which broadband provider

[Arnold Williams]

Hi,

This is Arnold. I am new to this forum and i found this broadband forum really helpful for someone who is actually looking for a new broadband connection and for the one who wants to switch to some other broadband service.

Hi,

For someone who is actually lookin for a broadband connection that provides good speed at lower costs, one can always go for a connection from BT as I have been using their service from quite a long time and I am quite satisfied with their service. BT is providing 8 Mbits speed with a download limit of 5GB.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi,

For someone who is actually lookin for a broadband connection that provides good speed at lower costs, one can always go for a connection from BT as I have been using their service from quite a long time and I am quite satisfied with their service. BT is providing 8 Mbits speed with a download limit of 5GB.

Did you not bother to read the last few posts about how bad BT are as a provider???

I've just got my MAC code of BT.

Used this direct phone line No. 0800 800 030
And didn't get redirected to India, though you may just have to wait in a queue..
hope this helps........

Also getting irregular and slow download speeds, 0.3Mb when it has been 1.3Mb...
so goodbye BT......

I do agree with the comment about virgin media download speed most of the time dial up speed is faster, I have written several times but have had no reply to why such low speeds, I am just changing to TalkTalk

hi bt are total **** the homehub is useless always having to reboot it and since the vision box the speeds are terrible and dont try to download anything between 5and 11 cos its worse than dial up,just gone back to orange and hitting between 5 to 7 mb all the time so well chuffed

[blues1978]

We have recently moved and was told that we are quite a way from the exchange and our speed will be pretty low. Does this vary from provider or will they all be the same ? We were with Tisclai but moved as terrible customer service !!

Well all ADSL providers will be hit by the same limitations speed wise at your property, some of the ADSL2+ providers (such as O2 and Be) will maybe able to provide a faster speed. If you can get Virgin Media Cable in your area then they will not suffer from the speed/distance issue.

I would advise using an entanet reseller such as ADSL24 or UKFSN. ADSL24 have just produced a new pricing plan for 24mbps. They are brilliant - excellent service with emails and telephone calls, no service drops (that I've encountered) and for heavy users there is no traffic shaping either.
I am getting 330BG downloading (30GB peak and 300GB offpeak) at up to 8mbps for £19.99 a month. It is a monthly contract with no fees for migrating in or away.

Just my opinion though.