which broadband provider?

secretspy · 24 Apr 2006 at 21:18

Hi All,

not sure if this is the right place to post this so if im wrong - sorry!!

I'm currently looking for a broadband provider as i have had to move out my flat.

at the flat i was using ntl which was good but its cable and i have an adsl router at my mum and dads.

i used to be with Plus Net but I found their security awful. (someone hacked into my account so i couldnt use net and when you call they dont ask security questions! i said i forgot my password so they just told it to me!!)

a guy at work has reccommended a small company to me but it is £19.99 + VAT. its secure and sounds good but if there is a provider out there that is just as good but charge less then i will go with them

however, i dont want blueyonder, bt, wanadoo or aol. used them before and they are rubbish!

does anyone have any suggestions?

i mainly use internet for surfing, e-mails and the odd download.

any help would be much appreciated

Thanks in advance

tolien · 24 Apr 2006 at 23:06

£20 + VAT isn't that much...

You're going to have to go into more detail, what kind of cap can you handle, any LLU providers available?

PN certainly did ask me security any times I phoned, though they ain't exactly the best of ISPs.

ADSLguide is your friend.

secretspy · 25 Apr 2006 at 18:21

cap? LLU?

thanks for the link

i know it may not seem much but i still have a lot to pay out for at the moment. i cant even buy food shopping

tolien · 25 Apr 2006 at 20:06

secretspy said:
cap?

You know, do you want to download the internet? 2GB, 10GB, 50GB?

LLU?

Local Loop Unbundling, about your only hope for an unlimited service. Samknows should give some indication of what's available.

i know it may not seem much

Depends what you're expecting from it. If you're after an unlimited service, dream on. If it's for a service with a sensible cap (probably about 10GB/month at that price), then it seems reasonable.

secretspy · 27 Apr 2006 at 17:48

tolien said:
You know, do you want to download the internet? 2GB, 10GB, 50GB?

Local Loop Unbundling, about your only hope for an unlimited service. Samknows should give some indication of what's available.

Depends what you're expecting from it. If you're after an unlimited service, dream on. If it's for a service with a sensible cap (probably about 10GB/month at that price), then it seems reasonable.

the price is for unlimited but i had unlimited before and i dont think i really needed it thats why i have mentioned what i would use it for so that someone could help advise me as to what i would need so that i can find the best provider to suit my needs

tolien · 27 Apr 2006 at 17:50

secretspy said:
the price is for unlimited

£20 ex VAT?
Wouldn't touch them with a big stick.

what i would use it for so that someone could help advise me as to what i would need so that i can find the best provider to suit my needs

Find out how much you use, then you're getting there.

secretspy · 27 Apr 2006 at 17:56

tolien said:
£20 ex VAT?
Wouldn't touch them with a big stick.

Find out how much you use, then you're getting there.

£20 PLUS VAT making it around £24 but its custom access and using the adslguide they dint actually come out that good compared to others

how would i find out my usage?

tolien · 27 Apr 2006 at 17:57

secretspy said:
£20 PLUS VAT

Which makes it ex VAT...

making it around £24 but its custom access and using the adslguide they dont actually came out that good compared to others

Not surprising.

how would i find out my usage?

Install something like DUMeter?
If you gave some idea just how much "surfing, e-mails and the odd download", it might be possible to come up with approximation too..

secretspy · 27 Apr 2006 at 17:59

tolien said:
Which makes it ex VAT...

Not surprising.

Install something like DUMeter?

hmmmm how would i do that? im a complete n00b when it comes to things like this!

most evenings i come online around 5.45pm/6pm and just either check e-mails or go on OcUK for a couple of hours. otherwise i might just listen to music which doesnt use the internet. at the weekends i probably go on a couple of hours and download the odd thing but thats it really

tolien · 27 Apr 2006 at 18:00

Stick "DUMeter" into google and see what you find?

secretspy · 27 Apr 2006 at 18:08

tolien said:
Stick "DUMeter" into google and see what you find?

ah ha i recognise this program when my ex used to use it. have installed it but dont really understand it lol

secretspy · 28 Apr 2006 at 10:21

just a quick question to anyone, on one of the broadband providers that i have been looking at it says you dont get a fixed IP address and that it changes everytime you connect

is this good or bad?

tolien · 28 Apr 2006 at 11:30

Depends what you want to do with it.
No difference in terms of security, unless you have some kind of static rule to point at it (for a firewall, domain record etc) where a static IP would be useful, there's no odds.