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Fastest broadband?

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Hi Folks, I'm going to be moving in a few weeks time. Am currently on Virgin cable with 20M unlimited broadband, however where I'm moving to (OX39 4.. area) seems to only offer 'up to' 6M via ADSL.

I need a relatively fast connection as I work from home, are there any other options?
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong.

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  • Donnie
    Donnie Posts: 9,862 Forumite
    ADSL2+ via Be Broadband or O2?
  • keith969
    keith969 Posts: 1,575 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Unfortunately the local exchange is not unbundled (and I can't find out when/if its likely to be - all I have found out so far is that BT plan to take the local exchange to 21CN in Q2 2010), so O2 only offer the standard service.
    For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong.
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Don't bother with the O2 Access service, just take the cheapest non-LLU service you can find, your speed will be the same on all of them.
    6MBps may seem a lot less than 20MBps, but it will do the job for most things unless you are a really heavy downloader-and were you really getting 20MBps from Virgin?
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
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