never said they were. They are certainly not a poor ISP either, never mind "the worst ever". Indeed they were nominees for "Best Consumer Fixed Broadband", "Best Consumer Customer Service ISP" and "Digital Inclusion" this year.

Do you live your life on complete extremes?

FWIW, I can't speak for every user of Karoo obviously, but I personally don't have any complaints about the service. I get really good download speeds (averaging 6mb, sometimes 7) and I use it regularly (VPN, Skype, Sling etc) and very rarely have any problems.

I do have an issue about the lack of choice and the effective monopoly that is in place for internet access in the area. But it is very debatable if that is KC's fault and indeed, apparently you are able to get other services now - Sky told me at the weekend they could now supply my internet, although only at 500k and with bloody expensive connection fees and apparently there is a satellite service now available.

There is a real test for KC coming though and that is the next generation of internet access (fiber optic etc) and how they get that out to their customers.

6meg download speeds nowadays are pretty poor when you consider BT are rolling out 50meg broadband.
Agreed Karoo are not the worst ISP but they are far from the best.

Was that karoo or eclipse?

I see a couple of other people on here eiver have or recomend the Netger DGN1000. just wondering if any of you guys use it for conecting PS3s and Xboxs to the internet as im having rather few problems with conection dropping and cutting out every 15 - 20 mins. Am i the only one having these problems?

Would seriously recomend this router if your just using it for laptops or computers though x

thats the one i ended up getting.

I have a Netgear that is starting to turn in poor performances, constant disconnecting and re-connecting. I rang KC and they want to send an engineer out. The house is a new build so I can't see it being a line issue. Is there anything I can do to confirm it's a router problem?

Disconnect any phones in the house and swap your Micro Filters about (use one at a time to see if this resolves the problem and if so which filter needs replacing). Micro Filter failure is usually the culprit for your problem. KC will charge you for the visit and charge over the odds for a new Micro filter/splitter if this is your problem. If they want to pay you a visit it sounds as though they're saying it's alright at their end.