Need new ISP please advise

Clairvoyant

Clairvoyant

Clairvoyant

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Hi all

I moved into a rented house back in april, and got a temp ISP (Newnet), while I was waiting for Be to get installed at my exchange. And Im still waiting :mad:

Now I have a 12G limit then I have to pay for extra :mad:

I need a new ISP as its costing me a lot when I go over my Limit.

Any advice on who else does unlimited BB and is a good ISP.

I dont mind waiting for Be but I cant keep waiting for ever. lol

(Im in the Torbay area).
 
I would recommend an Entanet reseller in your case. They have just a 1 month contract so you won't be hooked into a 12-18month contract like most other ISP's.
You can get a 30/300GB package (30GB onpeak, 300GB offpeak)* for £20 a month. I recommend ADSL24 because I have been with them for 18 months and the service has been great.
Do a search on these forums or google for more info on them. Just make sure you don't go with an ISP that will lock you in a 12-18month contract if you think you're going to be moving to BE anytime soon.

*On-peak is 8am-10pm mon-fri. Off-peak is 10pm-8am Mon-Fri & all weekends.

02 Broadband would also be worth considering, but they do have a 12month contract. Try and find out if they allow you to upgrade to Be broadband during a 12month 02 contract because I believe 02 actually owns Be. If they do allow 02 broadband customers to upgrade to Be during a contract then it would definitely be worth considering.
 
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Zildjian said:
I would recommend an Entanet reseller in your case. They have just a 1 month contract so you won't be hooked into a 12-18month contract like most other ISP's.
You can get a 30/300GB package (30GB onpeak, 300GB offpeak)* for £20 a month. I recommend ADSL24 because I have been with them for 18 months and the service has been great.
Do a search on these forums or google for more info on them. Just make sure you don't go with an ISP that will lock you in a 12-18month contract if you think you're going to be moving to BE anytime soon.

*On-peak is 8am-10pm mon-fri. Off-peak is 10pm-8am Mon-Fri & all weekends.

02 Broadband would also be worth considering, but they do have a 12month contract. Try and find out if they allow you to upgrade to Be broadband during a 12month 02 contract because I believe 02 actually owns Be. If they do allow 02 broadband customers to upgrade to Be during a contract then it would definitely be worth considering.
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Do you still get capped speeds using this isp?
 
Scoobie Dave said:
Do you still get capped speeds using this isp?
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During very busy times (usually between 10pm-1am weekdays) speeds can suffer slightly because that's when off-peak starts so everyone starts downloading. However, can never go below 2MB and usually stays above 4MB. You can also switch to a different central if the one you are on is suffering.

Also, Entanet have 2 more centrals going live very soon and as more and more people are moving to ADSL2+ it should only get better.

You can see the central status page here;
http://noc.enta.net/?page_id=166

I never notice any slowdowns while gaming or browsing, etc.
 
I'm in the same area, which exchange are you served by? I'm on WWTORQ and O2/Be have been delaying for ages: http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange.php?ecode=WWTORQ

I'm also on a package with a very small cap like you (it was changed from unlimited >_>), and want to switch to O2 (I paid £2 per GB over and went over by a few GB before!). I think if they delay it again, I might have to go with an Entanet reseller. TitanADSL and ADSL24 sound like the best.
 
After looking into things on their website adsl24 looks like a good isp. Is there anyone else with them at the moment who can verify that?

Are they good for torrent speeds?

:)
 
Been on UKFSN (entanet) and now Sky.

UKFSN was fantastic, was really pleased with the service and speeds, then I migrated to Sky 16mb around 10 months ago, gotta be the best move I've ever made.

I get 15mb at all times, pings are low when gaming, there is no limits and no FUP and it costs £10 p/month. Lets just hope I never have to ring support..:eek:
 
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