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Hello What is the best ISP around atm? Ideally unlimited, but not too pricey... Obv. Net only. Phone only a bonus. |
Best ISP atm?
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sport 17,064 posts
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Registered 16 years agoIMO BE -
WoodenSpoon 12,360 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI've nothing constructive to add but I do love it when people intentionally misuse thread categories for comedic effect. Pictures of spiders filed under 'bug reports', etc.
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Ta sport.
Anyone else? -
THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agoXilo
they are ace -
chopsen 21,958 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI'm with Be, no complaints. Lots of nice nerdy features, with an active customer-maintained self-help community. If I could get VDSL or cable I'd go for that, but as I'm stuck with good ol' ADSL, I'm with Be. The free router you get given is bollocks though. -
BinaryBob101 27,755 posts
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Registered 12 years agoSky. No complaints after years of being with them and they are truly unlimited and never throttle me either. -
jamievilla 847 posts
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Registered 12 years agoI'm with Plusnet, never had any problems. 70mb Fibre connection for £20 a month. Do have a download limit, but it's 250gb and I rarely get near it (unlimited after midnight). -
BE/O2 probably. -
mrpon 37,366 posts
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Registered 15 years agojamievilla wrote:
Line rental on top?
I'm with Plusnet, never had any problems. 70mb Fibre connection for £20 a month. Do have a download limit, but it's 250gb and I rarely get near it (unlimited after midnight). -
jamievilla 847 posts
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Registered 12 years agomrpon wrote:
Yeah. Afraid so. Don't even use the phone either, such a con.
jamievilla wrote:
Line rental on top?
I'm with Plusnet, never had any problems. 70mb Fibre connection for £20 a month. Do have a download limit, but it's 250gb and I rarely get near it (unlimited after midnight). -
StixxUK 8,755 posts
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Registered 19 years agoWho is the best value? I was in the process of switching to virgin but the hassle of getting it set up (I live in rented accommodation and need all sorts of permissions to get it installed) is putting me off.
I was getting excited about plus net when I saw they did a broadband only deal for 20 quid but then realised that in spite of it being "broadband only" I'd still be paying over £30 a month vs 22 for Virgin
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minky-kong 14,787 posts
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Registered 13 years agoIn terms of speeds, limits and the price it is massively dependent on where you live and what providers are unbundled at you nearest exchange.
I've moved into a new place recently and I rang O2 to see what they could offer as they were good for me before and I'm eligible for a discount. The best they could do for me was a pathetic 2mbps download speed, capped at a low limit and for silly money a month. Turns out the only decent providers in my area are BT Infinity and Plusnet so I went with the former as it was already set up by the previous tenant.
Try this site to find out who is good in your area...
http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/speedtest/streetstats/ -
mrpon 37,366 posts
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Registered 15 years agojamievilla wrote:
Paid it upfront?
mrpon wrote:
Yeah. Afraid so. Don't even use the phone either, such a con.
jamievilla wrote:
Line rental on top?
I'm with Plusnet, never had any problems. 70mb Fibre connection for £20 a month. Do have a download limit, but it's 250gb and I rarely get near it (unlimited after midnight).
They do actually offer unlimited, you have to ring up and ask for it. -
@kinky_mong uswitch's speedtest is pretty terrible though - runs about 90 times slower than speedtest.net (1mbps vs 90mbps) for me at the moment. -
Blaizefm 232 posts
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Registered 11 years agoBE are good. Good speeds, really great service, and they've never hassled me once about download limits etc. I'd suggest you avoid the supplied router and pick up a Billion, though. -
chopsen 21,958 posts
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Registered 16 years agoSo, following on from what I said above, FTTC is coming to my neck of the woods. Spoken to plusnet and they explicitly told me they don't offer unlimited. BT infinity has an unlimited package, but you know...it's BT. The only other FTTC supplier that I can use that has an unlimited package it Talk Talk by the looks of it.
So, any experience of Talk Talk FTTC and BT infinity to relate? OR any other unlimited FTTC suppliers to recommend? -
captainrentboy 1,682 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI'm with Talk Talk, pay for the fastest Fibre connection and unlimited downloads. It costs £44, with line rental and unlimited phonecalls.(You get a free Youview box as well if you want one) and honestly I haven't had a single problem in the 2+ years I've been with them. Due to the distance I am from the exchange I get a 48mb connection down and 12mb up. Downloads are truely unlimited, I download shitloads and they've never said a thing.Only torrents are throttled between 6 and 11, and that's a bit inconsistent in my favour as sometimes I'll chuck something on at 8, and half an hour later it'll be hitting top speed:/ -
DodgyPast 9,353 posts
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Registered 16 years agocaptainrentboy wrote:
Stuff hitting top speed is probably due to encryption.
I'm with Talk Talk, pay for the fastest Fibre connection and unlimited downloads. It costs £44, with line rental and unlimited phonecalls.(You get a free Youview box as well if you want one) and honestly I haven't had a single problem in the 2+ years I've been with them. Due to the distance I am from the exchange I get a 48mb connection down and 12mb up. Downloads are truely unlimited, I download shitloads and they've never said a thing.Only torrents are throttled between 6 and 11, and that's a bit inconsistent in my favour as sometimes I'll chuck something on at 8, and half an hour later it'll be hitting top speed:/
My mother uses Talk Talk and they seem pretty decent for the prices and relatively chilled about what you do with your connection. -
kickerconspiracy 494 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI've been with Bethere for years and they've been consistently pretty awesome. -
MMMarmite 1,659 posts
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Registered 15 years agoBe are great but they seem to be having more regular issues these days (routing issues this Fri/Sat for one) 
IDNet were fantastic when I could only get 8Mbps but their unlimited packages are very expensive (mostly a business ISP) -
Reminds me - Virgin's prices are going up. If you're in a contract with them you're free to cancel without penalty, I like to use this opportunity to get a better deal or some money back .gif)
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Sky. Never had a problem -
chopsen 21,958 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI read on the Bethere forums are losing customers like heavily at the moment. They seem to not be in a position to offer any fibre-related broadband, and so are only offering ADSL for the foreseeable future. That's fine if you're in an area you can't get anything better, but you have to ask yourself what the benefits are in sticking with Be when you've got faster options... -
Blaizefm 232 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI'm one of them. I was on BE for years - great service and with no hassle. BUT - as you said they had no plans for fibre and with BT just opening up in my area I went for it and ditched BE. So far I'm happy, but I know if I get a problem I'll have to deal with the BT machine. -
chopsen 21,958 posts
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Registered 16 years agoYeah, and I'll probably be joining you. As you say, it when things go wrong that it really matters who you're with, and that's the unknown variable in all of this. -
whatthefu 1,340 posts
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Registered 15 years agoBinaryBob101 wrote:
How is sky for the phone line, are there hidden charges when you make phone calls?
Sky. No complaints after years of being with them and they are truly unlimited and never throttle me either.
Am thinking of switching from BT.. -
Chopsen wrote:
My situation exactly and, since I live in a small town in the east, there's little chance of getting FTTC anytime soon
That's fine if you're in an area you can't get anything better
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