I live in London and would like to switch from dialup to broadband.
Which provider would you recommend? The ADSLguide website
(www.adslguide.org.uk) seems to suggest that Mailbox Internet is the
best broadband provider in the UK. Does anyone have any experience with
it?
Thanks,

Marco

Marco wrote:
> I live in London and would like to switch from dialup to broadband.
> Which provider would you recommend? The ADSLguide website
> (www.adslguide.org.uk) seems to suggest that Mailbox Internet is the
> best broadband provider in the UK. Does anyone have any experience with
> it?
> Thanks,
>
> Marco
>
Take a look at Bulldog (www.bulldogbroadband.com) or UKOnline, the
former providing 4mbit broadband with a phone line rental included for
£30/month, the latter providing 512k/sec DSL with no caps for £10/month.

Hope that helps,

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Marco wrote:
> I live in London and would like to switch from dialup to broadband.
> Which provider would you recommend? The ADSLguide website
> (www.adslguide.org.uk) seems to suggest that Mailbox Internet is the
> best broadband provider in the UK. Does anyone have any experience with
> it?
> Thanks,
>
> Marco
>

£25 a month seems a bit pricey. If you are happy accepting a download
limit (like 1 - 5 GB a month) you can get a expect to be paying £15 to
£18 a month. If you have been OK with dial-up you may find that is
plenty and you can avoid paying extra for data transfer you will never
use.
The main choices are in the peripherals of the package (email webspace)
and the startup deal (up front or spread out, the cost gets back to you
somehow !). Free modems aren't worth it, go for a router.

Apart from customer service, most experiences suggest that there isn't
much between the actual services from most reasonable providers. Avoid
the usual suspects of AOL/NTL/Tiscali & BT on price.

Bill

Bill wrote:

> £25 a month seems a bit pricey. If you are happy accepting a
download
> limit (like 1 - 5 GB a month) you can get a expect to be paying £15
to
> £18 a month. If you have been OK with dial-up you may find that is
> plenty and you can avoid paying extra for data transfer you will
never
> use.

Thanks, but which ISP's would you recommend? I'm happy with download
limits but the only ones I can see which provide lower prices are
Tiscali/AOL/NTL...

Marco

IntecHosting.com wrote:

> Take a look at Bulldog (www.bulldogbroadband.com) or UKOnline, the
> former providing 4mbit broadband with a phone line rental included
for
> £30/month, the latter providing 512k/sec DSL with no caps for
£10/month.

Thanks, I have looked at Bulldog but it doesn't seem to fare too well
according to ADSLguide, and UKOnline isn't there at all. Do you have
experience with these ISP's?

Marco

Marco wrote:
> Bill wrote:
>
>
>>£25 a month seems a bit pricey. If you are happy accepting a
>
> download
>
>>limit (like 1 - 5 GB a month) you can get a expect to be paying £15
>
> to
>
>>£18 a month. If you have been OK with dial-up you may find that is
>>plenty and you can avoid paying extra for data transfer you will
>
> never
>
>>use.
>
>
> Thanks, but which ISP's would you recommend? I'm happy with download
> limits but the only ones I can see which provide lower prices are
> Tiscali/AOL/NTL...
>
> Marco
>

Plus/Force9 (same company), freedom2surf should suit.

Eclipse and Virgin plan 2 also look promising, but I have no idea of how
good/bad they are.

Personally, and it is ultimately a personal choice, I am with Plus, 1Mb
/ 1GB and paid activation charges up front, bought my own kit.

Bill