What is the difference

Legacy_user

Could someone enlighten me (for my son) the difference in speed between dialup and a broadband connection of 512kb.

Is there much of a difference. He pays £8.50 for a dial up connection and the cheapest broadband is £15.00 for 512kb.

Is it worth upgrading?

Edinburghlass_2

Put it this way, once you have used broadband you will never go back to dial up

I helped a friend set up a new pc yesterday on dial up and had to download AVG virus protection. Took some 45 minutes on dial up instead of probably less than 5 on broadband.

£15 for broadband seems a pretty good deal to me plus it does free up the telephone line as well.

System

OK, point taken. Of all the companies that offer BB for £15, I suppose the next thing is to think of customer support costs, not forgetting the modem.

FangKat

Think that customer support on most of these providers charging sub 20 quid gets charged if by phone - irrespective of what you pay per month. Generally the faq's on their sites cover most problems and failing that next step wud be to use email to their support. Phone as an absolute last resort.

Bear in mind that once working you probably won't need support anyway cos there really is not a lot to go wrong.

gary38uk

OK, point taken. Of all the companies that offer BB for £15, I suppose the next thing is to think of customer support costs, not forgetting the modem.

see
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/
for prices, i am with metronet which starts at £11.75

What is the difference? well as previous said, you will never go back to a dial up.

gary38uk

forgot to add.
metronet support, very good, not premium rate, national rate.

modems are cheap to buy so dont think that getting one from the isp is anything, as you likely paying in higher monthly costs.

and a router is a better option anyway.