adsl recommendation

[handyman]

Hi,

I'm looking to get some adsl broadband, checked my postcode and its servicable upto 8mb.

Budget £30 per month
Usage - Unlimited or at least 40gb per month
Equipment - got my own thanks
Term - Need to be flexible not wanting to commit to more than 3 months at a time.

If theres anyone that gets ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£ÃƒÆ ’‚£ for reccomending a freind etc I'd be happy to do that also so long as it fits with the above criterier (sp)

[etccarmageddon]

criteria

[pedantic]

Well, I'm biased, but I recommend Nildram :D

50GB per month £25.99 PM, unlimited allowance off peak (12am - 8am)

More than happy with them :tu:

1 month contract.

Check here http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ for plenty of reviews of ADSL providers, and there's always the forums to find ouy what users think.

[Neil]

Hi,

I'm looking to get some adsl broadband, checked my postcode and its servicable upto 8mb.

Budget £30 per month
Usage - Unlimited or at least 40gb per month
Equipment - got my own thanks
Term - Need to be flexible not wanting to commit to more than 3 months at a time.

If theres anyone that gets ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£ÃƒÆ ’‚£ for reccomending a freind etc I'd be happy to do that also so long as it fits with the above criterier (sp)

Bulldog.

[handyman]

criteria

ta

Bulldog.

Same to you :p:

Will have a look

---------- Post added at 16:25 ---------- Previous post was at 16:25 ----------

Well, I'm biased, but I recommend Nildram :D

50GB per month £25.99 PM, unlimited allowance off peak (12am - 8am)

More than happy with them :tu:

1 month contract.

Check here http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ for plenty of reviews of ADSL providers, and there's always the forums to find ouy what users think.

Sounds right up my street

[Shaun]

Upto 8Mbit for £21.99 a month

http://www.plus.net/residential/broadband/broadband_premier.shtml

30:1 contention and fixed IP

Can do a recommendation with you if you like :)

[Matthew]

I second Shaun with PlusNet, cannot fault them.

[handyman]

Upto 8Mbit for £21.99 a month

http://www.plus.net/residential/broadband/broadband_premier.shtml

30:1 contention and fixed IP

Can do a recommendation with you if you like :)

Is it unlimited

[Matthew]

Yes its unlimited providing you get the 21.99 package which is called premium I think.

[Paul K]

Bulldog? Mmmmmm. Not gonna comment apart from the number of complaints we are handling at BT Repair everyday is increasing. Seems Bulldog CS like to tell their customers that everything is BTs fault and to ring us when their line fails instead of ringing them.

[pedantic]

Handyman, it might be a good idea to check out the forums here http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/ it's always a good idea to get user reviews, to see just how reliable an isp is as well as what they have to offer by way of bandwidth and other features etc etc.

[Ignition]

Upto 8Mbit for £21.99 a month

http://www.plus.net/residential/broadband/broadband_premier.shtml

30:1 contention and fixed IP

Can do a recommendation with you if you like :)

Plusnet's contention without that heavy traffic shaping they do is closer to 80:1 but still...

They have a 'comms' department who appear devoted to telling porkies about their latest development in dragging more out of their existing bandwidth without upgrading it, traffic shape insanely heavily and extensively, have more fair use / sustainable use policies than you could shake a stick at, and currently their customer services is rather up the spout after some big outages and a big backlog in dealing with queries.

Call me cynical but I prefer my ISPs to be able to handle more than about 70% of customers having modems connected at once. Plusnet don't have the capacity to handle all their customers being online at once.

On the upside they do have nice usage graphs which show quite effectively how heavy their traffic shaping is (unless of course they are the only ISP in the world whose traffic peaks at about 2am).

---------- Post added at 16:33 ---------- Previous post was at 16:32 ----------

Yes its unlimited providing you get the 21.99 package which is called premium I think.

No it is not, it has various fair use policies which essentially mean if you use too much at the wrong times they throttle you to death. It's called Premier.

http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/network/sustainable_usage_guide.shtml

Did I mention you aren't allowed to use too much P2P, Usenet or FTP either?

This is on the 2Mbit product:

Usenet, Peer-2-Peer and FTP Usage
Applications such as peer-to-peer file-sharing, Usenet and FTP, can take up significant capacity on our network when used for long periods and in peak hours. For this reason we manage the usage of these applications and recommend that you schedule any large downloads for off-peak hours (00:00-08:00).

To reward light and moderate usage of these applications, each Broadband Premier up to 2Mb customer gets up to 20GB of clean peer-to-peer, USENET and FTP usage each month before any management is applied.
Traffic management levels at peak-times, per user Speed Premier up to 2Mb
Clean allowance Up to line speed* 0 - 20GB
Level 1 Up to 512Kbps 20 - 25GB
Level 2 Up to 256Kbps 25 - 30GB
Level 3 Up to 128Kbps 30 - 35GB
Level 4 Up to 64Kbps 35GB+

8Mbit:

Traffic management levels at peak-times, per user Speed Premier up to 8Mb
Clean allowance Up to line speed* 0 - 40GB
Level 1 Up to 512Kbps 40 - 45GB
Level 2 Up to 256Kbps 45 - 50GB
Level 3 Up to 128Kbps 50 - 55GB
Level 4 Up to 64Kbps 55GB+

[handyman]

So do you know of any proper unlimited isps that you would reccomend ignition?

I'm downloading quite a few linux iso's (seriously I actually am) looking for one I like.

[Ignition]

So do you know of any proper unlimited isps that you would reccomend ignition?

I'm downloading quite a few linux iso's (seriously I actually am) looking for one I like.

Few and far between!

Bulldog are one of very few.

Check what LLU options are available to you via http://www.samknows.com

I use Homechoice but I know Bulldog, Be and UKOnline have no fixed limits and go right up to 24Mbit. Bulldog 8 at present but 22 coming.

[jtwn]

Just don't go with 'plus'net if you actually want to use the internet.

[AdamD]

Bulldog 8 at present but 22 coming.

Oooh, don't suppose you know when? or where there's any info on this?

[Ignition]

Oooh, don't suppose you know when? or where there's any info on this?

Nope still in trial.