best broadband for my area

johnny4

been looking at load of threads and i still dont no what company to go with for my broadband iam with aol at moment but ive looked at the sam says site to see what service i have in my area and ive no idea what iam looking for if someone can check my exchange in my area and point me in the right direction on what i should go for id be greatfull my exchange is ( sacriston )

thanks for any help

johnny

beecher

The only LLU service you have is Talk Talk, and you don't have access to cable internet. You really have to tell us a bit more to work out which company would be best for you - how much you download etc.

Thinkbroadband.com is a good place to start to find out about different ISPs.

notbritishgas

johnny4 wrote: »

been looking at load of threads and i still dont no what company to go with for my broadband iam with aol at moment but ive looked at the sam says site to see what service i have in my area and ive no idea what iam looking for if someone can check my exchange in my area and point me in the right direction on what i should go for id be greatfull my exchange is ( sacriston )

thanks for any help

johnny

The only LLU operator in your exchange is Talk Talk, so that is the only one of the so called cheaper options.
You do not have cable ie Virgin in your area.
So you are limited to the providers who use Bt ADSL max. The price of those depends on the type of service you require.
You are in a market 2 exchange so do not qualify for the Plusnet value which is £5.99 per month.

PS you must be somewhere near Beamish, what a lovely museum.

PPS just noticed that beecher beat me to it!!

johnny4

thanks iam looking for the fastest download speed for my area i rang bt and they said id get 6.5meg that all my line would take but when i looked on talk talk site i could get alot more and for an extra £4 i could get a speed boost allso id like to pay one bill for interent/phone line only problem with talk talk and aol or same company will the Customer Service Team be so helpfull if i have a problem cause aol is a joke if anyone can give me advice as iam at a stand still where/what to do

thanks

johnny

asperger

use a price compasion site to see what is the best service in your area.

just google internet comparison and then pick a site to find out who works your areas

johnny4

ive used a price compasion site but iam no further forward must of the companys offer up to 8mg but what the thing with LLU only company in my area to provide this is talk talk offering up to 16mg how is this possible when bt say my line only takes upto 6mg

thanks for any help

johnny

macman

TalkTalk is LLU on the Sacriston exchange, but it's not yet ADSL2 enabled so I don't see how they can be claiming speeds higher than 8MBps.

TalkTalk

Hi Johnny4,

TalkTalk offer upto 24 meg connections as they do not use the BT exchange equipment. Your line would be removed from BTs equipment at the exchange and connected to TalkTalk equipment. Standard LLU connections offer connection speeds upto 8 meg and with an additional "Turbo Boost" for £4 per month the 8 meg cap can be removed allowing speeds of upto 24 meg. We would need to check your modem stats etc before offereing a "Turbo Boost" to make sure you were going to get some use out of it.

If you need any more information please let me know.

Cheers
EmmaL x

johnny4

emma when say ill be removed from BTs equipment at the exchange what happens if after say the 18 months and i want to change providers would it cost to reconnect to the bt exchange plus how will i find out how fast i can goes throught talk talk

thanks for the help

johnny

Rock_Bottom

johnny4 wrote: »

emma when say ill be removed from BTs equipment at the exchange what happens if after say the 18 months and i want to change providers would it cost to reconnect to the bt exchange plus how will i find out how fast i can goes throught talk talk

thanks for the help

johnny

If you want to change providers at the end of 18 months and have to re-connect to BT then it will cost you a lot of money, start saving now. :eek:

johnny4

anyone knows of hand how much bt charge

thanks for help

johnny