I'm with Plusnet and extremely happy as it fits my requirements very
well. My mum is looking at getting broadband, and her requriements are
different, and Plusnet's current pricing does not cut it.

She is a "low use" user, currently on a 56k 1p/min dialup. Am looking
for a ISP that has a capped package (1Gb/month is likely yo be more than
ample), a low monthly fee, and setup (and preferably modem, but not
essential, and ebay is littered with them).

The only thing aginst the 14.99 Plusnet 1Mb/1GB package, is the £58
setup fee. Aside from that it would be ideal.

Anyone know anything that fits the bill?

"Black Shuck" mark.gillespie@gmail.com wrote in message
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Pipex? 15.99/month for uncapped 150k. Free modem and setup if she stays for
12 months. Probably one of the cheapest TCO going.

On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:22:17 +0100, Black Shuck
<mark.gillespie@gmail.com> wrote:

with no problems. £17.99 for 2gb (but its not capped tlil the end of
the year). Free modem and free setup. Just checked and its now a 1meg
line if available for the smae price

What about www.metronet.co.uk. From £10 +vat - but you have to pay the BT
connection charge and provide your own modem or router.

"Chris P Bacon" <andy.haigh@XbreatheX.com> wrote in message
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Black Shuck wrote:
Lixxus PAYG Broadband ?

http://www.lixxus.co.uk/products/paygo/default.asp

Expensive connection charge £70 + VAT, plus you have to buy
the hardware, but only 5p per MB.

Check T+Cs for minimum use restrictions etc

On 26/09/2004 17:49 Chris P Bacon got up from the bar and shouted..:
Unfortunatly, £17.99 is too much, as is 2Gb/Month. Need to keep it
below the magical £15 a month figure, including any setup fees.
Hardware is no bid deal, I know plenty of people with crappy USB
broadband modems gathering dust (after realising that the router is the
only proper solution).

"Black Shuck" mark.gillespie@gmail.com wrote in message
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I have a feeling those are mutually exclusive requirements...

On 26/09/2004 21:32 Grant got up from the bar and shouted..:
Ahh well, she will wait until it does drop below those prices...
£15/Month all-in was the alsolute tops.

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"Black Shuck" mark.gillespie@gmail.com wrote in message
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I think Pipex were 14.99 but it went up to 15.99 recently.

On 26/09/2004 21:49 Grant got up from the bar and shouted..:
And it's only 3x.


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"Black Shuck" mark.gillespie@gmail.com wrote in message
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Still compares very favourably to extended use dialup costs. True it's not
ideal if your Mum is planning on hitting the binaries heavily but I don't
think too many Mum's do

"Black Shuck" <mark.gillespie@gmail.com> wrote in message
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NTL 300k? It's £17.99 a month, if you say you seen 'free installation' in
the local paper or whatever, then you get free installation as well. Call
ntl to check coverage however.

"Black Shuck" <mark.gillespie@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi

I use NDO, £27.99 P/M for 512k, no capping of service,
there is a connection fee of £29.99p though... I highly recomend them....



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On 27/09/2004 15:15 Lo Salt got up from the bar and shouted..:
Not exactly cheap.. £17.99 is too much...

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Black Shuck <mark.gillespie@gmail.com> wrote in
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How about going with the PlusNet £14.99 deal and you treat your mother to
the connection fee. I'm sure she deserves it.

Lixxus.co.uk appears to be best choice for low users, no charge if you don't
use it (holidays), 100Mb £5 p.m. , 200Mb £10.
But the connection fee is £82.25.
Regards,
Martin