I need a true unlimited broadband or 50Gb

Cumbrian_Male · 10 October 2009 at 9:20PM

I currently have Orange Broadband Max which I pay around £17pm inc. line rental for. I get a discount for having a mobile contract.

Due to my son returning from Uni to study locally our usage has shot up. Just under 50Gb a month as he downloads and streams a lot of US TV and music.

We have now been capped at 512Kbs during peak hours of 6pm-12 midnight.

Our line is capable of a max 2Mb speed and not yet scheduled to be upgraded to 8Mb. No cable in our area either, welcome to rural Cumbria.

What options are there as just about every thing has a "Fair usage policy" on their so called Unlimited service?

I am looking for a true unlimited or min 50 Gb monthly allowance. I can go with or without line rental to get the best deal.

Must be a reliable service, we have been with these since Freeserve days and never had an issue that wasn't easily resolved, in fact think I have only rang tech support twice in 10 years.

Anyway over to the collective wisdom.

macman · 10 October 2009 at 9:46PM

Impossible to say without knowing what your exchange is. What are your LLU options on that exchange? If O2 LLU service is available I would look at that (not O2 Access). What does samknows.com say?
Are you already out of contract with Orange, if not, you wil have to pay an early termination fee.

Cumbrian_Male · 10 October 2009 at 11:58PM

Here is what samknows as you can see we got nothing.

Yes I'm long out of contract and just rolling along now.

macman · 11 October 2009 at 7:19AM

Unlikely that there will ever be any LLU options on your exchange as it's just too small.

jackieb · 11 October 2009 at 7:32AM

We're with BT. Never had any problems. Our internet useage must be huge (6 of us here so pretty much constant use - 2 desktops, 2 laptops, game consoles, ipods, etc)

I don't know how to check how much we use each month or i'd post and let you know.

DatabaseError · 11 October 2009 at 9:43AM

O2 Access.
Be aware it's not he fastest, and they have recently introduced traffic shaping, but they are 'unlimited' - including no hidden FUP

DrScotsman · 11 October 2009 at 10:30AM

http://adsl24.co.uk/broadband/home/

It's not Moneysaving I'll admit, but 60GB for £28.90 a month, 1 month contract. Alternatively go for a cheaper one and tell your son he has to download during the free allowance period - 12am to 8am weekdays, all day weekend.

I suggest you Google ADSL24 to see other people's reviews, but from what I read before there is no traffic shaping at all.

Additionally I don't think you need LLU, my exchange [strike]didn't have Entanet[/strike] [strike]still doesn't have Entanet[/strike]. Okay, SamKnows says I don't have LLU but ADSL24's own checker says I do. Make what you want of that. In any case you don't need LLU

del1001 · 11 October 2009 at 10:35AM

You don't say if price is an issue, in which case I would suggest Zen, 50gb for £29.78 pcm

http://www.zen.co.uk/Broadband/S_Business.aspx

I would urge caution before signing with O2's Access product, it has not got a very good reputation, just take a look at O2's own forum for more info & opinions.

DatabaseError · 11 October 2009 at 11:46AM

del1001 wrote: »

I would urge caution before signing with O2's Access product, it has not got a very good reputation, just take a look at O2's own forum for more info & opinions.

I'm an access user, and I agree that it's not great...but it works. I have no problem browsing and streaming works 99% of the time without stutter, hopefully the newly introduced TM will improve the service (never thought I'd be grateful of TM), but it's too soon to judge.

If money was no object..I would have gone elsewhere! But, it isn't...and I'll accept a mediocre product for the price I pay.

Be aware than entanet also have their problems, and they count uploads + downloads towards the allowance!

macman · 11 October 2009 at 1:35PM

DatabaseError wrote: »

O2 Access.
Be aware it's not he fastest, and they have recently introduced traffic shaping, but they are 'unlimited' - including no hidden FUP

There is still an FUP though on both Access and LLU packages-but which ISP's do not have some sort of FUP in place these days?

DatabaseError · 11 October 2009 at 2:16PM

macman wrote: »

There is still an FUP though on both Access and LLU packages-

Crikey - you're right!

4 What about excessive network usage?
There is no limit on the monthly network usage. However if we feel that your activities are so excessive that other customers are detrimentally affected, we may give you a written warning (by email or otherwise). In extreme circumstances, if the levels of activity do not immediately decrease after the warning, we may terminate or suspend your Services.

I can't find credible reference to it ever being enforced (a couple of posts 'a friend of a friend'), but that's not to say they won't start tomorrow.

I need a true unlimited broadband or 50Gb

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