Broadband ISP recommendations

[BolshieBastard]

Time to switch from ADSL24 who used to deliver a good stable service when Enta were their supplier. Since switching to ADSL24 Murphx, its gone, well, tulip actually.

So, anyone got a decent recommendation?

Need something that going to allow upto 40gig download a month.

Thanks

[oversteer]

BeThere

[HairyArsedBloke]

BeThere

Aye.

[lilelvis2000]

With them now, they are pretty good. Though currently their smtp server can't send to hotmail accounts. And it does seem to slow on weekends for some reason. The BeBox is tulipe, I replaced it with a Draytek.

[Clippy]

O2.

[Spacecadet]

I'm with sky, the top level service gives unlimited downloads.
I think sky are the few ISPs who have stood by their unlimited means unlimited and not tried to throttle or cap for excessive usage.

Having said that, where I live the phonelines are crap and the best speed we can get is 3mpbs. Ping times vary wildly as well. Great one minute, shocking the next.

[doodab]

I have been with Zen Internet for years, they aren't the cheapest but have good service, a one month contract so you can leave at any time and they are explicit about bandwidth allowances and costs. They also offer 1 or 8 statically allocated IP addresses at no cost which is handy.

[Moscow Mule]

If you're in a cabled street, Virgin.

There's something quite liberating about 50meg download speeds.

[Not So Wise]

Opposite to a recommendation, don’t go near Demon internet. If everything is fine then they are ok (but that can be said about any company) but as soon as you have a problem all you will hear in an Indian accent again and again is the following

“Reset router”,
“turn computer on and off”,
“Check on pc on computer”
“It’s your equipment at fault”

Even after trying 3 different routers and problems affecting half a dozen PC’s in the house and the whole thing being intermittent (it was obvious to anyone with more than 2 grams of IT know how it was a problem either at their servers or at the exchange).

And just completely forget getting to speak 2nd line personal for real investigation/solution, hell don’t think there is anybody working for demon in the UK except sales anymore

Sad really, way back when, they used to be one of the best ISP’s, these days would rate them at the bottom and charging a premium for the privilege

[Moscow Mule]

Opposite to a recommendation, don’t go near Demon internet.

Are they still going?

They were unmitagated ***** to me at one point (charging for a service cancelled 2 years previous) with quite bolshy staff - not a hint of service.

I reported them to the CC company for fraud in the end.