What Broadband you use at home

[James B]

Hi All

Just wondering after being send a massive bill from BT what broadband you use?

Im doing a bit of downloading and uploading but not what I would call loads.

I have a BT land line contract till October but the broadband expires in May when im looking to change.

Thanks

James

 

[Systreg]

I use BT Broadband at home, not had any problems with it, get the odd day when the connection drops repeatedly for whatever reason, possibly the hub updating whilst I'm using it, but it soon connects again.

Phone and Broadband bill combined is usually about £130 per quarter, we hardly use the phone at all, call costs are usually only about £5 - £7 per quarter at most.

I love it when BT or other telecom cold callers phone up offering great savings on calls, it's normally an Indian person calling, the conversation goes like this:

THEM: I am calling on behalf of blah blah blah, we can give you great savings on your phone calls, saving you £££.

ME: I don't use my phone much.

THEM: You can still save a lot of £££.

ME, Honestly, I don't use my phone much, so it's probably not worth it.

THEM: spiel, blah blah blah spiel.

ME, But I only spend £5 on phone calls.

THEM: That's fine, still save blah blah blah every day.

ME: No, I spend £5 per quarter on phone calls.

THEM: Goodbye or dialling tone

 

[James B]

Hi

I found out that for just over that I can also get a TV package through Virgin. I use to use them before I moved in with the other half. She only has a 10G limit. I keep using 15g. To move up to 15g will be £20 odd pound a month. With the phone line it will be the same price as yours. So what limit on downloads do you have if you dont mind me asking?

I have just seen O2 (I though them and BT are the same) are charging only £9.79 (if you have an O2 phone) per month for unlimited downloads. I need to check thats what that means but to me that looks good.

I have also looked at mobile deals but some of those unlimited deals have a fair use policy of 5G. Seems strange they can call that unlimited.

James

 

[boxerdog]

did have bt for a year but they suck!!
have been with talktalk for a few months and its a shed load better.
my bb speed is still not great but im miles away from the exchange

i was with ntl years ago and the speeds were good where i used to live.

but i can reccommend talktalk 100% go to their site and have a look.

 

[dtm]

I use Eclipse, they have always been great although have now introduced plans which are a bit weird so just read carefully

 

[rob]

I use Eclipse, they have always been great although have now introduced plans which are a bit weird so just read carefully

I was with eclipse but they became very poor over the last 12 months.

Now with Fast.co.uk - who's owner has been known to pop up on Acorn!

 

[dtm]

I was with eclipse but they became very poor over the last 12 months.

Now with Fast.co.uk - who's owner has been known to pop up on Acorn!

Yes, Rob they have definitely gone down hill, Not like the old days but still not bad compared to be and other providers I've experienced, not heard of fast.co.uk, nice domain

 

[Systreg]

So what limit on downloads do you have if you dont mind me asking?

Without looking, I can't remember if it's option 3 or 4 we have, we are on the unlimited (fair usage applies) bandwidth anyway, it used to have a 20GB limit before they changed their plans around and now it's unlimited, not that I use much of it, I don't download anything, no music or videos etc, just for basic browsing.

 

[rob]

Yes, Rob they have definitely gone down hill, Not like the old days but still not bad compared to be and other providers I've experienced, not heard of fast.co.uk, nice domain

Mark.co.uk Baker.co.uk does have alot of good domains, and uses stuff like Slow.co.uk - Is your Internet Service Provider slow? to promote his Dark.co.uk enterprises which includes Fast.co.uk | The UK's highest rated ISP for Support & Customer Service | Home offerings

 

[James B]

Thanks some interesting replies, I can go and use more bandwidth checking them all out

I do upload and download sites a few times a month and one or two TV shows. I also watch a lot of you tube clips. I forgot that they take up a lot of usage lol.

I guess until the end of May when the contract runs out I need to be online a lot less.

James

 

[packeted]

I've been with Nildram as long as I can remember, used to use them for ISDN... Absolutely no problems, offer static IPs, very reliable and fast...

 

[dtm]

Mark.co.uk Baker.co.uk does have alot of good domains, and uses stuff like Slow.co.uk - Is your Internet Service Provider slow? to promote his Dark.co.uk enterprises which includes Fast.co.uk | The UK's highest rated ISP for Support & Customer Service | Home offerings

That whole spiel reminds me of your signature rob, showing off

I am rob who runs hey

 

[dw1973]

I'm on Sky, which is OK, reasonable speed, uncapped but I think they just put the prices up.

Had a look at o2 and Be which are cheaper (I think) but they quote me rubbish speeds.

Used eclipse before now but their prices stopped being competitive, and after that Easynet (which is the same as Sky now)

 

[GreyWing]

Virgin are the fastest for my area, co can't complain with there service.

 

[Jeewhizz]

That whole spiel reminds me of your signature rob, showing off

Rob can only have wet dreams about Mr Baker's domains He's renowned in some circles

I am also with Fast.co.uk and have been for several years. Never had a cause for complaint. On the odd times I've called their helpline, it's refreshing to get through to someone in the UK - none of this farming it out lark.

They are also in the top 10 for ISP's and have been for a long time: ISPreview UK - Independent Internet Service Provider Information Source

 

[spondishy]

Another vote for nildram....

 

[retired_member11]

Mark.co.uk Baker.co.uk does have alot of good domains, and uses stuff like Slow.co.uk - Is your Internet Service Provider slow? to promote his Dark.co.uk enterprises which includes Fast.co.uk | The UK's highest rated ISP for Support & Customer Service | Home offerings

Name dropper

Eclipse. Not as good as before Kingston too over, but still OK. Far too much hassle to look at changing to another provider.

 

[nat0]

i own an isp but it is a business only provider - if any of the serious domainers on here want a deal at cost then PM me

we also bond 2 or 3 connections together... v fast!