Hi,

I am looking to get Broadband (1Mb, 2Gb) and am considering either PlusNet
or Wanadoo .

PlusNet appear to have far more favourable write-ups but the initial outlay
is high (over £100)

Is it worth paying the initial charge and going with PlusNet or would
Wanadoo be better?

Also is a PCI modem better than a USB modem (and a 1 port router better than
both)?

Thanks for any help

Kind rgds

Spencer

On 04/10/2004 23:08 spencer got up from the bar and shouted..:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking to get Broadband (1Mb, 2Gb) and am considering either PlusNet
> or Wanadoo .
>
> PlusNet appear to have far more favourable write-ups but the initial outlay
> is high (over £100)
>
> Is it worth paying the initial charge and going with PlusNet or would
> Wanadoo be better?
>
> Also is a PCI modem better than a USB modem (and a 1 port router better than
> both)?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Kind rgds
>
> Spencer

It's worth paying the extra upfront for Plusnet, as the support and
extras are much better, take a look at ADSLGuides comparitor:
http://tinyurl.com/4jvoe

As for modems, I not that keep on the USB modems, all the ones I have
seen are flakey to say the least, draw very close to the maximum current
on a USB port (500mA) ans XP has to regularly reset them.. Your
statement is 100% correct, in order of preference:

1/ Router
2/ PCI modem
3/ Painfull Death
4/ USB Modem..

If you are quick, there is a PCI ADSL modem here for £10.. I picked one
up a few days ago, but have yet to fit it...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=67103542 72

If you do decide on the Plusnet route, I would appreciate it if you
could use my referal code: mgillespie

Cheers.


--
"This dog don't give a feck..."

On 04/10/2004 23:53 Black Shuck got up from the bar and shouted..:
<Snip>
Time for bed, my typing was atrocious in that last post... :-)

Wanapoo ? No way !
PlusNet is way better.
Regards,
Martin

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 23:08:58 +0100, spencer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am looking to get Broadband (1Mb, 2Gb) and am considering either PlusNet
> or Wanadoo .
>
> PlusNet appear to have far more favourable write-ups but the initial
> outlay is high (over £100)
>
> Is it worth paying the initial charge and going with PlusNet or would
> Wanadoo be better?

Google on Wanadoo in groups and see

>
> Also is a PCI modem better than a USB modem (and a 1 port router better
> than both)?

Yes

>
> Thanks for any help

No prob
>
> Kind rgds
>
> Spencer

--

Some people use windows, others have a life.

spencer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking to get Broadband (1Mb, 2Gb) and am considering either PlusNet
> or Wanadoo .
>
> PlusNet appear to have far more favourable write-ups but the initial outlay
> is high (over £100)
>
> Is it worth paying the initial charge and going with PlusNet or would
> Wanadoo be better?
>

Depends how much that 100 quid is worth to you. PlusNet have a much
better long-term reputation for reliability and support. I went with
Wanadoo and haven't regretted it so far. It's been consistently 1Mb as
advertised.

JK <JK@group.only> wrote:

: Depends how much that 100 quid is worth to you. PlusNet have a much
: better long-term reputation for reliability and support. I went with
: Wanadoo and haven't regretted it so far. It's been consistently 1Mb as
: advertised.

Plusnet dominates this newsgroup BUT are quite expensive. For all the negative
things said about Wanadoo's CS technically they are very good. They are
especially good value for light users (with the free activation,modem and
1Mb@17.99).

Not in a Million years could anyone compare Plusnet & Wannapoo !

Plusnet wins hands down everytime - Wannapoo Is not even in the same league
!

Wannpoo - 0% Customer Support

Plusnet - 100% Customer Support

--------------------

Marky <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
: Not in a Million years could anyone compare Plusnet & Wannapoo !

: Wannpoo - 0% Customer Support

: Plusnet - 100% Customer Support

Typically one-sided viewpoint prevalent in this newshroup! Who *NEEDS*
Customer Support when it just works??? Perhaps Plusnet doesn't!

"spencer" wrote:

> I am looking to get Broadband (1Mb, 2Gb) and am considering either
> PlusNet or Wanadoo .

I'd look to see whether Wanadoo make it easy to change your service
(i.e. move up from 2GB if you decide you need to) - people seem to think
Plusnet are good in this area. Also, what they will charge for exceeding
the limit (though from what I understand, Wanadoo don't currently
enforce capping, but that's only a temporary boon).

> PlusNet appear to have far more favourable write-ups but the initial
> outlay is high (over £100)
>
> Is it worth paying the initial charge and going with PlusNet or would
> Wanadoo be better?

I can't say which is better, but we are currently awaiting our mac key
from Wanadoo, so that we can shift to PlusNet. The service with Wanadoo
has been largely fine (I've never observed any downtime), but it now
seems too expensive (we're on their original 512k uncapped £27.99/month
deal), it would cost to shift to any of their other packages and I don't
like the look of them anyway.

Oh and the CS does seem to be as lame as everyone has suggested, though
we've not had much reason to call Wanadoo, until we wanted to leave. The
last time we called them, it was the early days of Freeserve and their
premium helpline was useless in trying figure out why the script on
their install disc just dumped a bunch of files on our PC and failed to
configure the browser or launch the signup routine ("oh, it shouldn't
have done that sir" was about all they could offer).

> Also is a PCI modem better than a USB modem (and a 1 port router
> better than both)?

I'd always go for external modems, even if they are USB. That said, I
use a router. ;-)


Dave.