Broadband …. Who and What Speed?

[Jimmy Little]

Broadband …. Who and What Speed?

Hi, looking at getting Broadband, but not really sure where to start as in who to go with and what speed..

Who do you guys find offer the best service and price? And what sort of speed do I need for basic web use and the odd online game?

[spazman]

Nildram 512K £22.99 Superb

[Jimmy Little]

that sounds good, how quick were they to set up?

[GreenPiggy]

I would go NTL if they were in my area but if not then Eclipse and Nildram seem to have the best services.
Freedom2surf has £22.50 a month but I don't know if they're any good
Eclipse is £24 a month and has static IP and webspace
I have Eclipse and they were very fast to setup and no problems(aside from the ones caused by switching from BT)
ADSLGuide.org is a good place to start.
Good luck

[iMc]

www.cpbb.co.uk or www.bulldogdsl.com if you fancy 2mbps.

Looking to get one of these in a couple of months time.

[ekundo]

DONT GO NTL. they suck, we've had load sof problems with broadband from them

[Atomic]

fast24.net
1MBit - £27.50/mth

[Jimmy Little]

i'm gonna read up on the ADSLGuide.org and see what's what, i think i will go with a 512 line for now as that should do the job

[Skii]

Plusnet

250Mb Webspace fweeeeeeeee !!

'ave it

[GreenPiggy]

If you're only using it occasionally then the £19.99 offer from BT is quite good.
It has a 1Gig monthly download limit which probably leaves you unable to do online gaming though

[Jimmy Little]

If you're only using it occasionally then the £19.99 offer from BT is quite good.
It has a 1Gig monthly download limit which probably leaves you unable to do online gaming though

what speed does that run at mate?

[Jimmy Little]

So does anyone recommend AOL then???

[GreenPiggy]

it's 512 but with 1gig per month you need to be an extremely light user.
Also BT will never let you go as you try to work your way round the dungeons of the sales department.
AOL is good if you are an existing dialup customer cos you can then upgrade with a very good deal however you do have to put up with having their bloody software on your computer.

[Stringent]

Telewest 1Mbit , £35/mo

Not bad, been having a lot of packet loss recently, engineer came out today said our connections were all old. LOL. Boosted signal, and we'll se how it goes.

[Jimmy Little]

it's 512 but with 1gig per month you need to be an extremely light user.
Also BT will never let you go as you try to work your way round the dungeons of the sales department.
AOL is good if you are an existing dialup customer cos you can then upgrade with a very good deal however you do have to put up with having their bloody software on your computer.

with the 1gig download limit, does that just mean 'downloads' or does it cover surfing and gaming....(hmm am i crazy!)

[GreenPiggy]

Presumably it covers everything as i wouldn't have thought the ISP would go to the bother of discriminating. Could be a bit of an arse if your account was blocked for the rest of the month after 3 days of use lol