Kevin Carmody wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> It's getting to that time of year when I have to think about who my
> new home broadband supplier will be and I thought I'd ask if you lot
> have any suggestions.
>
> This past year we've been living in St Clements and have used BT,
> which frankly is just shocking. I see little point in saving a pund a
> month if I can't use the thing. This year we're going to be living in
> the lower half of Morrell Ave (not sure how much difference that's
> going to make). Obviously we're still students so we can't afford to
> pay loads of money, but as students it also means we have high demands
> from the net; file shaing, gaming, etc, so traffic shaping is a big no
> no. I'd also quite like a static IP (I noticed Madasafish offer them
> for 'free'), though I'm fine to still use dynamic dns if that doesn't
> work out. The other important thing is that it still works during the
> day, which BT and Sky (the house I'm dosing in at thee moment) are
> both useless for.
>
> So, anyone had a fantastic experience with an ISP? Are there any that
> I should do my damnedest to avoid? What does OxLug think?
I have heard Good Things about Be [0] - I don't have any experience with
them as yet, but they are top of the list for the house I'm about to
move in to this week (assuming we're close enough to the exchange, of
course - the estate agent has yet to get back to me with the phone
number, so I foresee some unconnected time :().
They seem to tick all the right boxes for what you want, anyway (and it
is rumoured that they have tech support people with Clue). I would just
add that you really want to steer well (multiple bargepole distance)
clear of NTL/Virgin/whatever they call themselves these days - if you
don't watch your uploads during the evenings, ping times can get to
~10s. That from (painful) personal experience.
Others may have personal experience that trumps my second-hand
information, mind.
Michael
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https://www.bethere.co.uk/homebroadband.do
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