Non LLU high usage ADSL packages

CliffyG

CliffyG

CliffyG

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Often see people asking about this so thought i'd stick the ones i've found in one place. All 3 of these have come recommended from current users and are all pretty cheap. All are avilable to anyone who can get standard broadband.

UK Online
Package: Pro Boradband
Up to 8 mb
768k upload
Unlimited download

£20.00 a month
12 month contract
Mandatory purchase of a £50 router. No way around this but you can sell it on.

Plusnet
Package: Plusnet Unlimited
Up to 8 mb
Unlimited download

£11.99 a month for 3 months then goes up to £15.99 or £19.99 depending on location
18 month contract

Eclipse
Package: Home Pro
Up to 8 mb
50 gb from 9am - 11pm

£22.46 for first 3 months then £25.40
12 month contract
Free router



Personally i think im going to go for UKOnline, i can sell the router i have to buy and still be under the yearly cost of Eclipse. Also get a higher upload (think others only do 448). Really don't like the idea of long contracts but 12 is far better than 18 so that kind of counts PlusNet out.
 
Yeah but its a little out of the scope of the others, low price was one of the things. Not many who could / would want to spend that much on an internet connection.
 
After a little more research plusnet is a no go:

http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/quality_broadband/speed.shtml

ThinkBroadband is pretty scathing of both UKOnline and Eclipse. I've signed up to Eclispe purely as i got a monthly contract and free migration. Costs 30 a month though because im not in their area (when did this start happening?). If they turn out crap i have no idea where to go to, i won't be signging up to long term deals though.
 
I was living quite well with my capped plan at Enta before they implemented the ALT :(. I don't want unlimited i just want to be able to use the allowance i pay for without massive traffic shaping / prioritisation / ALT .
 
Pretty pleased so far, doing a normal http download at 766kb, over 200kb more than i ever saw on Enta and also my torrents seem to be completing in pretty good speeds. Not noticed much difference between peak and off peak speeds either.
 
I got flagged 4 times in about 6 days with UKFSN so gave up. Just have to remember that weekends arent off peak with Eclipse or im going to get in trouble lol.
 
Well after 11 performance gets crap, the download which was hitting just under 800 during the day yesterday hit just over 150 last night. Not sure how the torrents will perform but im guessing not good. I think i prefer the good performance 9 - 11 rather than the pretty average performance all the time with Enta. If torrents end up taking forever over night though i may have to change my mind.
 
Well it seems those first 2 days were an exception. Since then i can't download over 200 and even a 100 download has a big effect on my browsing. I've raised a ticket with them and will give them another few weeks but unless something changes drastically i shall be requesting a mac code again :(.
 
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