Help with isp choice? No throttling/shaping etc

[thechief]

Hi all,

I'm moving house in 4 weeks and I'm struggling to settle on a broadband provider. Just now I'm with AOL who started out ok but they are now diabolical, I can't even stream youtube/iplayer.

Cost is not so much of an issue, willing to pay up to £30 a month, maybe a bit more.

Main priorities are a good download limit (heavy itunes/appletv user), no traffic shaping/throttling, good customer service etc.

I've read the sticky and checked samknows, my new house is about 600m from the local exchange, here are the results it shows:

BT Wholesale ADSL
BT Wholesale ADSL Max
BT Wholesale WBC (21CN)
O2 / Be LLU
TalkTalk (CPW) LLU
Sky Broadband / Easynet LLU

Is there any out of that bunch that I should go straight to? Someone recommended BE but after a search they appear to be getting a lot of complaints recently. Any personal recommendations from simlar user profiles would be great!

Thanks!

 

[thechief]

BE, Don't touch Sky.

Any particular reason? Most info I'm finding suggests using Sky over BE, broadband is a total minefield now

 

[thechief]

What's the usage of a 'heavy itunes/appletv user'?

In all honesty I don't 100% know, I know that I'd easily gobble up a 10gb allowance though. I have the older appleTV hacked for iplayer etc so I know my usage will be quite high.

 

[thechief]

Glad I started this thread now! I've cancelled the BT line I had setup and in the process of arranging Sky LLU.

Thanks all