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Question of the Day: Google Maps vs Waze vs Apple Maps vs physical paper maps?
Smaller / Independent ISP Recommendations
- Thread starter SwimGeek
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Psst...
Hi, can't find your Google and Hello Peter scores?
ld13
Honorary Master
And in the end the FNO matters more
Most of these ISPs offer services on the same FNOs, but ok - if the FNO is really bad you can't fix that.
ld13
Honorary Master
They are all bad. What are you trying to show with your conglomerated ratings?
Interested to see which are not bad.
belator
Well-Known Member
It appears you forgot Cape Connect Internet
3.4 from 61 reviews on Google
3.4 from 41 reviews on HelloPeter
You may also want to compare apples with apples and go to https://bgp.he.net and then list the number of IP addresses each ISP has allocated to it.
This will give an idea as to the clientbase of each of these ISPs and will quickly show who's been buying reviews and who has reviews in line with current trends where nobody says anything good, but is quick to complain when the smallest thing goes wrong with their internet.
For example
Atomic 3584 IP addresses
Cape Connect Internet 10240 IP addresses
iBits 11264 IP addresses
RocketNet 11264 IP addresses
Vanilla 26624 IP addresses
3.4 from 61 reviews on Google
3.4 from 41 reviews on HelloPeter
You may also want to compare apples with apples and go to https://bgp.he.net and then list the number of IP addresses each ISP has allocated to it.
This will give an idea as to the clientbase of each of these ISPs and will quickly show who's been buying reviews and who has reviews in line with current trends where nobody says anything good, but is quick to complain when the smallest thing goes wrong with their internet.
For example
Atomic 3584 IP addresses
Cape Connect Internet 10240 IP addresses
iBits 11264 IP addresses
RocketNet 11264 IP addresses
Vanilla 26624 IP addresses
Top smaller vs top big (from recent MyBB ranking article) - the Hello Peter ratings seem very different for the bigger and smaller ISPs.
Figured out you can get the Google reviews on the maps site (if not visible in the main google search).
I guess the Hello Peter scores are very different because they don't let people remove their reviews.
Figured out you can get the Google reviews on the maps site (if not visible in the main google search).
I guess the Hello Peter scores are very different because they don't let people remove their reviews.
Only snag with counting IPs - it's much harder to get IPs over the last 5 years than the 5 years before that. So the older IPs will probably just have more.
pinball wizard
Honorary Master
WiFibre.
Disgruntled clients usually go to Hellopeter to complain. If a client's line is always working and they never have an issue they seldom think about the internet as it always works let alone going to Hellopeter to give a 5 star. Google sends out suggestions to rate places randomly so it generates more reviews.
tm458
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Aren't they... gone?
HartsockZA
Expert Member
I'm not an ISP but I am a WISP do I still qualify? Haha
pinball wizard
Honorary Master
Say it aint so...
List would have to be way longer to add WISPs - but should also be interesting to research
I suspect the issue is also that Google lets people change the review after they get a response / solution. I think Hello Peter just collects negative reviews without a way to go change it.
HartsockZA
Expert Member
If you only take the top 5 like you did with the ISP's list wouldn't be that long