Help chosing a new FTTP provider

[RockSteddy]

Hello All, I'm currently on a 500Mb service with Gigaclear who despite problems with the install (took months to resovle!) I've been very happy with the service. The issue of course is that my intial 18 month contract term is now up and the price will more than double to £59 p/m from October.
I will be having a word with customer services to try a negotiate a better price (the options they have provided via email have not been great) but I'm not hopeful. So due to this I'm looking at possibly moving to an alternative FTTP provider (only Openreach and Gigaclear provide 1gb speds in my area) so wanted to ask if there are any recommendations on which ISP to go with. As all the ISP's will be using the Openreach network is it case of them all being pretty much the same and just go for the cheapest price offer etc or are there any ISP's who you would avoid with a long barge poll?

With a quick look Plusnet are doing a 900Mb package at £44.99 p/m (for 24 months) which seems very reasonable, are they decent enough or any other recommendations?

TIA!

 

[RockSteddy]

Thanks all for the replies, I've looked in to Aquiss and they are doing a great 6 months half price deal at the moment and better still the contract is only for 12 months with no in contract price rises as ChrisD said!

Thanks for the advice GregI, I will definitely speak to Giagaclear and see what they say. Yes I don't really need the extra 400Mb but I just like the thought of those extra MB's when downlaoding a hefty game for example, I hate waiting for things!

If Gigaclear don't play ball then I'll be happy to go with Aquiss (their online reviews have been great as far as I can see with supurb customer service reported) for the 12 months and then if I want to I can shift back to Gigaclear when the Aquiss contract ends.