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Author:  forquare1 [ Sun May 30, 2010 4:13 pm ]
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I know this should probably go in networking, feel free to move it. Just wanted a larger range of opinions :)

I'm looking into ISPs for next month as Faye and I are getting a new flat. We currently get the Internet through our landlady and she contracts a local company who sorts out a connection with BT...

I'm mainly looking for good speeds (here in aber out exchange is old and overcrowded, so the best I can hope for is 6mb), large/unlimited downloads, not too fussed about traffic shaping, and a phone line with some sort of free calls to landlines (weekends would be great, anything else is a bonus).

I've been looking at Talk Talk and their price seems really good: http://broadband.talktalk.co.uk/product ... essentials
I've been screwed around by BT too much this last year, as have others who I know, they don't appear to care about their customers.

Does anyone have any recommendations/warnings about various ISPs? If so, I'd love to hear about them :)

Ben
Author:  pcernie [ Sun May 30, 2010 5:02 pm ]
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I recommend O2, but then you're back to the Bastards? Totally (BT) problem...
Author:  MrStevenRogers [ Sun May 30, 2010 5:15 pm ]
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i have a BT line with anytime calls £4.99p a month plus line rental but i use Be* as my ISP
Be are very good and part of the O2 group. i have there pro service which is £22 PM …

https://www.bethere.co.uk/web/beportal/homepage
Author:  JohnSheridan [ Sun May 30, 2010 9:43 pm ]
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Zen - no contest

Migrated to them 2 years ago from another ISP and not looked back.

From 1st June they are giving users 100Gb useage a month (you can buy more if needed!), they do not traffic shape and later in June I should get ADSL2 so "up to 24mb/s"
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon May 31, 2010 1:03 am ]
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pcernie wrote:
I recommend O2, but then you're back to the Bastards? Totally (BT) problem...

I have the feeling that O2 were sold off by BT some years ago so are not part of BT at all now.
Author:  adidan [ Mon May 31, 2010 7:00 am ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
I have the feeling that O2 were sold off by BT some years ago so are not part of BT at all now.

Aye but you need a BT line.

+1 for o2, been great for me especially with a £10 discount if you have a monthly mobile contract with them.
Author:  pcernie [ Mon May 31, 2010 10:39 am ]
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adidan wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
I have the feeling that O2 were sold off by BT some years ago so are not part of BT at all now.

Aye but you need a BT line.

+1 for o2, been great for me especially with a £10 discount if you have a monthly mobile contract with them.


+1, but all you need now is an O2 number; I gave them my sister's (I'm T-mobile) and she got a £50 top-up through Quidco :D , though that offer's ended now...
Author:  adidan [ Mon May 31, 2010 11:32 am ]
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pcernie wrote:
but all you need now is an O2 number

O'rly? Didn't know that.
Author:  Nick [ Mon May 31, 2010 2:31 pm ]
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adidan wrote:
pcernie wrote:
but all you need now is an O2 number

O'rly? Didn't know that.


I assume it has to be a number that is not already registered to an account, though.
Author:  tombolt [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:46 am ]
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If you're exchange isn't unbundled, don't use Sky as they're connect service is slooooooooow – looking at about 0.5meg or less at peak times.
Author:  forquare1 [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:34 am ]
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Thanks all :)

I think that O2 looks really good, I'll be phoning them up in the near future to see what they can do for me :)
Author:  didgeman [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:53 am ]
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O2/BE are great if they have LLU in your exchange. DO NOT TOUCH their access product, really it is terrible , at times slower than dial up, pages simply timed out.

Didge
Author:  tombolt [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:54 am ]
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didgeman wrote:
O2/BE are great if they have LLU in your exchange. DO NOT TOUCH their access product, really it is terrible , at times slower than dial up, pages simply timed out.


Are there any recommendations for non llu exchanges, or will I have to go to BT? I will do just about anything to avoid that company, but my internet access is so slow at the moment, it's ridiculous.
Author:  HeatherKay [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:02 am ]
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forquare1 wrote:
I think that O2 looks really good


Are you in a cabled area? We switched to Virgin earlier this year, after BT kept futzing up the phone lines with their increasing speeds, and it's been pretty solid.
Author:  forquare1 [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:16 am ]
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HeatherKay wrote:
forquare1 wrote:
I think that O2 looks really good


Are you in a cabled area? We switched to Virgin earlier this year, after BT kept futzing up the phone lines with their increasing speeds, and it's been pretty solid.


Unfortunately we are not...Virgin won't touch Aberystwyth, probably due to the fact that we are ~70 miles from the nearest large town (Carmarthen which sits at the end of the M4) and ~120 miles from Birmingham...
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