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Author:  KovacsC [ Tue Nov 11, 2008 23:49 ]
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I am curently on an entanet package of 30GB peak, 360gb off peak for £19.99

Just wondering if there are any cheap products, that you folks can recommend

Author:  Derek The Halls [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 0:03 ]
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Me too but under the guise of adsl24. They're really nice but a bit slow.

At work I have Bulldog broadband + phone, unlimited 8mb. It's quite speedy and reliable, the phone line a bit iffy sometimes. That's £30.

Author:  nickachu [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 0:05 ]
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Im with Be,
Its 24 appaerntly, and its unlimited (fair useage and all that tho)
Pretty good, only £18 a month

Author:  Malc [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 0:06 ]
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Sky Broadband Max - Up to 16Mb/s download, no limits. £10 a month, but need to have Sky TV, which I do...

Love it.

Malc

Author:  Mimi [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 0:20 ]
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virgin cable thingy

Author:  devilman [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 0:26 ]
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Mimi wrote:
virgin cable thingy


Ditto. Heard good things about Sky Broadband but I don't know if I can be arsed to switch to anything else. Laziness reigns.

Author:  Malc [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 0:28 ]
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devilman wrote:
Mimi wrote:
virgin cable thingy


Ditto. Heard good things about Sky Broadband but I don't know if I can be arsed to switch to anything else. Laziness reigns.


When I moved house, I did, and it was the best ISP move I've ever made... (the worst being the move from Nildram (or Jolt or whatever) to telewest (which became virgin)

Malc

Author:  Dudley [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 0:29 ]
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nickachu wrote:
Im with Be,
Its 24 appaerntly, and its unlimited (fair useage and all that tho)
Pretty good, only £18 a month


For full disclosure, according to their forums, Be have used the fair use clause once ever.

Author:  kalmar [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 0:31 ]
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AOL 10 quid

Yeah. Wanna make something of it?

Author:  nickachu [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 0:34 ]
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devilman wrote:
Mimi wrote:
virgin cable thingy


Ditto. Heard good things about Sky Broadband but I don't know if I can be arsed to switch to anything else. Laziness reigns.


Sky is alrite. we had it last year, 6 people house share, all guys (student house) so kinda raped it a fair amount, but it did occasionally cut out, but was decentish speed and had no major problems

Author:  itsallwater [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:13 ]
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BT One or something like that! It's ok but pretty expensive for what it is!

I've just worked out that my router has DMZ functionality today and hence why my xbox had problems connecting and hosting! yeay!

Author:  MaliA [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:14 ]
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Plusnet. It's 15 notes a month, and simply works.

Author:  myp [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:51 ]
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Spinglo Sponglo! wrote:
Sky Broadband Max - Up to 16Mb/s download, no limits. £10 a month, but need to have Sky TV, which I do...

Love it.

Malc


Wot Mawlk sed.

Author:  GovernmentYard [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:08 ]
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MaliA wrote:
Plusnet. It's 15 notes a month, and simply works.


Try leaving ;)

I'm with Demon and leaving as soon as my network unbundles, due to their daily spam when I near my unlimited internet limit and refusal to tell me how mmuch I've actually used, so I can get the most bandwidth for my money without going over the unlimited internet limit.

The twats.

Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:44 ]
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Virgin L (10Mbit) Package, apart from my torrent woes (see olds threads) it's spanking fast and I is happys

Author:  KovacsC [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:05 ]
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I might try sky as I am in need to save money but still have a good service.

Having a little one on the way, cutting back on none essentials

Author:  itsallwater [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:45 ]
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How do you find out if your local exchange has been unbundled?

Author:  myp [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:26 ]
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itsallwater wrote:
How do you find out if your local exchange has been unbundled?

I'd tell you if I had the foggiest what you were talking about.

Author:  The Rev Owen [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:27 ]
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I'm with Sky, but their ADSL service, because I live out in the sticks.

It's okay, has only gone down once. But when it went down it was down for a couple of days and it slows to a crawl on evenings and weekends. Fucking fast as fuck at 6am on a weekday morning though.

Author:  KovacsC [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:46 ]
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The Rev Owen wrote:
I'm with Sky, but their ADSL service, because I live out in the sticks.

It's okay, has only gone down once. But when it went down it was down for a couple of days and it slows to a crawl on evenings and weekends. Fucking fast as fuck at 6am on a weekday morning though.


That is the only one I can get as my excahnge does not support the other option.... no point in changing, if I have to pay £2 less

Author:  GovernmentYard [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:46 ]
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itsallwater wrote:
How do you find out if your local exchange has been unbundled?


https://www.bethere.co.uk/

these'll tell you

Author:  itsallwater [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:54 ]
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Cheers i can get up to 12Meg I'm told... also found this site:

http://www.samknows.com

all ya unbundled data needs and stuffs

Author:  KovacsC [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 13:15 ]
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itsallwater wrote:
Cheers i can get up to 12Meg I'm told... also found this site:

http://www.samknows.com

all ya unbundled data needs and stuffs


:this: my exchange is llu but sky have not installed yet

Author:  Craig [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 14:03 ]
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I'm not sure what all this LLU stuff is. Is ADSL the best thing to be on if you can't get cable?

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 14:11 ]
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Craig wrote:
I'm not sure what all this LLU stuff is.
Once upon a time, BT owned all the exchanges and you could only get internet from BT. Even if you had internet from, say, PlusNet they rented the line from BT, which meant BT always got a slice of the pie.

Then Things Changed. Now each ISP can, if they want, go and put some stuff in the exchange. Then your modem talks to their stuff in the exchange, not BT's stuff, and then all the connections up to the rest of the world is their stuff, and not BTs. This means in theory prices can be lower (as BT are no longer in a monopoly position). This process is called Local Loop Unbundling (the Local Loop being the copper wire between the exchange and your house, and Unbunding in the sense that it's no longer tied to BT).

Often, LLU services are cheaper and faster, as long as the ISP in question has put their stuff in your exchange.

Quote:
Is ADSL the best thing to be on if you can't get cable?
Yes.

Author:  KovacsC [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 14:17 ]
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I can only get talk talk llu..... an 18month contract..... I don't think I will bother

Author:  Mark X [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 23:21 ]
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Craig wrote:
I'm not sure what all this LLU stuff is. Is ADSL the best thing to be on if you can't get cable?


Depending on the distance from your local exchange, ADSL2+ is likely to be better. Here's a confusing chart:

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You should be able to get more info on this here, although it doesn't actually work for me.

Coincidentally, I'm with Be, and it's very good.

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