Who is the best Unlimited Broadband ISP?

Stanman67 · 1 Jun 2009 at 08:53

Sorry, cant read 3 pages and not sure if this has been suugested BE or O2, very good fast plus cash back via quidco.

Stanman67 · 1 Jun 2009 at 08:55

Vertigo1 said:
The fact remains that the clause is still there and can be invoked when they wish, therefore the service is not, by definition, unlimited - there must be a quantity of data beyond which they'd invoke that clause, otherwise it wouldn't be there.

Thats the case with all ISP, but fact remains they do not throttle you unlike BT and there "unlimited"

TheOtherOption · 1 Jun 2009 at 12:41

I wish BT would upgrade our connection to their "rate-adaptive" system as we're still only getting 2.2mb when in theory we should be capable of 6mb minimum given our distance from the exchange!

Am sorely tempted to get an engineer out to see if they can get the connection upped!

tolien · 1 Jun 2009 at 13:35

If you can get home2000, you can get Max already.

danceMB · 1 Jun 2009 at 22:41

Wish I could get with BE There broadband, but as I only have ADSL Max in my area, it severely limits me to what packages I can go for. In my area it seems to be around £25-£30 a month for around a 50gb monthly cap

delk · 3 Jun 2009 at 20:03

Moving from Aquiss to Be was one of the worst mistakes of my life tbh! Bloody awful support, reliability etc. Seriously thinking about leaving after only a few months.

speeduk · 3 Jun 2009 at 20:33

Just gone with ADSL24 on their LLU service(be network). Amazing speed and customer service! Completely unlimited and uncontended.

Jabbs · 3 Jun 2009 at 21:29

Well not truly unlimited they have a fair use policy like all of them.

Clawz114 · 4 Jun 2009 at 00:02

Received my BE box this morning (or yesterday morning now) and my line is going to be activated on Friday

It says that i should disconnect from my current provider before i plug my BE box in. Does this mean i just need to ring up AOL on friday and tell them to just turn my internet off or can i just plug the box in and it will automatically switch to BE when they activate the line?

danceMB · 4 Jun 2009 at 08:04

If only I had an LLU service to switch to, me getting jealous

R.O.S.S.I · 4 Jun 2009 at 08:56

O2, connection has been rock solid, 18.8MBps constant, no throttling or caps. Excellent,

Tripnologist · 4 Jun 2009 at 09:24

Clawz114 said:
Received my BE box this morning (or yesterday morning now) and my line is going to be activated on Friday
It says that i should disconnect from my current provider before i plug my BE box in. Does this mean i just need to ring up AOL on friday and tell them to just turn my internet off or can i just plug the box in and it will automatically switch to BE when they activate the line?

If you requested a MAC and used that to switch, you don't need to do anything. On the day, when your connection goes down, connect the Be Box. Depending on how long it takes them, it will sync up after anywhere between a few minutes to a few hours.

jlss · 4 Jun 2009 at 10:57

CDj-Rossi said:
O2, connection has been rock solid, 18.8MBps constant, no throttling or caps. Excellent,

Yeh i can't fault the service i get from o2, although my router does'nt like playing ball all the time. It will decide to just turn it self off then on again.

R0Z4G · 4 Jun 2009 at 11:14

does anyone recommend sky or o2 ?
ive been on aol for years and years and now it keeps disconnecting and connecting slow all the time the tech help are useless they just tell u to restart your router and stuff and cant solve anything im sick to death of it! and im paying £25 a month for it! and they aint bothered to tell me they have reduced it!
so got my migration code and need to move any ideas ? fastest speed i used to connect at was 3.4mb but now its like 1.5 all the time its crap!

Clawz114 · 4 Jun 2009 at 22:02

R0Z4G said:
does anyone recommend sky or o2 ?
ive been on aol for years and years and now it keeps disconnecting and connecting slow all the time the tech help are useless they just tell u to restart your router and stuff and cant solve anything im sick to death of it! and im paying £25 a month for it! and they aint bothered to tell me they have reduced it!
so got my migration code and need to move any ideas ? fastest speed i used to connect at was 3.4mb but now its like 1.5 all the time its crap!

Hey!

I'm literally about to complete the move from AOL to BE. Infact, BE is being activated tomorrow at some point, so il let you know what the speeds are like compared to my 2meg AOL service i used to be on

Clawz114 · 4 Jun 2009 at 22:02

Tripnologist said:
If you requested a MAC and used that to switch, you don't need to do anything. On the day, when your connection goes down, connect the Be Box. Depending on how long it takes them, it will sync up after anywhere between a few minutes to a few hours.

Thanks!

danceMB · 4 Jun 2009 at 22:33

Can anybody help me!? I am on ADSL Max (8mb) and everyone that has decent speeds at all hours gives me a 50gb monthly cap, and nobody offers LLU in my area. Can anyone point me to a decent provider who could offer me unlimited downloads? I went with O2 Home as they offered me unlimited downloads, but when my speed was the same as dial-up, I left quickly, but this monthly limit stops me from doing a lot that I would wish to be doing

tolien · 4 Jun 2009 at 23:44

Not unless you want to pay significant amounts of money like Zen's Office 8000 at £90.85 a month.

exia · 5 Jun 2009 at 16:36

Clawz114 said:
Hey!

I'm literally about to complete the move from AOL to BE. Infact, BE is being activated tomorrow at some point, so il let you know what the speeds are like compared to my 2meg AOL service i used to be on

Any updates mate? Just received my MAC code from AOL and about to sign up with Be.

danceMB · 5 Jun 2009 at 17:36

I wouldnt really want to fork out more than around £30 a month ideally, as I think this is a fair amount of cash for unlimited downloads