choosing a new ISP seems to be a mine field!

Reality Bites · 19 Dec 2006 at 20:39

At the moment i'm paying £23 for a 1mb uncapped line with Pipex. I've had the line 3 years and wasn't worried about the cost as work was paying for it.

The BB is on a second phone line which i want to cancel now as i'm not with the same employer and so i'm on the hunt for a new ISP.

I was looking forward to the good deal with sky, but the nightmare stories i've heard are really putting me off.

I don't need massive speeds, in fact 2mb would be fine but i do need good pings for gaming and for the line to be uncapped. This usually means having to go to a 8/16mb line anyway.

The other strange thing is that i've done the online speed tests for the 2 lines in my house. The original line can have up to 3mb and the new one i had put in a year or 2 ago can have 5mb :confused:

Are there any reliable ISP's out there anymore who can provide a good service cheaply?

when i say cheap, it would be nice to cut the costs a little.....

Reality Bites · 20 Dec 2006 at 06:40

aj_4176 said:
Sky seems to have a good deal at the mo, £10 p/m for (up to) 16mb. The only caveat is that should have at least basic sky package.

have you read any of the threads about sky at all??

Reality Bites · 20 Dec 2006 at 06:41

NiCkNaMe said:
In exactly the same boat, was considering cable myself but decided against.

Pipex has always been reliable, nearly 2 and a half years and had about 20 minutes of downtime. Currently have like you, 1mb uncapped @ 23 quid.

Want to cut costs (ideally wouldn't mind a bundle? free weekend & evening calls & at least 2mb bb) paying 49£'s at the moment for that bundle! any advice appreciated

pipex do an 8mb service with free calls for £28 a month, but i've heard bad things about that too.

Reality Bites · 20 Dec 2006 at 06:41

A2Z said:
if you do go adsl max then go ukfsn, £20/m 30gb peak/300gb off peak, entanet reseller

2nd best ISP tbh after BE

i'll give them a look...thanks

Reality Bites · 21 Dec 2006 at 08:11

to be fair, i could get away with a 40gb month cap anyway....not like i download that much anyway.

just can't warrant spending £25 p/m on a 1mb service when people are paying less for double the speed.

Reality Bites · 21 Dec 2006 at 21:45

just heard a couple of stories about the bundle thing being bad.....it does seem a good deal though.

Reality Bites · 21 Dec 2006 at 22:09

newbiejim said:
EEK, NO!!, Eclipse used to be superb, now they are dire, they throttle, I wa sgettign 10k from paid for Usenet!!........IMHO its a toss up between Zen adn UKFSN at the moment, Zen is long established and rock solid if a tad expensive, UKFSN is an Entanet reseller and seems to embrace a genuinely philanthropic outlook with a fair d/load allowance/packages, personally I jumped from Eclipse to Zen but nearly went with UKFSN as things move very quickly with ISPs atm and Zen has at least been decent for a long time.........

Zen are on the expensive side.

ADSL24 and UKFSN seem to get very good reviews.

I'm liking the look of the £20p/m deal 30gb peak and 300gb off peak.

Reality Bites · 21 Dec 2006 at 22:13

there is a £53 sign up fee though :eek:

Reality Bites · 21 Dec 2006 at 22:19

that's the problem....i've got 2 lines at the moment.

I want to cancel the line with BB on and enable it on my other line.

Reality Bites · 21 Dec 2006 at 22:28

yeah i guess so.

I don't mind paying it as long as i end up with a good service. I'm paying £24 a month for a 1mb unlimited line, but then with a 1mb line i'll never reach the caps on the packages i've been looking at anyway.

Just means my downloads will complete quicker!

the UKFSN have had some good reviews....