Brian Bleech Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 What are peoples reccommendations? We were on orange which is 2mb and that does me fine, but my housemate is moving out (anyone wanna live with me? ) so need new broadband supplier as he has the orange contract.If I have BT broadband do I have to pay line rental on top of the monthly bill?Is tiscali any good, because they do a package that include line rental for £15, which seems alright… one of these twoWhat about ntl, sky and virgin? I haven't really looked into these because I don't watch much tele and freeview does me fine! But I am willing to consider them if they are particulary good value. Virgin looks ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Quigley Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 I have Tiscali, overall quite good but I've had problems with the line being dropped (i.e. disconnecting and reconnecting) which I hear is common with Tiscali. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 If you want no jib, no limits, and to the best of my knowledge, a constant advertised speed, go AOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0llie Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 im with tiscali, had no problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegrass Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 I find Virgin crap, but it may suit you for your needs. We have Virgin broadband and freeview. The broadband is ok, just for general family use its fine (does like not to connect, but we just restart the box and its ok), but Virgin freeview is crap. Rarely ever shows current/future tv listings, and a generally poo service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Fried Rice Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Sky do a package of broadband, telephone and sky TV altogether for £26 a month, my friend uses it and he has had no problems with it and the broadband has up to 8mb.JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeriding Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 you get talk talk broadband which is good for free when you sign up to thier phone line, which may i add is cheaper than BT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 You get the fastest speeds through cable. The cable provider of the day is Virgin, there service is better than most, and one hell of alot faster. Virgin ***.Will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 If you want no jib, no limits, and to the best of my knowledge, a constant advertised speed, go AOL.AOL actually have introduced a Fair Usage Policy. So heavy downloaders will suffer consequences, especially if using p2p between 5.00pm and 11.00pm weeknights. Consequences can range from limiting connection speed and disconnecting users completely, to making users pay costs to compensate the other users that are having slow speeds because of you downloading.Tiscali are pretty useless. I got FUP'd and had some idiot put "an aggressive monitor" on my line which cut me off every few minutes and reduced speeds to less than that of dial up. Took them about 2 months to fix it.fast4 look pretty good though, and should be what i'll be trying next due to the whole "no contract time limit" thing. I can leave whenever i want.Chris says BE are pretty good. He keeps trying to convince me to go with them, they just dont have coverage in my area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Quigley Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 FUP'd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 (edited) FUP'd?Fair User Policy'dWhat happens if you are affected by the Fair Usage Policy?During peak hours, customers affected by the fair usage policy will share bandwidth with each other and will be separated from other customers. The amount of bandwidth available for affected customers to share, will be at least as much as for those customers unaffected by the policy.The speed affected customers experience when downloading at peak hours will therefore depend on what these customers are doing. If they are all web-browsing and reading emails, they will experience normal broadband speed. If on the other hand they are using Peer to Peer or file sharing software they will experience slow broadband speed. Outside of peak hours, no restrictions will apply. Edited June 28, 2007 by Krisboats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie >est< Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 www.bethere.co.uk 24MBps Download.1.3Mbps Upload.Unlimited Downloads.£24 per month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 AOL actually have introduced a Fair Usage Policy. So heavy downloaders will suffer consequences, especially if using p2p between 5.00pm and 11.00pm weeknights. Consequences can range from limiting connection speed and disconnecting users completely, to making users pay costs to compensate the other users that are having slow speeds because of you downloading.f**king bollocks, i was wondering about that, i sometimes recently have to wait about 10 seconds for normal pages to load, the bastards!I don't download that much though, and if ima do heavy downloading it's gonna be over night due to having a 1mbps internet :| 120kbps download sux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 AOL ***!, If you stay with them for more than 5 years like i have they reduce the price of your contract. I now only pay £12 instead of £15 for my wireless broadband, thats a saving of £36 pounds a year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 (edited) f**king bollocks, i was wondering about that, i sometimes recently have to wait about 10 seconds for normal pages to load, the bastards!I don't download that much though, and if ima do heavy downloading it's gonna be over night due to having a 1mbps internet :| 120kbps download sux.Tiscali also have a general monthly policy of over 40gb as a measure of heavy usage... in or outside of peak times. Which breaks the terms and conditions but hey... its a corporation... they take money and stiff you at any chance they get. AOL may be the same with the general monthly amount as well though AOL ***!, If you stay with them for more than 5 years like i have they reduce the price of your contract. I now only pay £12 instead of £15 for my wireless broadband, thats a saving of £36 pounds a year! Just out of curiosity... what speed is that? As i'm paying £14.99 a month and am getting 8mb broadband. £9.99 a month gets you 2mb broadband with tiscali. And theres no crappy AOL software to instal and (have a massive struggle with during the) uninstall.fast4 do 8mb broadband for £14.99 a month too.If your getting 2mb or below i reckon your getting standard/expensive price broadband to be honest. Edited June 28, 2007 by Krisboats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 Tiscali also have a general monthly policy of over 40gb as a measure of heavy usage... in or outside of peak times. Which breaks the terms and conditions but hey... its a corporation... they take money and stiff you at any chance they get. AOL may be the same with the general monthly amount as well though Just out of curiosity... what speed is that? As i'm paying £14.99 a month and am getting 8mb broadband. £9.99 a month gets you 2mb broadband with tiscali. And theres no crappy AOL software to instal and (have a massive struggle with during the) uninstall.fast4 do 8mb broadband for £14.99 a month too.If your getting 2mb or below i reckon your getting standard/expensive price broadband to be honest.Im pritty sure it 8mb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Drewery Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 We were with NTL for years, then just before and during the period when it changed to Virgin Media it was a nightmare, the line dropped every 5, sometimes 2 minutes, and it was very very very unreliable and stupidly annoying. The customer service is also terrible with Virgin Media/NTL, every time we rung to try and sort the dodgy line it took ages to get through, then when we did we were told to ring them when its actually disconnected, but we couldnt because it reconnected about 30 seconds later and it takes like 20 mins to get through to them!We have now switched to Sky boradband and we have had no problems *touchwood* and its been really good. We got it as part of the package with Sky Plus though, not sure how much it is on its own but im pretty sure it wont be expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex.loves.boys Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 Sky do a package of broadband, telephone and sky TV altogether for £26 a month, my friend uses it and he has had no problems with it and the broadband has up to 8mb.JKi get thateverythings good bar the broadband.I get 30 kb max on downloads.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 Tiscali is the dogs, it does disconnect but just set it so that it trys to reconnect every second and it reconnects in no time.The download speeds are good, and the don't bother about what you are downloading etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Balls Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 another vote for NTL customer service being ABSOLUTELY SHOCKINGLY WANK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 www.bethere.co.uk 24MBps Download.1.3Mbps Upload.Unlimited Downloads.£24 per month. Seriously best isp i have ever used in my life.. anyone on tiscali.. sack it off.. get on be* its f**king AWESOMETiscali is the dogs, it does disconnect but just set it so that it trys to reconnect every second and it reconnects in no time.The download speeds are good, and the don't bother about what you are downloading etc.Wrong Wrong Wrong.As per their email to me when i complained "heavy usage during peak hours may be seen as little as 55mb downloads and up to 1gb"....... They were the biggest ball ache wank ive ever used. Go to tiscali forums then to broadband services and see the amount of complaints they have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David20 Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 I've had tiscali since I got my lap top in June 05, never had any problems with it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 Im pritty sure it 8mb. linky Looks like you got 2mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 linkyWO WO WO. I should f**king have 2mb broadband!!! I'm f**king paying for silver and still have 1mb, c**ts. Will have to sort that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 Virgin internet is good, they've also got these good packages, 2 for £20, 3 for £30 or 4 for £40.In those packages you can combine TV, Internet, Mobile and Landline.I've got 3 for £30 and have everything except the TV (we are with sky in my house) and I cant fault it.Customer service is complete and utter bollocks though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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