Spec Me an ISP

cotton31 · 3 May 2011 at 16:24

I'm moving into my first house soon, so need some advice on which ISP to choose from this lot:

BT Wholesale ADSL
BT Wholesale ADSL Max
BT Wholesale WBC (21CN)
BT Wholesale SDSL
AOL LLU
O2 / Be LLU
Bulldog LLU
TalkTalk (CPW) LLU
Sky Broadband / Easynet LLU
Tiscali LLU
Tiscali TV (via Tiscali LLU)
Orange LLU (Formerly Wanadoo)
Virgin Media (Cable)

Price ~ £20 p/m (including phone line if required). Will be used for online gaming, downloads and general browsing.

Cheers

cotton31 · 3 May 2011 at 17:03

It's a toss up between VM (10Mb) with no phone line, and something like Sky with a phone line, both are ~ £20 pm.

We don't really need a phone line as we have mobiles, so it's more about the broadband quality really...

Thinking about whether I'd get anywhere near the quoted speed on ADSL as apposed to cable with VM?

cotton31 · 5 May 2011 at 13:34

For Be's basic package though, I'm looking at £28 a month (inc line rental which it requires), so it's almost a tenner over my monthly budget.

I can get Sky unlimited + free evening and weekend calls + line rental for £21.25, which I'm thinking will be my best bet at the moment - any arguments against this?

cotton31 · 5 May 2011 at 16:27

So, between the Sky Unlimited + phone option or VM 10 Mb, which one would you go for? I see people are recommending 30Mb +, but that takes me into the £30 a month territory, which I don't want to pay at the moment. Is their 10Mb package not worth it? Will it be better than Sky's?

Sky's service checker said that my line should get 10 - 20 Mb, but obviously I'm taking this with a pinch of salt.

I'm going to be around 1km away from the Exchange.