ISP Recommendations please?

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Hi Guys,

I am currently with sky for broadband and talk.

I have unlimited package with them and currently sync at 20meg because i am near the exchange. I get realistically 17-18meg download.

I moved with them in march and i am now getting annoyed with them because of their restrictions.

I.E i cannot have my own mail server etc due to port blocking.

Is there a ISP which has all the bells and whistles ie no port block/traffic shaping etc and the ability to buy a block of static IPs.

I do a lot of downloading but i usually do this at night when sleeping. besides that my daily usage in the house is roughly anything between 6-8gb daily

any suggestions would be great.

Have looked at a couple such as plusnet/zen etc.

but not too sure on allowances as i have always usually been used to this so called "unlimited" coming from bethere/o2 previously
 
Zen will do a maximum of 200GB a month, but it'll cost you £35 a month. However, they are probably the best ISP. Support is fantastic, no throttling, constant speeds, the list goes on.

do they have unlimited bandwidth at night ? is the limit only during the day ?
 
It does depend on if your exchange is unbundled and if you can get fibre in your area as to which ISP to go with. Find out more here; http://www.samknows.com/broadband/broadband_checker

If it's a bog standard ADSL enabled exchange with BT kit only I'd say go with Plusnet.

If it's unbundled I'd ask others. I live in the Highlands and only get re-sold BT stuff so haven't done much research on this.

If fibre is available why would you do anything else? :P
 
It does depend on if your exchange is unbundled and if you can get fibre in your area as to which ISP to go with. Find out more here; http://www.samknows.com/broadband/broadband_checker

If it's a bog standard ADSL enabled exchange with BT kit only I'd say go with Plusnet.

If it's unbundled I'd ask others. I live in the Highlands and only get re-sold BT stuff so haven't done much research on this.

If fibre is available why would you do anything else? :P

yes its unbundled and i have fibre in my area as well.

so any recommendations would be great
 
Sorry to hijack but I am with sky unlimited and completely satisfied however I can get virgin fibre. do they throttle their cable connections like they do with their poor adsl or is it also unlimited but just much faster?
 
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