Cheapest Broadband Provider Discussion

oranabana

current offer from Nildram. Looks good. No static IP, but hey, its cheap and its 50 GB cap (read = uncapped). Look here for details:

http://broadband.nildram.net/view_products.php?group=broadband2

hope this is good for some. Called ADSL4 Less (my current ISP) and asked them for a MAC number. They now like to know, who I am going to, and if there was anything they could do, to make me stay with them.... haha

>;-)

theloft

oranabana wrote:

current offer from Nildram. Looks good. No static IP, but hey, its cheap and its 50 GB cap (read = uncapped). Look here for details:
http://broadband.nildram.net/view_products.php?group=broadband2
hope this is good for some. Called ADSL4 Less (my current ISP) and asked them for a MAC number. They now like to know, who I am going to, and if there was anything they could do, to make me stay with them.... haha
>;-)

Only £12.99 per month BUT for 3 months only at this price . In October there is a price hike which doubles this amount (to £25.98 per month). Also a substantial connection fee and you are tied for 6 months. There are better deals avaialable.

oranabana

theloft wrote:

Only £12.99 per month BUT for 3 months only at this price . In October there is a price hike which doubles this amount (to £25.98 per month). Also a substantial connection fee and you are tied for 6 months.

....overlooked the 3 months revert to double monthly cost. Although if you look at the overall cost of 6 month, and you migrate from another ISP (which is free), then at 19.50 its not too bad for a 2 Mb/sec connection...

>;-o

Rikki

I am tied into wanadoo broadband 1mb for a futher 6 months. They are now offering 2mb for the same monthly price but it would cost me a one off payment of £20 is it worth changing over? Same download limit.

mamazaac

I am a bit in the dark, (well quite a lot in the dark actually), about broadband download amounts. Can anyone tell me how I can find out how much I download or if it is measured in time online give me a rough idea how many hours a month equals what sort of download amount? I am thinking about switching to broadband and UKOnline at £9.99 looks good but is only 512kbps and I don't know if this would be enough or not.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanx

WebJunkie007

512 Kbps is a measurement of speed. It sounds like you may have this confused with usage allowances which is measured in GB. Basically if you just use the web for surfing and e-mails, you don't really need an unlimited service, a few GB will probably do.

I've copied this graph from the freenetname website, it will give you an idea of usage:

For the majority of users, 5GB a month is more than enough. The table below displays a range of typical weekly online activities that you could undertake.

General web browsing
125 hours a week

Sending/receiving photos (by e-mail)
125 per week

Downloading MP3s
75 per week

Sending/receiving e-mails (no attachments)
1000 per week

Watching videos
75 minutes per week

Online gaming
5 hours per week

TOTAL
5GB / month


These are examples of usage, not limits. Other online activity can result in data transfer. Please note; this is only an approximate guide.

The_Vision

mamazaac wrote:

I am a bit in the dark, (well quite a lot in the dark actually), about broadband download amounts. Can anyone tell me how I can find out how much I download or if it is measured in time online give me a rough idea how many hours a month equals what sort of download amount? I am thinking about switching to broadband and UKOnline at £9.99 looks good but is only 512kbps and I don't know if this would be enough or not.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanx

If you want to monitor how much of your download limit you are using, try Netmeter, a free utility that you can get from http://readerror.gmxhome.de

Vision

Roger_Rampant

I am tied into wanadoo broadband 1mb for a futher 6 months. They are now offering 2mb for the same monthly price but it would cost me a one off payment of £20 is it worth changing over? Same download limit.

That's a bit like saying "should I buy a Peugeot 207?" - without knowing what your requirements and priorities are, we can't really say

Sealisland

Has anybody tried Andrews & Arnold, I have heard they are very good?

theloft

Sealisland wrote:

Has anybody tried Andrews & Arnold, I have heard they are very good?

Who the heck are Andrews & Arnold ?? Are they wine shippers or something ??

Isuppose you mean these :- http://aa.gg/aa/