Its that time again. Let move to another ISP!

Tobes · 12 Jan 2008 at 16:53

I hate living at home...

Right. We are currently with BT and there Unlimited homehub package. Dad wants to move to a different ISP and he is thinking of... *sigh* AOL. Why? Because there is a free laptop deal.

He wants to know if AOL will be any faster. I have no idea myself.

Also is there a download limit and what's the fair usage policy like? Also do they limit torrent downloads? On BT I can get a max of 40kbs download at peak times.

Now those are the questions I NEED answer please. These are some questions which I need you to see from my view.

So I'm the main user of the net at home. My Dad is a clueless fool and only wants to go for the cheapest and fastest etc. He doesn't mind crap products like the homehub, crappy software or **** customer service. He moans about it but what does he expect going with **** ISPs all the time.

So try to see from my view and see if you can think of something I could tell him so I could get him to go with a better ISP (any ISPs in mind?).

Thanks for your time,
Tobes

jon.bda · 12 Jan 2008 at 17:38

Thought about Sky if your a tv customer?. I've heard good things about them after asking around, i can save myself £15 a month on what i'm paying with Nildram at the moment for the same thing. Heard the fup is generous on the 'max' package as well...

doggo · 12 Jan 2008 at 18:26

"He wants to know if AOL will be any faster. I have no idea myself."

I've not had ADSL for a long time now but I wouldn't have thought it would be any faster or slower as you'd still be usning the same BT exchange. you'd be able to get different usage allowences though.

marc2003 · 12 Jan 2008 at 18:57

doggo said:
I've not had ADSL for a long time now but I wouldn't have thought it would be any faster or slower as you'd still be usning the same BT exchange. you'd be able to get different usage allowences though.

incorrect. whilst your line sync and theoretical speeds won't change moving between isps, the actual speeds you get can vary wildly depending on the isp's own infrastructure/management.

as for moving from BT to aol..... one phrase springs to mind: out of the frying pan into the fire.....

doggo · 12 Jan 2008 at 19:39

marc2003 said:
incorrect. whilst your line sync and theoretical speeds won't change moving between isps, the actual speeds you get can vary wildly depending on the isp's own infrastructure/management.

as for moving from BT to aol..... one phrase springs to mind: out of the frying pan into the fire.....

Ah well I've just learn something. Thanks

TheRedZealot · 12 Jan 2008 at 22:26

I'd say have a look at sky, if you've got sky tv then you can get 2mb broadband for free, 8mb broadband for a fiver a month or 16Mb for a tenner.

Atom · 13 Jan 2008 at 10:28

I was looking at moving to Sky BB as I would have got MAX for £10 a month. My bro already has it and suffers from random disconnects so I ended staying with VM. Pleased I did really, permanently connected and no dial up....

rubberduck · 13 Jan 2008 at 10:58

Tobes said:
I hate living at home...

So try to see from my view and see if you can think of something I could tell him so I could get him to go with a better ISP (any ISPs in mind?).

Thanks for your time,
Tobes

Tell him you'll pay half the bill if he lets you choose the ISP

TheRedZealot · 13 Jan 2008 at 13:02

I was looking at moving to Sky BB as I would have got MAX for £10 a month. My bro already has it and suffers from random disconnects so I ended staying with VM. Pleased I did really, permanently connected and no dial up....

I dont have any disconnects at all.