Broadband connection, who u wif how much......

[retrofly]

hi
I know this has nothing to do with bike so ill probably get alot of flames for this, but i need some info on broadband connections, as i wanna update mine, if if u could tell what u all have it would be alot of help,

1. Which company
2. WHat connection
3. How much a month
4. Any good?
5. Availability

Any replies will be great (no flames), i dont have a clue bout broadband i just want a faster connection, at the mo i have an internal modem and my ISP is worldonline.com

Thanx

Luke
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[G]

1. NTL
2. 600kbs Cable Modem
3. £25 inc cable modem rental... £20 if you have your own
4. Genrearlly, yes ... support is as shiy, if not more so than others
5. err... have a look at www.ntlworld.com

[Demonic69]

Plusnet
521k ADSL
£22.99 (Needs modem, about £50 but better with a router)
Best package in the country.
Check Plusnet

The company I work for owns them and I went over for training. Easily the best in the UK, cheapest and most perks for ur money.
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[Zimma]

BT Openworld
512kb down 256kb up
29.99 p/m
i cant remember what the instalation is probably around 50 or summink?

Telewest Blueyonder
1mbit down 256kb up
50 instalation, 75 if you need a network card
35p/m with telewest cable tv 39.99 without

if anything i would say the telewest is without doubt the best in the country
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[minesweeper]

Tiscali Broadband

576kbs downStream
256 Upstream

Installation £150 (18 months back)
Monthly ..........

They havnt charged us a penny yet

Matt

[Demonic69]

Noooo not Tiscali!! They're one of the worst!
Telewest are cool but Cable's still a bit more limited than ADSL.
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[G]

/me wants telewest... bu thtere's only NTL here.. and they charge £50 for 1mb

[minesweeper]

Bloody unreliable bastards tiscali, wouldnt go for them on purpose

but as they havnt charged me for 18 months i cant complain

Matt

[Bendy]

BT ADSL same as zimm. It was £75 installation a year or so ago, and that was on a half-price offer. But that's probably all changed now.

Thought about switching to cable (NTL have just started doing my area) but I don't think I can be arsed with another installation fee.

[Phoenix]

urr careful with that, I mate in NL signed the two of us up for something online with a monthly charge they had billing problems at start and for 1.5years he didn't get billed on his CC once...until 2months ago when it all came at once....ouch! You will get billed, personally i'd cancel my credit card before they get a chance to

[Demonic69]

The £35 gigabit connection from Telewest is Wicked!!
Plusnet have the best ADSL. It's a £50 activaiton on the self-install package. Then just get a nice ADSL Router and share you connection with your family and friends (For a price of course).
We got a router at home, we now charge the parents a tenner to use the connection
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[JimboJ]

1mb link with NTL £40 good quality you have superiority over 600k and guarenteed etc cos its part of a business package. dedicated service etc

128kb ISDN with bT, keep meaning to cancel it! its shit and slow and you have to pay to be online! dont get that!
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[G]

Damnit... got all excited there
Popped over to the ntl site, but it says:
£105 a month for 1MB broadband
for business use.

The home 1mb is on offer for £35 a month... but only 'till 01 January 2002 when it goes back up to £50

[Scotty]

i just use telewest's 512kb down 128 up...i think thats it anyway.
Had it for over a year and a half.
An that cost £25, would up grade to the 1024kb,
but since i'm not really using the net so much now i dont see the point now.
and i pay the damn bill, parents pay a tenner towards it though, so thats nice of them.
maybe becasue i'm a poor student.....
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[zaknafien]

1.Telewest
2.1mb
3.35 but me and my brother have the conn networked so share the cost
4.Only had 1 or 2 downtime problems but other than that it's great
5.Check www.blueyonder.co.uk

Cable kicks ADSL all over so ner
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[Doddmaster]

512kb Telewest. £25. I like it *most* of the time, but it occasionnally stops working for like 5 mins. A couple of times it has stopped working for like a week, with Telewest support being no help. It always comes back on though

[zaknafien]

must be your area dod, i've never had it down more than an hour
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[G]

I had a similar problem dodd... it turned out it was a problem with the signal strength... ntl fiddled with a box down the street and it's been fine since.

[Anthony]

I share mine with Andrew through the network, i dont pay a thing, although he wants me to, my excuse is that i am at college and can't get a job to pay for it.

[JimboJ]

the package is £105 but with that you get loads of email accounts, web sites dedicated phone ie no queues oh and a business line
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[Kickstart]

Hi

About £15 a month for max 150 hours with BT, with a 56K modem. No cable in the village (stops about a mile away) and although the local exchange is ADSL enabled it is too far away

So, any suggestions on decent Satellite providers?

All the best

Keith
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[Phoenix]

Im in the same situation as you Keith, except the exchange isn't ADSL enabled and is too far away even if it was. But satellite is horrendously expensive.

[Ste]

I too am in a non ADSL area, and will never be a cable area. ISDN is an option, but it is quite pricey, for only a small increase in speed.

Can i suggest moving to Virgin.net for your dial-up. They dont operate with a limit, which hasnt been a problem with me yet, and I have been kicked off every other ISP I have been on for excessive usage!

Wireless broadband is becoming an option in small areas, which is normally quite hard to find out if there is one nearby you! There are several down south near me, but none are covering me

Sat. links, you are looking about £500+ install and then £60 a month!

[zaknafien]

telewest unlimited never kicked my off and i had my machine doing crap 24/7 for months.

and for a few months i had 2 PC's using the same account.
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[Ste]

BT didnt see it that way

Neither did claranet

Or tiscali

Although AOL were more than happy for me to abuse them