Best value ISP with no contract?

warren_1979 · 11 Jul 2011 at 13:35

Hi.

Been looking around to change my ISP but everywhere seems to have a minimum 12 month contract.

I'm currently paying £15 a month with Sky (due to go up to £17.50 as I have just cancelled my TV sub) and have already received my MAC code.

I'm using a BT line. 20-30 gb will be more than enough for me.

I used to be with Namesco who were really good, but their packages are on the expensive side.

Anyone else worth checking out?

Cheers.

gavindo · 11 Jul 2011 at 13:39

im with adsl24 c&w service they do 1 month rolling contract..

rah^ · 11 Jul 2011 at 14:19

Be* do 3month contracts iirc..

varkanoid · 11 Jul 2011 at 15:42

O2 do 30 day contracts subject to one off connection fee (£30)

Zarf · 11 Jul 2011 at 20:47

Any LLU available in your area?

If not I'm using Xilo, who are great and have 1 month contract with a £40 setup fee. Not the cheapest, but considering the connection is actually usable during peak hours for gaming (unlike cheap ISP's) I think they are good value for the level of service provided.

Their 25GB peak / unlimited off peak package would probably do you, that's £20/month. I pay £28/month for their office pack with 40GB peak, double the normal upload and better contention within the BT side of the network.

RSR · 11 Jul 2011 at 22:26

IIRC Zen do a monthly rolling contract.

sid-180 · 12 Jul 2011 at 15:32

TitanADSL

VeNT · 13 Jul 2011 at 11:25

Plusnet?

Nightglow · 13 Jul 2011 at 11:45

Check Sam Knows to see what your exchange offers.

Be would be my choice if they are available, also they intend to bring out a FTTC package later this year.

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange_search

https://www.bethere.co.uk/web/beportal/coverage

bsoltan · 13 Jul 2011 at 11:48

ADSL24's 30GB (peak) a month is about £20

All of these were doing 1 month contracts when I was looking:
(rough cost and peak usage limit)
PlusNet (£18 - 60GB)
Vivaciti (£30 - 60GB)
UK FSN (£30 - 60GB)
Freeola (£28 - 48GB)
XILO (£25 - 50GB)
Newnet ISP (£20 - 20GB)
IDNet (£35 - 40GB/180GB)
AAISP (based on package)
Zen (£30 - 100GB always)
Aquiss (£33 - 60GB)

Troop · 13 Jul 2011 at 13:02

I'm waiting to move to Xilo, the Home 25GB pack.... @20 a month.

They have unmetered access from midnight to 8AM and all weekends with a max of 200GB.

Lets hope they are better than Zen,..... 4pm to midnight I found them a joke. really bad speeds, lucky to get .5mb-1mb on a 4mb line, on the BT ADSL up to 8mb/none LLU area

Zarf · 13 Jul 2011 at 16:01

Troop said:
I'm waiting to move to Xilo, the Home 25GB pack.... @20 a month.

They have unmetered access from midnight to 8AM and all weekends with a max of 200GB.

Lets hope they are better than Zen,..... 4pm to midnight I found them a joke. really bad speeds, lucky to get .5mb-1mb on a 4mb line, on the BT ADSL up to 8mb/none LLU area

If it doesn't improve at all, try the Office 40 pack for a month, see if the increased priority makes any difference. Think it has more hours of unmetered too - 8pm to 8am rather than midnight to 8am. Weekends are off peak all day.