I am currently paying around £60 a month for my phone bill and internet on BT.
It works out about £25 for unlimited internet (2mbs) and £30 for line rental and £5 worth of actual call charges. So, I will be switching shortly, but would like suggestions for a decent ISP, whats your internet set up b3ta?

I'm thinking about https://www.bethere.co.uk/homebroadband.do sounds pretty good.
( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:07, archived)

I had no problems with sky in manchester.
It's shit here though.
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:08, archived)

this^
although I have 250 channels
AND THERE'S STILL FUCK ALL TO WATCH!
( Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:27, archived)

watch less, then there's lots to watch

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:44, archived)

I thought virgin were fantastic where I was,
but a lot of people have bad stories about it. So I guess ask someone in your area.

Sky's quite good apparently too.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:08, archived)

Been with Sky before, didn't get on with their internet too well & Virgin packet shape.

( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:12, archived)

This one's a dog, this is a boat, this is a dinosaur!

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:18, archived)

Sounds alright to me.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:19, archived)

I heard your mum pays them to shape them into dicks and puts the cable up her bum


I didn't really
( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:38, archived)

Virgin are reliable, but they packet shape like a bored potter.
They've also signed up for that big brother-esque thing of which the name of I forget..
( Jenk Neptune is a pedant and now I can't fit my sig in, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:26, archived)

How many lines?

( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:09, archived)

n m
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:09, archived)

There's a serious point to my question but only you (taking the piss) have paid any attention to it.
I guess I'm grateful to you.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:22, archived)

prob safe to assume only the one..

( Jenk Neptune is a pedant and now I can't fit my sig in, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:27, archived)

£30/month sounds too much for just one domestic line.
It sounds a lot for a business line.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:29, archived)

i think i pay far too much for internet
i can't remember how much too much though, hope that helps


Edit: the service is pretty good though, virgin media
( well, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:09, archived)

no its not
virgin are shit. nothing you can say will change this fact.
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:10, archived)

considering i'd never let you into my house if i had any choice in the matter
i don't you think you're in much of a position to comment on the quality of the service i'm receiving really
( well, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:12, archived)

seeing as i was a virgin customer since the days when they were cable london,
i think i have a pretty good idea of how they work. you egotistical supercillous prick.
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:13, archived)

cheer up az!
have some drugs
( moohalaa, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:39, archived)

www.bethere.co.uk

/thread
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:09, archived)

Ahh, see the edit. Is it worth it? It looks pretty good from the site. Reading the Fair Use policy now.

( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:10, archived)

i love it.
no capping, superfast, good customer support. i only have the value package (8mb down, 1.3 up) but i have no complaints at this end..
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:11, archived)

What if it's not available in your area?
I'm not moving.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:16, archived)

then you should live somewhere decent.

( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:18, archived)

sorry, I fell asleep in the middle

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:10, archived)

clearly you've more stamina than me
( vladimir, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:20, archived)

I'm with Be's 24mb thingumy,
haven't had any serious problems with them. Seems like pretty good value to me, and they're easy enough to contact.
( my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:11, archived)

Well, I'm thinking you an Azrael are on to something and I'm looking into it harder - but being 0.6miles from the exchange
I have no idea if its worth getting the 24bm package, because I'm on BT 2mbs but only reach about 250k d/l
( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:14, archived)

That sounds about right dewd.
Don't think a 2mb connection means you can download at 2mb/s. Could be talking shit though.
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:16, archived)

be use much less users per line than BT do, so there is less line congestion.
get the 8mb one for now, and if its running at the right speed, you can always upgrade it later..

edit: just re read that.. 250k/s is about right for a 2mb line mate..
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:16, archived)

Figured it would be. What am I likely to be reaching at a 24mb / 8mb connection?

( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:18, archived)

I imagine it'd be about 2.4mb/s for 24 and 800kb/s for 8.
It's usually about a tenth.
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:20, archived)

Okay, cheers :)

( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:26, archived)

1 megabit = 125kilobytes..
x8 x24.. *grin*
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:20, archived)

I seem to be getting 7.2Mbps down and 1.1 up at the moment.
It's been faster than that at other times. Not sure how far I am from the exchange, how do I find out?
( my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:18, archived)

Go here, type in phonenumber / postcode on the right hand side:
https://www.bethere.co.uk/homebroadband.do
( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:18, archived)

That doesn't tell you the distance to the exchange.
It just guesses some shit. They reckon I can get 11mb's but it's basically wrong.
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:24, archived)

I'm about a km away

( my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:26, archived)

Go to the white socket and follow the wire.
You may need to do a bit of digging.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:18, archived)

I think BT have some sort of application for finding out your nearest exchange.

( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:19, archived)

They're racists dewd.
Free 24/7 customer support - talk to intelligent folk who can help you out with any little niggles any time you need
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:11, archived)

this thread is relevant to my interests

( weaver., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:12, archived)

hmm
which one should i go for? www.top10-broadband.co.uk/check/?postcode=LN1+1SL&phone=
( weaver., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:43, archived)

if you have cable, get it from your cable provider
if not, get it from whoever provides your phone line

if you don't, you'll just be buying a product from someone who, in turn, is buying it from whoever provides your cable or your phone line.

although £30 sound a bit steep for phone rental, get your phone of someone else and keep your intertubes with BT.

those small tubes get clogged easily and it's a lot harder for smaller ISPs to do anything about it.

I work for a smaller ISP and I'm fucking ashamed of the tube we're whoring
( VampireMonkeyOnSpeed a super sexy sexual sex terrorist sex, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:12, archived)

Aye, but when it comes to BT, one word puts me right off.
Phorm.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:15, archived)

Sky packet shape, Virgin have their own traffic monitoring systems, they're all as bad really.

( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:16, archived)

We've got the highest package from them
Can't see any evidence of it so far.

But if they're using Ellacoyas to traffic shape I wouldn't be surprised.

PlusNet have been doing it for years.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:27, archived)

virgin do packet shaping and throttling.
the only reason you dont notice it is because the higher your package, the more leeway they give you before they fuck you up.
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:33, archived)

Well, I can basically save about £40 a month by changing my internets and changing my phoneline to incoming only-
as, you see, the line rental is 5 times more than i spend using the landline. I have a mobile for that.
( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:15, archived)

I had Metronet and 02
and both were good. I moved to 02 soley on price. I used my own router though as their (Thompson?) one could accept certain packets from them and my tinfoil hat dosn't like unknown connections coming and going as they please on my line.
(thediscokingpin, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:15, archived)

Get a housemate with business broadband
download loads of horse porn and get him fired, it's what I'm doing.
( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:18, archived)

what sort of horses?

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:24, archived)

shetlands.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:37, archived)

.
we have Karoo, because there's hardly any choice of other companies in this area
(Usernameless Wooh, scary. Not really., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:19, archived)

Royal Mail. Seriously.

( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:23, archived)

when you send an e-mail,
do you have to put a stamp on it?
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:24, archived)

On every packet.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:37, archived)

Orange
8Mb, but cause im far from the exchange i only get 5Mb running a simple test only i got download speed of 3.7Mb.
The live box comes in handy for free home, orange mobile networks and certain 0800 numbers. line rental gets paid too which works out only £25 a month

pure ning
(smathels left-wing not feckin' chicken wing, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 18:48, archived)

paedophile

( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 19:01, archived)