Which ISP

[BoredBloke]

Were I live the two cups and string which attach me to the tiniternet will only allow me to connect at a massive 1mbps. My ISP are offering a 1mbps link for £14.99 (unlimited download limit) which is some whay off the £24.99 I'm currently paying. So I am now out of contract and have my MAC code. Who are a good ISP to be with? I want an unlimited download, a reliable connection and preferably no 12 month contract.

Also, do any of you pay for business braodband as opposed to the cheaper home broadband accounts? If so, what are the benefits to justify the significantly higher monthly cost?

[AtW]

I'd recommend Telewest's BlueYonder - they are probably the only ones who are honouring unlimited downloads at the moment. IMO Business account is only worth if you actually run business or use lots of bandwidth - so far I have not heard about BT and others trying to kick some fuss with business broadband users.

[BoredBloke]

I'm not in a cable area so that is them and NTL out

[Mailman]

I use Nildram at home and they are pretty good. They havent outsourced their call centre to India, which is always a bonus!

But heres the things...I live in Canary Wharf and even though this place is the new financial hub of London you still cant get anything above 2MB for broadband!

Mailman

[The Lone Gunman]

I am a resseller for one of the big players. I am not going to push my company on you but if you want a link to my site then ask. Same applies if you want to join the multi level marketting scheme (dont even think about starting the usual arguement)

In my experience all the big players are much of a muchness, as they get bigger their levels of service do not keep up but they are usualy cheap and they have a decent level of up time.

There is always a small provider offering faster or cheaper services. These are often very very good, but they very soon reach a bandwidth problem as their customer base grows.

Either pick a small firm and be willing to keep moving or put up with the standards of service of the big players.

Be aware that the smaller players do not own their own infra structure so can not upgrade to deal with bandwidth.

[swamp]

Telewest is £15 for 2MB unlimited. And it's cable so you don't get any crappy long line issues etc.

If you can't get Telewest then Virgin.net are OK, though their support line is premium rate.

[ladymuck]

I use Nildram at home and they are pretty good. They havent outsourced their call centre to India, which is always a bonus!

Me too, have been with Nildram for years and get pretty good service from them. I have a residental account but one short email request and they happily changed the billing address and direct debit to that of my Ltd Co.

[Fungus]

Avoid ukonline like the plague. Useless support and there's been many days when they refuse the connection.

[eternalnomad]

Were I live the two cups and string which attach me to the tiniternet will only allow me to connect at a massive 1mbps. My ISP are offering a 1mbps link for £14.99 (unlimited download limit) which is some whay off the £24.99 I'm currently paying. So I am now out of contract and have my MAC code. Who are a good ISP to be with? I want an unlimited download, a reliable connection and preferably no 12 month contract.

Also, do any of you pay for business braodband as opposed to the cheaper home broadband accounts? If so, what are the benefits to justify the significantly higher monthly cost?

Tony,

the following site has a number of reviews of each ISP

http://www.adslguide.org

[DaveB]

I'm on adsl4less, also known as HotChilli. £14.99 pm true unlimited download. Service is reliable, support is a little iffy but I've only callled them once in 2 years.

Run 3 PC's and two servers off it and never had a problem.