I'm currently on UKOnline however sky (who own it) are shutting it down in Jan (11th)
http://www.ukonline.net/sky/status.html
So I'm on the hunt for a new ISP again.
My UKOnline contract was 1mb not the fastest thing, however unlimited download (subject to fair usage traffic shaping, ie high bandwidth uses get stuck together on larger contentions) and was only £10 a month
I've found slower speeds actually help download limits as you're far more aware of how big stuff is and how much you're downloading. eg I never watch 720p youtube clips as it just takes far to long to download, while 360p youtube clips are fine on 1mb, as long as no one else is downloading something big.
Anyway back to the issue at hand, I need a new ISP, I don't want sky tv and anyway their cheap deals also have very small caps
O2 and Orange both do good offers but they are only cheap for customers with contract mobile phones, which I'm not (ether with them or on contract)
Which leaves PlusNet as the main front runner, with ether:
Plusnet Value - £6.49 month, 10GB cap, should be able to get ADSL2+ so speed up to 20mb or 5.5mb if not (I think that's the figure for my location)
or
Plusnet Extra - £11.49 month, 60gb cap, same speed
Fees charged on both is £5 per 5gb, or fraction of, over cap.
just checked ADSL2+ for my loctaion is Estimated line speed:10Mb
There is also the option for phone line (not sure what's physically involved in that) that's an additional £11.25 per month but with it at certain times traffic does not count towards your cap (midnight-8am)
Just wondering what peoples experience has been of plusNet?
And which option to go for? baring in mind that 3 of us share the connection, although the other two just web browse, I'm the only one who games+ download quite a bit of data in terms of audiobook/radiodownloader and none of us torrent.


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