Need new ISP

greedy123 · 4 Mar 2009 at 20:48

I was on toucan bb for over a year with no problems. They were recently bought out by pipex bb and ever since I have been getting absolutly **** connection speeds. I'm paying £15/month for up to 8mb. I used to get a reasonable 6.7mb dl speed when I first signed up. Now... I don't even get 0.5mb dl speed!

I can't stay signed into live messenger its so poor. I can't stream video from youtube/bbc. I'm sick and tired of it.

So I'm looking for a new ISP, problem is I may be moving at the end of June so I want a reliable ISP without a 12 month contract. I'm happy with a 4 or maybe 6 month contract but I don't want to pay for longer without knowing if I am staying or not.

Suggestions?

Star it out completely.

wij · 4 Mar 2009 at 20:53

Why not just read down a couple of posts or look in the 30 other threads about this in the last couple of pages.

Not trying to have a go here but seriously, every other post is about 'what ISP should I go with'.

Maybe a Don could make a sticky (or update the existing one a little) with what is generally considered good advice about the current list of popular ISPs?

Rant over.

If you can get LLU Be could be good, 3 month contract from Be.

After that you need to just use a BTWS provider, my vote would be Zen if you dont mind the price / usage caps. Or if you can put up with the slowdowns at the moment Enta are pretty cheap.

greedy123 · 4 Mar 2009 at 20:56

Sorry, nothing was mentioned about shorter than 12 month contracts in particular. HENCE i created a new thread. I did read others...

Speed Test Results
Date 04/03/09 20:53:57
Speed Down 224.76 Kbps ( 0.2 Mbps )
Speed Up 364.77 Kbps ( 0.4 Mbps )
Port 8095
Server speedtest1.thinkbroadband.com

Will_3rd · 4 Mar 2009 at 21:04

Zen are pretty good + they have month to month rolling contracts.

tolien · 4 Mar 2009 at 21:28

Maybe a Don could make a sticky (or update the existing one a little) with what is generally considered good advice about the current list of popular ISPs?

There's a link to ADSLGuide/ThinkBroadband there already.

greedy123 said:
Sorry, nothing was mentioned about shorter than 12 month contracts in particular. HENCE i created a new thread. I did read others...

Most offer <12 month contract terms - most of the ones mentioned on here lately (AAISP, Enta, Zen, Be) all offer that...