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EMESiS
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 Posted: Mon, 7th Jan 2008 19:23 Post subject: Looking for a new UK ISP |
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Yeah, like the topic says, Im on the hunt for a new ISP.
I've been with BT Broadband for quite a while now. They have been quite good but over the months, I have been getting slower and slower. A few months ago when downloading stuff from usenets and using torrents, I used to get around 200 - 600Kbp/s (From around 11pm - 8am) with my supposedly 8Meg connection, which is pretty good I suppose. But over the last few months, the speed has gone down dramatically. I barely even reach 50Kbp/s anymore, and its not the exchange either because I live about a 5 minute walk from my exchange.
So Im thinking of switching ISP. The one on top of my list is 'Be* Unlimited' which can provide me 24Meg BB in my area for £18 a month (Which is the same as I was paying for 8Meg on BT). First off, Ive read great reviews about them, secondly, They claim they dont Shape or throttle traffic unlike BT which fucking take the piss. Downloading something atm @ 25.0kbp/s!!!!
This was a speedtest done lastnight. I should be getting 8Meg but it barely reaches 2Meg. Shocking!! (And yes, that Mb/s is Megabits not bytes.)
So, I was just wondering which ISP you people in the UK are with and what ones are good that you would recommend me.
Thanks for the help in advance.
~Emesis
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| Posted: Mon, 7th Jan 2008 19:33 Post subject: |
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If you go with either Be Broadband as you're thinking or with Virgin then you should be ok. A small minority of people have a problem with downloading speed from Virgin but this is mainly area specific so if you know someone local with the 20meg service they might be able to give you an idea if you'll achieve that speed or not. Also worth considering that an upgrade to 50meg is expected in the not to distant future.
I left them a couple of months ago and at that time they were limiting the 20meg tier to 5meg during 4-12pm (or was it 11?) if you downloaded I think it was 3gigs with it resetting after something like 4 hours (so if you went over the cap at 10:59pm you'd have to wait until 2:59am for normal speed). They've improved the hours slightly since but with a longer reset.
Also never trust speedtest.net!!! So many people do but it's incredibly inaccurate..
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tobycoaster
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| Posted: Mon, 7th Jan 2008 20:12 Post subject: |
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Ive been with Telewest (now Virgin) for years.. despite the bloody expensive monthly fee, its ten times better than anything BT could come up with.. Download speeds do vary and you are capped between 5pm and 10 pm (regardelss if you have d/l that day or not - despite what they claim).. So between 5 and 10 pm i get 4 meg but after that it goes back up to 18.. 39 squid a month for that.. which i consider a rip off.. but unfortunately its the best we have atm..
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| Posted: Mon, 7th Jan 2008 21:36 Post subject: |
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yeah, im on be* get from 12-14mbit, all for £18 a month, no shaping, throttling or limits. Its perfect, 9 months and no regrets.
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| Posted: Mon, 7th Jan 2008 21:42 Post subject: |
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| KaiKo wrote: | | yeah, im on be* get from 12-14mbit, all for £18 a month, no shaping, throttling or limits. Its perfect, 9 months and no regrets. |
I did look into that once, dont you need a BT line or something??
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| Posted: Mon, 7th Jan 2008 21:43 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 7th Jan 2008 21:47 Post subject: |
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NTL now Virgin, tv, phone and 20 meg bb for £37 a month
I get capped between 5 - 10 pm but i still get 5+meg, all other times i get 20+ meg usually 22.5 meg!! using usenet
Very happy atm fingers x'd
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| Posted: Mon, 7th Jan 2008 21:52 Post subject: |
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er i thought virgin capped at 3-12 unless something changed
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| Posted: Mon, 7th Jan 2008 21:54 Post subject: |
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| snop1050 wrote: | | er i thought virgin capped at 3-12 unless something changed |
Virgin website says 4pm till 9pm
Edit: just did download test and i'm getting avaerage of 12.5 meg
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