Quickly - what's the best ISP?

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

I haven't been on here in yonks because those complete SLICES at Orange Broadband have not been able to connect me for nearly a month. I'll be leaving them on Saturday, when they will be in BREACH of contract and I can get my MAC code

I'm not an especially heavy user, and I've got my own wireless router, and a BT phone line. Any ideas?

 

[Hiney]

I use BT and they have always been superb.

But I'm sure you'll get loads of people saying they are shite!

I think BT have got some decent deals on their broadband packages at the moment.

 

[dougdeep]

http://www.top10-broadband.co.uk/

 

[Buzzer]

quickly - I haven't got a scooby.

 

[Hercules Rockerfeller]

NOT SKY - I'd go with BT. I ahd them and they were great, but I left for Sky, who are pants.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Tiscali, for me.

 

[surrey jim]

plus net are quite good, we pay £15 for 8gb and its on a month by month basis

 

[Paddy B]

Yep Plus net as well. Excellent service, good support a few extras (web space, unlimited email address etc) all for £15.00 (8mb)

I have my home phone with them as well for an extra £10.00 per month

 

[Norman Potting]

Use Tiscali and never had any probs.

 

[Cian]

Plusnet is BT with a different customer support department, effectively.

Theres a good chance theres a problem with your line and nobody will be able to get you connected in any quick manner - the amount of people who get MAC codes, go get "connected" to a new ISP and find that it still doesn't work due to a physical cabling problem are huge.

 

[chez]

Anyone using O2 yet? If you already have a contract phone with them it looks a really good deal.

 

[Springal]

Depends if you rely on customer support for day to day stuff or if you are 'tech savvy'

 

[Cian]

Wrong, totally seperate network to BT.

They're owned by BT, and their non-LLU lines run over BTW gear and BT Central backlinks. Their LLU network is "totally seperate" in that its Tiscalis....

 

[REDLAND]

May be of some use

http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Bad_ISPs#United_Kingdom

 

[Paddy B]

Plusnet is BT with a different customer support department, effectively. QUOTE]

Sorry dont understand that comment

Arent PlusNet a PLC?

 

[Cian]

Plusnet is BT with a different customer support department, effectively. QUOTE]

Sorry dont understand that comment

Arent PlusNet a PLC?

PlusNet has been owned by BT plc since March. Depending on where you are they either sell a BT Wholesale product rebranded (like every other ISP) or a Tiscali LLU product rebranded (like lots of ISPs)

 

[REDLAND]

PlusNet has been owned by BT plc since March.

It was last year, my missis worked on the takeover

 

[Paddy B]

Ok Ignore that, just found this on the PlusNet press page

Based in Sheffield, PlusNet has a staff of over 200 people. The company was acquired by BT in January 2007 and acts as an independent subsidiary.

For me doesnt affect decison making. PlusNet offer much better value with better customer service

 

[Cian]

It was last year, my missis worked on the takeover

Went through in 07, as with all mergers it takes time to finalise everything.

As yet and probably long term due to PlusNet's reputation being a lot higher than BT they've not merged operations - one major advantage is that PlusNet's tech support is all in Sheffield, if you can understand the accent... as opposed to being spread between Bangalore, Dublin and Derby.

 

[Fungus]

Very happy with Zen