Best ISP?

willhub · 3 Oct 2007 at 20:34

Hi.

Well apparently my speed is been throttled my AOL because I download too much according to there fair usage policy, and the connection seems crappy anyway.

So I'm wondering, whats the best ISP to go for? I live up north in north yorkshire and cant get ISP's like Be so I dont know which is the best, any good ones thats cheaper than AOL and also have a better Fair Usage policy and dont keep throttling you?

Richdog · 3 Oct 2007 at 20:37

I've just signed up to ADSL24, apparently they're the mutts nutts... http://adsl24.co.uk/broadband_home.php

Their forum is also full of sickeningly happy users (trust me, I did my research)... http://www.adsl24.co.uk/forum/

willhub · 3 Oct 2007 at 20:52

What would happen if you reached the 60gb a month limit?

Trifid · 3 Oct 2007 at 20:56

You get shot on site.

It says (somewhere) that there is a £5 + vat admin charge plus the difference to the next package.

Richdog · 3 Oct 2007 at 20:57

willhub said:
What would happen if you reached the 60gb a month limit?

Go for the higher package!

willhub · 3 Oct 2007 at 20:58

It's too expensive going for a higher package.

How exactly do you know how much usage limit you got left? is there a meter somewere?

Is off peak between the times of 6PM and 12AM? so there is no Down speed throttle on this?

Richdog · 3 Oct 2007 at 21:02

I'm on 2MB so it doesn't affect me too much to be honest... but I gather you can check usage on their site once you're enrolled with them...

Teal · 3 Oct 2007 at 21:10

willhub said:
It's too expensive going for a higher package.

How exactly do you know how much usage limit you got left? is there a meter somewere?

Is off peak between the times of 6PM and 12AM? so there is no Down speed throttle on this?

There are several tools available to monitor usage and off peak is 10pm - 8am during the week and all of Saturday and Sunday.

johnyccc · 3 Oct 2007 at 21:58

willhub said:
It's too expensive going for a higher package.

How exactly do you know how much usage limit you got left? is there a meter somewere?

Is off peak between the times of 6PM and 12AM? so there is no Down speed throttle on this?

You can check your usage on site.
This is what is shown :
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1196/adsl24wg7.jpg

wij · 3 Oct 2007 at 23:57

ADSL24 are probably one of the best non-LLU based ISPs out there at the moment, if you can get Be* then I would also highly recomend them.

willhub · 4 Oct 2007 at 13:44

AOL say LLU is coming to my area in november (I think), does this mean it will be AOL only, the LLU part?

lee87 · 4 Oct 2007 at 18:43

No, you can have more LLU providers added.

I have 5 LLU providers on my exchange.

gillywibble · 4 Oct 2007 at 19:01

If you've got LLU, got to be worth trying Be. Up to 24 Mb and no official download limit.

Bennah · 4 Oct 2007 at 19:05

Richdog said:
I've just signed up to ADSL24, apparently they're the mutts nutts... http://adsl24.co.uk/broadband_home.php

Their forum is also full of sickeningly happy users (trust me, I did my research)... http://www.adsl24.co.uk/forum/

Sounds very promising. Will have to look into it. Pipex is doing my head in with the fair usage policy thing. I need to get my dad to change. He pays £14.99 a month now. I guess me suggesting that I pay the full £34.99 a month would change his mind

What kind of download speeds are you getting atm ?

marc2003 · 4 Oct 2007 at 19:59

willhub said:
AOL say LLU is coming to my area in november (I think), does this mean it will be AOL only, the LLU part?

yes, that does only mean only AOL for now.

i have no idea what lee87 is on about. sure other isps are free to install their own equipment in your exchange but that's upto them whether they do or not. llu providers are completely independent of each other. just because ISP A is coming doesn't mean B, C and D are coming as well.

tolien · 4 Oct 2007 at 20:00

willhub said:
AOL say LLU is coming to my area in november (I think), does this mean it will be AOL only, the LLU part?

Yes, you'll only be able to get AOL's LLU service, not anyone else's - AOL won't install Be kit in your exchange in addition to their own.

willhub · 4 Oct 2007 at 20:45

If the exchange near me got LLU, would this mean ADSL2 or something? or would it make it possible for me to get 6mb broadband comapred to my current max of 3.4 according to BT?

tolien · 4 Oct 2007 at 22:14

Depends on the LLUer. Not all offer ADSL2+, but even if they did it's fairly unlikely you'd get 6Mbps.

willhub · 4 Oct 2007 at 22:21

tolien said:
Depends on the LLUer. Not all offer ADSL2+, but even if they did it's fairly unlikely you'd get 6Mbps.

Why is it unlikely?

Richdog · 5 Oct 2007 at 07:40

Bennah said:
Sounds very promising. Will have to look into it. Pipex is doing my head in with the fair usage policy thing. I need to get my dad to change. He pays £14.99 a month now. I guess me suggesting that I pay the full £34.99 a month would change his mind

What kind of download speeds are you getting atm ?

Not sure yet bud... think my activation date will be Monday or Tuesday! I'm only on fixed 2MB though as my line can't handle anything else due to a 59 attenuation stat... but to be honest it's fast enough for my uses.