Which ISP + Test

mishima

mishima

mishima

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Ok, I'm considering changing ISPs as PIPEX who I am with is providing me with just 50KB/s on a 2MBit connection. Not only am I getting tired of the slow HTTP transfers I'm also not happy with the web browsing either, its below par.

PART 1

Which ISP would you recommend and why?

PART 2

1MBit/2MBit users...little bit of your time, you don't have to download the entire files but leave them on for a good 2 minutes and let me know what transfer rate you get on these files:

Apple: Quicktime 7

Download.com - Ad-aware

Mozilla: Firefox 2

Thanks for your time :)
 
I am on the old Option 4 which has a 50GB limit, but I believe their highest option is now at 40GB (new Option 3).

Can't fault the speed, and it's reliable.. the only thing is the price :(

I may be swapping to Orange purely because I qualify for the "free" tariff
 
Apple link - 180 KB/s

DL.com link - less than 100

Mozilla - 160-170 KB/s

AOL 2mb, for now. Don't recommend them now, especially not after their shenanigans earlier, but I would have done this time last year. :)
 
Zen Internet

was with them for several years before I moved and had one problem throughout that time and that was sorted out within 24 hours. Started off when the fasted line you could get was 512 but went upto 2mb before I moved house.

Currently in a rental flat and using Eclipse which I think are useless - but wanted to try another isp before moving to a bought property and will go back with Zen when that happens
 
my exchange

Local loop unbundling presence
Be: Not available

top of the list under Local Loop unbundling presence on samknows on the Exchange search
 
Ah right thanks, lookin for an ISP really with a package that has no usage limits and is around £20. Matching my current package you see!
 
mishima said:
Ah right thanks, lookin for an ISP really with a package that has no usage limits and is around £20. Matching my current package you see!
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Keep dreaming mate. Not going to get anything unlimited without traffic shaping or chaps.

A truely unlimited ADSL max account will cost you about £80 per month.

As others have stated UKFSN have generous limits which will be about as good as you get.
 
Just been onto PIPEX, told them the situation and they want me to carry all my computer stuff to the main phone socket and test it there, and if the problem remains they will have to send BT to test the line. I questioned this and it came out that if BT don't find a fault with the line they would charge me. I told PIPEX how pathetic this all this and that I'm paying for a service that I'm not actually recieving, told them about the various tests I have done too. Seems they want to blame someone else. When I mentioned that it could be the contention rate... like 50:1 but they stick on 70:1 or something and if they get no complaints thats a win on their side, and they denied that.
 
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