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16-03-2006, 05:23 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tin Hau Age: 33
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| | | HKBN or Netvigator?
Hi all,
I'm tempted to sign up for HKBN's bb100 broadband service, but from what I've seen on this forum some people have had a bad experience with HKBN.
On the face of it, HKBN's package is far better than anything else in the same price range, plus there's no committment to sign up for x number of months.
But I'm a bit concerned about the complaints I've read - I can't live with an unreliable network as I'll be working from home - so should I go for one of Netvigator's plans instead? | |
16-03-2006, 05:42 PM
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| | | Have you sorted out where you're going to live? HKBN's bb100 is not available in several locations. | |
16-03-2006, 06:23 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kowloon Age: 29
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| | | I couldn't even find any information on HKBN's services in English... As soon as you click on their internet services link, it takes you to a chinese page
Don't forget, 100 mbps will only really be that fast on HKBN's internal network. Any other local sites will be upstream capped, and transfering from other countries will be just as slow on a 100 mb connection as it would on a 1 mb connection pretty much. | |
16-03-2006, 10:43 PM
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I'll be living in Sheung Wan - and god knows if bb100 will be available there as, like lowlight correctly spotted, all their info is in chinese 
Maybe just better to go with anglo-friendly Netvigator...  | |
29-03-2006, 03:55 PM
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| | | 1 mill % netvigator please HKBN ppl can only say 2 words in english "please wait ahhh" (oops thats 3 if you count ahh) anyway yr supposed to wait for 30 min until another idiot picks it up and says leave your name and number and we will ask the english team to call you back.
*wait for 3 days* ring ring
*hello* oh wait he cant speak english either and by the time he called its already too late coz you figured out the problem and fixed it yourself. *slam the phone down* | |
29-03-2006, 04:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tin Hau Age: 33
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| | Good thing I didn't go with HKBN then 
Ended up going with Hutchison GC as it was already wired into the building - only took a few days to get installed. Got 10m for $124 monthly on a 12-month contract. | |
30-03-2006, 12:00 PM
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| | | Is that a shared download speed as it sounds cheap? | |
30-03-2006, 02:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tin Hau Age: 33
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| | Oops it was an 18-month contract...
But it's a dedicated 10m VDSL line - works a treat, except I have to go shopping for a new wireless modem/router as my old one was for ADSL only...you live and learn!
This is the deal I went with: http://www.hgcbroadband.com/runner_e/index_e.html | |
30-03-2006, 02:54 PM
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| | | Darn it looks like I missed out on that offer by one day as I signed up a new contract with PCCW yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
03-04-2006, 11:05 AM
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| | | Apparently, I can still opt out of my new netvigator contract for the next few days so ... how is the HGC service? Do you use their landline too? | | Tools | Search | | | | | Rate This Thread | | | All times are GMT +8. The time now is 09:21 AM. | |
