- new to broadband
- Posted by Jason on June 29th, 2004
We are getting broadband in our village in August (deepest somerset). I am
considering going with BT's 512 service at £29.99 a month. A neighbour is
going with AOL as they do a 1mb service for the same £29.99. Can anyone tell
me which is the better to go with. Having never used AOL i am a little
unsure. Complete novice this end so go easy on me peeps 
Jason
- Posted by Steven Campbell on June 29th, 2004
"Jason" <joyentwistle@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Jason for a quick answer just google this group for AOL or BT Broadband and
you will find that they are the 2 least "favourable" ISP's for most on this
list.
Steven.
- Posted by Andy M Jenkins on June 29th, 2004
Jason wrote:
Reference an article on uk-bug.net that I've not long put up, BTYahoo's
prices are just about to see a reduction come 1st July.
1Mbit will now be £29.99 (equal to AOL), with BTYahoo 500 service coming
in at £26.99 (provided you pay by Direct Debit).
As for which is better ? Many will cite they are as bad as each other,
and offer other ISPs such as Eclipse, NDO, Plusnet et all. All of which
I think I would be right in saying offer cheaper 512 and 1Mbit
services (some drastically so if you dont mind being limited to a low
bandwidth cap).
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- Posted by Bob Eager on June 29th, 2004
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:00:22 UTC, "Jason" <joyentwistle@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
They are both quite expensive and there are better deals around (some
sub 20.00). Uses exactly the same line and hardware as BT do that bit
(and you may even be in an area where there are alternatives to that).
http://www.adslguide.org
will give you a nice list.
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- Posted by King Queen on June 29th, 2004
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:00:22 +0100, "Jason" <joyentwistle@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
Hi Jason,
Definitely definitely definitely avoid AOL like the plague. They muck
up the internet connection something chronic. I'd also definitely
avoid BT - they are overpriced and not brilliant.
Try looking at some alternatives. http://www.adslguide.org.uk is a
good place to look for them, it does an "ISP comparator" if I remember
correctly.
I do like Pipex though they have definitely had a few problems
recently. People also recommend Plus.net though they have also had a
few problems recently. (mind you every ISP must have at some point!)
AAIsp are reputed to be very helpful.
As I say avoid AOL definitely and BT (technically better but very
expensive) - then you pays your money and takes your pick.
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- Posted by Peter on June 29th, 2004
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:00:22 +0100, "Jason" <joyentwistle@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
Avoid Plusnet - they appear to have lost the plot.
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- Posted by ...Jerry... on June 29th, 2004
"Jason" <joyentwistle@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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A fair as I can work out between the two, with BT you get the 'internet',
with AOL you get what they think the 'internet' should be .....
- Posted by Ian Stirling on June 30th, 2004
Jason <joyentwistle@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ is probably the best place to check.
A while ago, I'd have recommended plusnet (http://www.plus.net/ if you decide
to go with them, then I'd appreciate you entering 'mauve' into the referrer
box) without hesitation.
At the moment, they are having a few problems with usenet, and are
attempting to get the servers working well, before upgrading them.
There have been a few other niggles, but in general nothing that's actually
caused me inconvenience.
- Posted by Jason on June 30th, 2004
"Jason" <joyentwistle@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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I can cancel anytime before I go live as it were. I will do that now. And
will have a look at adslguide.
Once again your advice is greatly appreciated
Jason
- Posted by Peter Crosland on June 30th, 2004
In what way? Having had their service since February it has been very good.
Yes there have been some problems many of them caused by external factors
not under their control. For example the DOS attack is something that can
happen to any ISP. Name another ISP that is so upfront with information. No
ISP is perfcet but many hide all the problems and tell you nothing. If you
want 100% perfection then you need to double or treble the cost that for
most people is not a reaslistic proposition.
- Posted by Jason on June 30th, 2004
"Jason" <joyentwistle@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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plus net you have to pay for them.
Thanks again
Jason
- Posted by Alec McKenzie on June 30th, 2004
"Jason" <joyentwistle@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
No provider offers truly free modem and activation. If they are not
charged for separately, the cost is embedded in the monthly fee (with a
minimum contract). So you are paying for them, month after month after
month . . .
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- Posted by Justin Johnson on June 30th, 2004
Other ISP's have redundancy.
- Posted by Steven Campbell on June 30th, 2004
"Alec McKenzie" <mckenzie@despammed.com> wrote in message
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Looking at the post "BT launches best ever value broadband with price cuts
of up to 25 per cent" it states that "All products will continue to offer
free connection and modem when purchased online" So I suppose they are
offering it free since you would pay for the modem if ordering over the
phone. But like you say, the cost has been included into the monthly figure.
Although free connection looks good.
I would say to the OP don't go with BT but hey I can't talk, I'm with
PlusNet ;o) (after the groups recommendations)
Steven.
- Posted by King Queen on June 30th, 2004
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 01:08:02 +0100, "Jason" <joyentwistle@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
Excellent news :-)
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- Posted by Peter Crosland on June 30th, 2004
Justin Johnson wrote:
As do Plusnet! All I am saying is that the price of perfection is
disproprtionately high. In the nine years I have been with other ISPs none
have provided any feedback or support that came anywhere near that from
PLusnet.
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- Posted by Sunil Sood on June 30th, 2004
"Jason" <joyentwistle@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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As the others have said you pay for it somewhere along the line..
Virgin(£24.99/month) do free activation and charge £9.99 for the modem..
which seems good value.
They also only have a 1 month contract.
Regards
Sunil
- Posted by Stormsinger on July 1st, 2004
"Jason" <joyentwistle@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Prodigynet seem pretty good - at around £20 a month with no cap they are good value
AFAICS.
One month contract, but its a £50 connection and you need ot buy your own modem.
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- Posted by Stormsinger on July 1st, 2004
King Queen <kq.lartsspammers@kingqueen.org.uk> wrote:
Hi King Queen,
Are you an ex-RHAnter by any chance? I remember you from the RHA news/moan group if
that's the case. (I posted there a lot - Andrew Sayers, but I'm using a net name ATM)
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- Posted by King Queen on July 1st, 2004
On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 22:40:22 +0100, Stormsinger
<trafficrealm@tiscali.net> wrote:
Hello, yes that's me!
Got shafted by RHA then I got shafted by VCISP. great eh!
Cheers
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