Who is the best Unlimited Broadband ISP?

Why not phone AOL up, tell them you've been a loyal customer for several years and that your leaving them because there are now detter deals that make their service look like a total waste of money. Maybe they'll make some sort of offer. Failing that, cancel and join one of the many recommended ISPs above.
 
Sky Max- been with them for just over the month, well pleased with my connection 8Mb down, 767Kb Up, even though my ping is higher playing online seems that much smoother and faster. I was with BT for approx 10yrs couldn’t complain had very little down time, down loaded what l wanted got sick of paying over the top for a slow connection. Plus waiting for faster connection with BT by the looks of things will take years to materialise, so jumped a sinking ship joined Sky.
 
Sky is the best if you can't get BE, it's one of the the only ISP's that is totally unlimited without paying stupid money per month.

Seen people download 1TB+ a month with it. I get 1.3MB/s down speed with mine, on a 16mb service.

The amount of people with naff broadband who think they have an excellent service is pretty shocking :eek:
 
O2 always looked great value to me.

Sky seem honest with it - one of the true unlimited providers.

I'm with Talk Talk (at home, anyway), and haven't had any problems in the last year or two.

Alternatively, move onto a university campus... I'm getting 94mb/s actual download and 75mb/s actual upload (theoretically 100mb/s each direction) with no usage cap :-D shame I'm only here for another year.

I think their download limits are ridiculously low at times. I've spent a little time helping out with a couple of Linux distro's and I can download several versions a day if there's a lot going on... that's up to 12gb/day. Okay, so I can grab the stuff faster, but some of the IPs I've seen cap your download at 16, 8 or even 2GB!
 
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Yep pretty much the best to get as others have said is Be/O2, the choice will be more a case of if you have an O2 mobile contract as then you can get a discount or if you want to be able to get Be's Pro upload speeds.

Had Be for a year (whilst at Uni) and used it loads and had no problems other than a few router issues (but I think the new routers they supply are much better now).
 
O2 is awesome!
Downloaded more then a TB in a month & they dont care.
Fast speeds too, what they advertise you actually get, haven't met any contention yet!

On second thoughts, dont go with them, the less people the better for me!
 
Just like to say thanks for peoples input to this thread. My sister is looking for an ISP and I'm with Virgin and she only has a BT landline.

In summary for those who have not read the entire thread:

1. BE
2. O2 (LLU)

Brilliant website: http://www.samknows.com/broadband/
 
I would suggest
http://adsl24.co.uk/

Run by a person called "James", he knows his stuff and will do everything to get BT to sort themselves out! There reseller is entanet, who are pretty crap atm, however James is sorting out a new reseller which I'm 99% certain will be the best you can get on ADSL without LLU.
 
Why not phone AOL up, tell them you've been a loyal customer for several years and that your leaving them because there are now detter deals that make their service look like a total waste of money. Maybe they'll make some sort of offer. Failing that, cancel and join one of the many recommended ISPs above.
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I gave AOL a call last night and told them i want to cancel. She asked who i wanted to move to and i said BE, their 24meg package (just to make AOLs sound extremely pathetic at 2meg lol)

[AOL] Well i can tell you now, you will get nowhere near that speed sir, BT can give you a much more accura
[Me] (interupts) I already know that but according to BT i can get around 13meg.
*goes quiet for a few seconds*
[AOL] Well what we can do is, i can request to put you up to 8meg because at the moment your on a 1meg package...
[Me] Im on 1meg atm?
[AOL] yes, thats right...
[Me] Well i download at 2.5
[AOL] Thats just an estimate
[Me] ... no, i actually download things at 2.5
[AOL] yeah, thats just as estimate from BT
[Me] no you dont understand, my literal download speed right now, through you... is 2.5
*few seconds silence*
[AOL] Well i can request to put you up to 8meg AND only charge you £6.99 a month instead of £14.99

Then she started going on about some bull**** about the speed can only be raised in areas at a time, so unless other AOL customers in my area request a higher speed, then i will have to wait. Basically it just seemed like a lower bill with the promise of 8meg that will never be a reality. So i just said, no thankyou id like to switch.

Then i asked if i can keep my e-mail accounts that i have with AOL because, like, i need them. AOL do a free e-mail service to anyone just like hotmail and ive googled the situation and people say yes, just ask to have your e-mail switched to their free e-mail service. I asked and she said no we cant do that.

I rung back and spoke to a different person in the general helpline and he didnt even ask for my account name or anything, he just said.

The emails are free sir, you can cancel and they will be yours, you dont need to do anything about it!
Really?
Yes, they are completely free and they wont be deleted.

Just shows how much the salespeople lie to try and dissuade you from leaving them :D So anyway, ive got a mac code on the way, so i should soon be with BE :)

Thanks for the advice guys. Il revive this thread when ive switched and let you know what my speeds are like compared to AOL
 
Mattey1 said:
If you want a truly unlimited as per the ISP's FUP then BE/o2/Sky broadband Max are the ones to go with.
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Getting increasingly sick and tired of people beating on Virgin for their STM system and claiming ISPs like Be have no such limits or policies in place.

From Be/O2's FUP:
What about excessive network usage?
If it’s felt that any Be member’s Internet activities are so excessive that other members are detrimentally affected, Be may give the member generating the excessive web traffic a written warning (by email or otherwise). In extreme circumstances, should the levels of activity not immediately decrease after the warning, Be may terminate that member’s services.
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In other words, they do have limits to what they will let you do but, unlike VM, they're not actually written down anywhere, you just have to hope you don't hit them.

With my 20Mb cable connection (the nearest direct equivalent to Be/O2 ADSL2+), I can still download 140GB per day or 4.25TB per month. Try doing that on Be/O2 and see how long it is before they invoke their vague FUP!

I will agree that some of the lower tier services seem to have very low limits during the STM periods but then most heavy users will be on the higher tiers. 20Mb currently limits you to 7GB between 10am and 3pm and 3.5GB between 4pm and 9pm. These limits are more than enough for any general usage and would only be a problem if you needed to download something huge. 95% of the time such downloads can simply be scheduled for later at night and, in the cases where they can't and you need the file immediately, you'll end up limited to 5Mb for a while - hardly the end of the world.
 
Vertigo1 said:
With my 20Mb cable connection (the nearest direct equivalent to Be/O2 ADSL2+), I can still download 140GB per day or 4.25TB per month. Try doing that on Be/O2 and see how long it is before they invoke their vague FUP!
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Are those theoretical limits, or what you actually download? As I'm sure that is a unique case if you get away with doing that consecutively.
 
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How much you can download in a month and speculating about FUP limits is pretty pointless when very few people are ever going to reach them. Also doing your downloading overnight isn't realistic or desirable for many people. So yes, VM's STM can severely hamper your service. It certainly did for my 20mb cable, so I jumped ship to O2 and couldn't be happier.
 
Vertigo1 said:
Try doing that on Be/O2 and see how long it is before they invoke their vague FUP!
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On the Be Forums, they themselves had admitted that the FUB has not been invoked on anyone as of yet.

I know I've done up to 140GB in a day and I'd be willing to bet there are people who have done a lot more than that.
 
Bane said:
Are those theoretical limits, or what you actually download? As I'm sure that is a unique case if you get away with doing that consecutively.
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Those are what you can actually download without fear of reprisal (not what I personally download mind! :) ). That's the point I'm making - VM are very clear with their STM system in that they limit your usage during certain times but, outside of those hours, it's a free house. The key thing here is there is no vague usage clause in their terms and conditions - the limits are laid out and you can use your connection as much as you like without fear of reprisal.

Contrast this with the ADSL providers who claim their services are unlimited yet still sneak these vague clauses in to their terms and conditions to cover themselves.

The fact of the matter is that you can download 140GB of data every day on VM without falling foul of any of their terms. Do that on Be or O2 and I bet you'll soon find yourself on the receiving end of their fair usage policy.
 
Tripnologist said:
On the Be Forums, they themselves had admitted that the FUB has not been invoked on anyone as of yet.
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The fact remains that the clause is still there and can be invoked when they wish, therefore the service is not, by definition, unlimited - there must be a quantity of data beyond which they'd invoke that clause, otherwise it wouldn't be there.
 
Vertigo1 said:
The fact remains that the clause is still there and can be invoked when they wish, therefore the service is not, by definition, unlimited - there must be a quantity of data beyond which they'd invoke that clause, otherwise it wouldn't be there.
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I realise that but you basically implied that if a Be user tries to download several TB's in a month, they will invoke the clause which is not true at this time.

It may not be 'by definition, unlimited', but I sure am downloading as much as I want to without any hassle so for all intents and purposes, it's as good as.
 
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