Non LLU? Plusnet Pro or ADSL24?

Tombles

Tombles

Tombles

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Hi all,

I am moving away from Sky Connect due to their horrible throttling and terrible speeds. My exchange is pretty poor and the only LLU enabled ISP is talktalk but I don’t fancy going with them after hearing some horror stories!

I have been googling around and found the Plusnet Pro package and the ADSL24 ‘Home 30’ package for a similar price. Anyone had any experience with these guys? ADSL24 seems better value for money but I am not sure how they priorities traffic or how they manage/shape it. I know the Plusnet Pro package gives high priorities to everything but the 15gb pm usage puts me off a tad.

Is there any other ISP’s I have missed out that are good for non LLU exchanges? I just want consistent speeds throughout the day and decent pings and ideally not spend more than £20pm.

Many thanks
 
It depends on how much you're planning on downloading. 15GB/month is about normal if you only want to pay £20 a month and don't have an LLU option.
 
The priority will be the speed/pings and then the actual amount i download. If i need to download large files it is unlimited between 12:00am-8:00am.
 
tolien said:
That isn't quite how it works for the ISP, though, and a lot don't have an unlimited off peak time.
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currently for adsl24 its 12am - 8am and weekend (friday night through to monday morning).

tombles:

i came across the following doing a search when i was looking to swtch to adsl24, check out which looks to be closest to you for an idea of how highly used they are (relates to entanet/adsl24 as i understand it) :

http://noc.enta.net/21cn-interconnect-status/
 
Sorry forgot to add, the unlimited usage between 12:00am-8:00am applies to the Plusnet Pro package.

That is why i would like to know with someone from experience of using them if their speeds/pings with this package are dependable as any big downloads can be done over night.
 
mp260767 said:
currently for adsl24 its 12am - 8am and weekend (friday night through to monday morning).

tombles:

i came across the following doing a search when i was looking to swtch to adsl24, check out which looks to be closest to you for an idea of how highly used they are (relates to entanet/adsl24 as i understand it) :

http://noc.enta.net/21cn-interconnect-status/
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I am sort of in between the Milton Keynes and Stepney Green ones (distance to each almost identical).

edit: They both seem highly used.
 
Tombles said:
I am sort of in between the Milton Keynes and Stepney Green ones (distance to each almost identical).

edit: They both seem highly used.
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yeah, its worth keeping an eye on it at various times as it can tend to change a fair bit.


tolien said:
I know, the OP was asking for other suggestions :confused:
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i know, was just pointing out that adsl24 had the download coverage that he'd mentioned previously, wasn't sure if he was aware of it or not.
 
*bookmarked*

I'm in exactly the same situation as you Tombles. There's nothing worse than trying to play QL with a 130 ping and all the other peeps have sub 30 (non sky connect users then :p). I should be connecting at 6meg and am lucky to get 1meg in the evening. Checking SamKnows has become a daily ritual to see if my exchage is due for LLU - ee no looky likey :(

I am excited to know how you get on with ADSL24 mp260767.
 
mp260767 said:
all set to be switched to adsl24 on monday if all goes well, will let you know how it goes.
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Thanks :)

At the moment i am swaying to Plusnet as they seem to manage their traffic better but i do like ADSL24's 1 month rolling contract and larger download cap for the same price.
 
I've been on ADSL24's Home30 service for just over a month now and its been fantastic.

Excellent service. Immediately fixed all of my latency issues with AOL.
 
gord said:
I've been on ADSL24's Home30 service for just over a month now and its been fantastic.

Excellent service. Immediately fixed all of my latency issues with AOL.
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nice one , got my fingers crossed then :D.

Tombles:

Thats part the reason i favoured adsl24 a 1 month contract should be long enough to check out any issues have cleared, if not then don't have to fork out a chunk of money to bin the service.
 
yeah got a mail i'd been switched yesterday afternoon.

got home and made the required changes to the router and i was online.

think i'll need to give it time to settle in, ping wasn't bad but i had a couple of spikes in game, will update over the next few days as it beds in.
 
I've been on Plusnet Option 3 for about 12 months and it's been faultless. Pings and web pages are constantly fast and I schedule all downloads overnight when it's truly unlimited.
 
Was about to ask the same question as 02 Access is just becoming so annoying. Let us know how your pings are at peak etc.

I also do favour ADSL24. Supposedly i can get their LLU service but there is so many different options to choose from.
 
had a couple of minor glitches with the ping going over 100 last night again, but literally only for a refresh or 2 of the ping in game, while o2 access was consistently sitting at 100+ for a whole gaming session.

so definately better than it was, will keep updating as i go along.
 
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