AOL to other ISP, trying to convice Dad

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Hey,

I'm currently on AOL and want to switch over to something else. My Dad is pretty stubborn on this. Half of me thinks he just cba doing anything about it and seeing as he pays for my internet connection I can't just switch without letting him know :p

We pay £20 a month, for unlimited downloads and for 4MB download speed and 360kbs upload speed although at times it can be a lot less. Music and torrent downloads are incredibly slow (30kbs tops). Now I've done a lot of tweaking with torrent and music downloads and have found no evidence of AOL throttling torrent downloads so that has lead me to try and change ISP.

I'll use my internet connection for gaming and my ping is around 50 on UK servers (not great, but certainly not bad) and also for downloading some music,movies,etc. Top download speed is around 400kbs for downloading things off websites....anyways.

What ISP would you recommend? Combining good value for money for decent speeds (I'm not looking for lightning fast, just an improvement). Now my Dad insists that we have renewed our contract with AOL and that there's no way of getting out for at least 18 months? Can any AOL users shed some light on this? He also argues that changing ISP wouldn't make much of a difference as apparently the wiring in the house isn't great would contribute to slow downloads? The internet connection cuts out rarely at night after it's been on for whole day, possibly modem overheating? Or could AOL be cutting it out just cos they're mean :p

So yeah - looking for decent speed ISP, good value for money and some answers to some of the things my Dad claims are reasons we can't change ISP. :o

Any help much appreciated :)

EDIT: Thought I'd add this in. This is at 11pm, it's normally slower.

 
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Was with aol for years until recently was having the same problems as you seem to since it all changed over to CPW. Changing isp did it for me, check out your exchange on samknows for LLU providers first.

If stuck on BT check out an enta reseller, i moved to adsl24 and never had a problem since.
 
Sp00n said:
Anyone got an o2 phone in your family?
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Nope

Keo said:
Was with aol for years until recently was having the same problems as you seem to since it all changed over to CPW. Changing isp did it for me, check out your exchange on samknows for LLU providers first.

If stuck on BT check out an enta reseller, i moved to adsl24 and never had a problem since.
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LLU providers are just O2, Be and CPW. There's been a bit of hype about Be, are they the best option then?
 
Turtles said:
LLU providers are just O2, Be and CPW. There's been a bit of hype about Be, are they the best option then?
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Since O2 own and Be* you'd be buying into the same service from either of them. If I refer you to O2 under my staff friends & family discount you can get the best speed on your line for £7.50 (if LLU). If they don't do LLU in your area then you can get the Access package for £12.50.

Either way it's way cheaper than AOL.
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Id say if you can't get Be/O2, then an Enta reseller, im on one (UKFSN) and never had any probs, cracking ISP imo.
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Yeah I keep hearing good things about Enta resellers. I'd say it goes along the lines of O2 > Be*>Enta resellers > *.

Yeah Be* and O2 are the same but the price brings O2 ahead imho.
 
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