ADSL Max BB - Which ISP ?

CrimsonAvenger · 6 Jun 2006 at 12:35

With these restrictions in mind..........

Under £17.99 a month
No problems with a 2Gb cap
No activation fee
FREE modem
No problems with 12 month contract

This lot rules out Zen and Nildram

Was looking at Eclipse - they will do surfing, email and little else.

Comments or suggestions please ?

Thanks in advance

(oh and sorry for yet another which ISP question)

tolien · 6 Jun 2006 at 12:37

What's wrong with Nildram, PAYG with a 2.5GB limit for £15.99?

Other than that, maybe AAISP.

Though both want an activation fee, you won't get a free router from anyone really, and a USB modem is worthless.

ADSLguide is your friend.

CrimsonAvenger · 6 Jun 2006 at 12:42

tolien said:
What's wrong with Nildram, PAYG with a 2.5GB limit for £15.99?

Other than that, maybe AAISP.

Though both want an activation fee, you won't get a free router from anyone really, and a USB modem is worthless.

ADSLguide is your friend.

setup fee of £47 with that

These peeps currently have dial-up....yes I know!!!!! LOL

tolien · 6 Jun 2006 at 12:43

Not much choice other than cough up really, unless you go with someone like PlusNet (in which case you're stuck for five years).

CrimsonAvenger · 6 Jun 2006 at 12:45

tolien said:
Not much choice other than cough up really, unless you go with someone like PlusNet (in which case you're stuck for five years).

So Eclipse not an option ? - as they seemed to have a reasonable rep. and fit all the criteria........

tolien · 6 Jun 2006 at 12:48

They've been decent in the past, but

tolien said:
you won't get a free router from anyone really, and a USB modem is worthless.

(Eclipse give you a "free wireless router" on their £29.99 setup)

So the free modem's an ornament...

CrimsonAvenger · 6 Jun 2006 at 12:51

tolien said:
They've been decent in the past, but

So the free modem's an ornament...

yup - I guess so but they only have 1 pc and wont be doing any heavy downloading.

tolien · 6 Jun 2006 at 12:51

It's still no good on Max though...

CrimsonAvenger · 6 Jun 2006 at 12:54

tolien said:
It's still no good on Max though...

So they would see a reduction in speed with using the Speedtouch - any other symptoms with the combination of Max and Modem ?

Cheers

tolien · 6 Jun 2006 at 12:55

Crappy throughput and sync rates usually. Most sensible ISPs (including BT) are swapping them out for (lobotomised) routers.

The lack of easily accessible stats (attenuation, SNR margin, error counters) makes it an annoyance when something goes wrong (and with Max it's a decent likelihood) too.

CrimsonAvenger · 6 Jun 2006 at 12:58

Good points thanks.

I'll go back to them with the various options - point out the preferred one and the shortcomings of the others.

Thanks Mr Tolien

tolien · 6 Jun 2006 at 13:01

For what it's worth, personally, I'd just cough up the activation fee.

At least then you aren't tied for (at least) a year, and given how quickly things can go rotten (eg PlusNet and their continually changing T&Cs, Enta and their miscommunicated traffic shaping), that can only be a good thing.

CrimsonAvenger · 6 Jun 2006 at 13:02

tolien said:
For what it's worth, personally, I'd just cough up the activation fee.

At least then you aren't tied for (at least) a year, and given how quickly things can go rotten (eg PlusNet and their continually changing T&Cs, Enta and their miscommunicated traffic shaping), that can only be a good thing.

Looks like the Nildram with the activation fee and a router then