Hi all,

About time the Nursing Home here got Broadband

Now, I've been offered (as a VERY special customer ) a Broadband deal from BTInternet and it goes like this:-

For an EXTRA £2 a month they will move me onto the broadband package (500k) until 1st May 2005 (thats £15:99 a month).

Then, I get a choice:- either stay with the 500k package and pay £27/month 15Gb limit

or

take the £15:99 package which is 150k - limited to 1Gb download limit

I know that BT is probably the most expensive, but, it 'seems' a good deal (no start-up costs involved) the only condition I see is that the contract runs for 12 months.

Should I go for it, or are you all about to tell me there is a 1Gb package out there that is much better all-round?

Your thoughts - oh, wise ones?

Pete

 

Pete give me a call sometime I have a spare adsl modem so you could shop arround for a better deal.

 

try here amigo:
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/

its more than just about speed - consider bandwidth limit and contention ratio.

i am currently with bt (1.1mb line) and have been since april (was with ntl broadband before that). i have been happy with them so far, but i am locked in for 12 months. when it comes to renewal i will be changing tho simply because they've got bandwidth limits which i struggle to keep within (downloading linux distros).

 

I have only ever had one broadband ISP and so can't compare. What I can say is that I am with Zen and they have given me excellent service for quite a few years now, I was the first ADSL line on my local exchange almost the day it was enabled! They give static IP addresses etc. if that is important and everyone seems to praise their customer support. I've never had any problems with contention, always seeing the full 512mb/s minus a small amount for overheads, and no limits on my downloads. They also do a monthly contract and all at a reasonable price.

Like I say I can't compare but I've been with them almost since the start of broadband and they have always been great. I now have quite a few friends with them and have never heard complaints from any of them either.

 

NTL have a similair offer on first 3 months, then.....
Broadband services are charged at standard costs (300K = £17.99; 750K = £24.99; 1.5Mb = £37.99).
Not much difference really Pete.

 

http://www.plus.net/products/residential/broadbandhome/

Worth a look Pete but not sure on pensioner discounts?

David

Are you sure you should be considering annual rather than monthly in your erm circumstances??

 

Pete. 1 Gig is just about 2 **** films.

Are you sure that's enough?

 

Dont forget granny **** is shorter,then cant keep it up for so long...

 

I'm with Wanadoo, which seems fine for the little i use the computer.

Blue Yonder were advertising what seemed a good deal on TV earlier today.

http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyond...bbs_evenfaster

 

Pete you old skinflint!!!

tesco,s £17.99 per month 512k connection (max) no monthly limits!!!!

and before any in the know start spouting you can get higher connection speeds, yes i know, but do you know where petes exchange is in relation to him!!!

therfore 512k should be taken as best!!

Mart

 

Pete,

I went for it.

Tbh I think the 150 will do me come May.
The 512 is good, I will give them that but tbh I dont think I will stick with it @ £27 as I have no need for speed or download but the freeing up of the phone line and that wee bit extra for £2 pm seems good to me. At the end of the 12 months I will review the connections with other ISP's.
So far so good with it. everything happened on time and a couple of calls from BT to see if it was to my liking.

Paul.

ps, my connection used to be around 47kbps and I am now running 576kbps

 

Paul, you have PM !!

Pete

 

back at you Pete

 

And back again Paul ...... you now have a stalker my friend!!

Pete

 

I am affraid !! Very affraid !

 

I can tell ............................ you're 2 'f'ing fraid!! (AFRAID!)

Pete

 

any one who wants to speed there conection and download speed download a program called cablenut.http://www.cablenut.com/ sends ur speed thru the roof.

 

lol ! I was going to add to that post to say "and please dont comment on my spelling and the grammatical content in my PM's" The irony of it all