help needed with broadband, urgent

espresso

stevep10 wrote:

Greetings pumpa
Just been looking at your post; I've been with metronet ( now Plusnet, just been taken over) for about 2 yrs now and I've had no problems at all, ever! I've got 2mb download speed that will shortly be upgraded to 8mb free of charge provided that the line can take it, and a 2mb download limit that i have never reached, and all for £13.75 a month including vat. I agree with some of the previous posts that a router is much more use than putting in passwords and stuff but if you do go that way get one with a built-in firewall. Netgear DG854 or similar are good and less than £50 now. I signed up to a three month contract at the start but have no idea if it still stands. From what i can see, and i do check regularly, they are still the cheapest around.
Metronet.co.uk

You must be the marketing director of Plusnet right?

see here

:rotfl:

Rex_Mundi

Plusnet do seem to have a lot of problems, and a lot of very unhappy customers. Have a read of the Plusnet message board at ADSLGuide to see what they're saying.

Best thing to do........

Once you've picked a couple of companies that you are interested in. Go to the compare page at ADSLGuide. You can select up to 6 companies to see how they've been rated (speed,reliability, customer service) by their own users.

Then look at the message boards for each ISP (scroll down till you get to the company you want). This will give you an idea of any problems that users of these companies are facing.

blackste

hi all
has anyone had any experience with toucan internet? ive read all thse nice reports about tt and tiscali, but dont know who is worth a look at.
ta

deanos

Altough Virgin have a 1 month contract you have to pay around £60 to leave in the first year, most ISP's charge this as its what they have to pay BT for connection.

deanos

blackste wrote:

hi all
has anyone had any experience with toucan internet? ive read all thse nice reports about tt and tiscali, but dont know who is worth a look at.
ta

I beleive Toucan are just Tiscalli resellers

random456

ive just been looking on that adsl site you gave me, there is a section where you can rate your isp, and i want to see the results and what people recommend but there is no option to see this..can someone direct me to something similar? thanks

espresso

Have you tried using the compare thingy?

Kamran

hey, this is a list i made about 9 months ago, so its obviously not the latest, but im sure most of the deals are the same

Euro1net 2mbps (unlimited) £19.99 (6m)+£50(connection)no modem
IDNet Home 2000 2mbps (30GB) £24.99 (1m)+£47
IDNet Home Max 8mbps (30GB) £24.99 (1m)+£47
KeConnect Home 2000 2mbps (unlimited) £34.99 (12m)
KeConnect MAX Home 8mbps (20GB) £24.99 (12m)+£47
Newnet Home 2050 s 2mbps (25GB) £18.95 (1m)+£47
Newnet Home 8050 s 8mbps (25GB) £18.95 (1m)+£47
Newnet Home 2050 u 2mbps (80GB) £29.95 (1m)+£47
Newnet Home 2050 b 2mbps (60GB) £24.95 (1m)+£47
Newnet Home 8050 b 8mbps (60GB) £24.95 (1m)+£47
Zen 8000 pro 8mbps (50GB) £34.99 (1m)+£47
Zen 8000 Active 8mbps (20GB) £24.99 (1m)+£47
MAAF MAX Plus 8mbps (20GB) £25.99(12m) - £19.99 for 1st (6m)
Surfanytime 1000 2mbps (unlimited) £29.99(12m?)
Firefly Lite+30 2mbps (30GB) £24.99 (3m) +£50
Nildram Bband 2 8mbps (50GB Peak, unlimited off peak) £25.99(1m)+£47
Nildram dsl surf 2mbps (50GB Peak, unlimited off peak) £22.99(1m)+£47
Eclipse Evo 2 8mbps (30GB Peak, unlimited off peak) £18.99 (1m)+£47
Eclipse Evo 3 8mbps (40GB Peak, unlimited off peak) £24.99 (1m)+£47
Eclipse Evo 4 8mbps (50GB Peak, unlimited off peak) £29.99 (1m)+£47
Eclipse 4 8mbps (40GB) £29.99 (1m)+£47
UKFSN Home MAx 8mbps (30GB peak 300 off peak) £19.99 (1m)+£53

Kamran

whoa, the original post was ages ago!! sorry! haha