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    ISP recommendations and recent bargains

    Please add any links to broadband offers you have decided to go with, or that you think other people might like to try!

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    I just moved into my own flat and finally got internet hooked up.

    Just wanted to say AVOID tiscali internet broadband AT ALL COSTS! Its fine when you surf the web, but as soon as you download anything it caps the connection, (im on 4.5 meg apparently and it caps the dload at 30kbps!!!!) also looking at my steam browser yields no pings below 200. Luckily im on the last days of the contract cooling period and thus can cancel with no penalty but sometimes it takes more than 2 weeks to get hooked up and then your stuck for a year with it.

    So to just keep my fellow ntsc-ers in the know, AVOID you pay for what you get in this world!
    Last edited by charlesr; 04-11-2012, 10:06.

    #2
    i wish i knew before i picked up tiscali a few months ago.

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      #3
      I agree about tiscali - my experience with them was bad too, won't go into details.

      For bob123 who posted a separate thread asking for a short-term provider - you won't find one that'll do free connection without some kind of contract because it costs an ISP ?47 I think from BT to connect you, so it's not worth their while.
      I'm just leaving pipex for Sky because of price, but Pipex have been excellent all the time I've been with them. They could be good because they do free connection, and although they charge a ?50 fee if you leave within 12 months, this is waived if you reconnect when you move house, so provided you want them after you've moved, they'll not charge you any extra.

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        #4
        AOL now hear me out I dont use any of their software at all, just my username and passcode they are fast cheep and unlimited

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          #5
          Recently switched over from BT residental to BT Business Broadband. I pay a little extra, around seven pounds I think , but I get an unlimited cap , 20:1 contention and UK support team.

          And I dont have a business... (^^*)

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            #6
            With NewNet you can get a monthly contract and if your migrating from another isp you should be able to join free.

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              #7
              Anyone use Nildram? Are they any good - particularly for gaming?

              I hear there's problems for people playing WoW (not a problem for me as I don't) but just wondered if things like Live and general PC on line stuff is OK.

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                #8
                Right, I'm currently on a one off yearly payment broadband package that is unlimited usage, but only 576kps. Rather than pay for another year, I'm gonna switch to a faster provider, but all the ones I can find sub ?20 pm are capped.

                I don't download much from the net, but do these caps effect online gaming? And can anyone recommend a sub ?20 uncapped service?

                Cheers.

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                  #9
                  I'm currently with Seriously Internet who have the best customer service ever! Honestly, none of this over-seas call centre nonsense, just a small friendly office down south. I called once because my connection had stopped, they did some tests and said they'd call me back. 10 minutes later, the phone rings and the guy says it's a BT problem, he'd called them and it would be fixed within the hour.

                  They do a PAYG thing... if you use 2gb per month it's ?14 and goes up in stages to ?28 per month for uncapped. So if you have a quiet month online you save a bit of cash... Perhaps not as cheap as some of the big boys but definately worth it should things go pear shaped.

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                    #10
                    We're with NTL on their 1 MB service and there's no cap. We've been with them for a few years and haven't had any problems with the service. We don't do any heavy downloading and it powers a PC, two wireless notebooks, an Xbox, and an Xbox 360. My only complaint is the 100 KB upload, but overall it performs quite well.

                    Before I submitted this I checked my modem's configuration page and to my surprise we've got a 2 MB downstream and 200 KB upstream! We've never received any communications to tell us they were putting their bandwidths up again (it was originally 150 KB and went up to 300 KB, then went up to 1 MB a couple of years ago).

                    I just checked NTL's web site and it says 1 MB is going up to 2 MB, although ours has already and still no caps or price increase, and 2 MB has gone up to 4 MB.

                    NTL's broadband site:


                    Awesome!

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                      #11
                      Bulldog has been bought out by Pipex,i have just been emaild.

                      Hope they don't start capping.

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                        #12
                        Just moved from Zen 1mb to Zen 8mb. Its capped on D/L's at 50GB so plenty for me.

                        Not cheap, ?35 to be precise but in the 2 years i've been with them they've been great. Just though i'd get a little extra speed.

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                          #13
                          AOL Platium Broadband Question

                          Was hoping someone might be able to help. I;ve just signed up to AOL Platinum broadband 1MB through ADSL. However just been downloading some mp3 files and nocied the download speed averages out at roughly 10kb/s.

                          Would anyone know what kind of download speed I should be expect Is this typical? The speeds I got on dial up were averaging around 5kb/s so the improvement is negligible.

                          With such download speed is it even worth considering online gaming with this?

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                            #14
                            Have you tried the speedtest on ADSLguide.org.uk ?

                            If the line isn't downloading at the correct speed speak to your provider

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                              #15
                              Just thought I'd add that I've been with Pipex now for about 5 years and I think I've had one short outage during that time and nothing but excellent service.

                              ** Edited to say:

                              I've had massive problems with Pipex since moving to their ADSL Max service which is basically rubbish. These problems are more than enough to convince me to dump them and that's despite the previous 5 years here and more than 5 years at other addresses with them.
                              Last edited by ascender; 27-10-2006, 10:23.

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