512 to 1mb at a competitive price

I am currently with PlusNet's 512 ADSL for approx. £24 for one year,
this of course included the modem etc., I would now like to upgrade to
1mb service which up to now means a jump of approx. £10. I have recently
been attracted by adds that "seem" to suggest 1mb "from" the price I am
now paying for 512, yet when you open the site up it suddenly is the
same pricing as it always was, (excuse the grammar). Am I imagining
this, if so I will seriously examine my state of mind, but I am almost
certain I got the impression that ADSL has come down, yes, no?
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Derrick Fawsitt

"Derrick Fawsitt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am currently with PlusNet's 512 ADSL for approx. £24 for one year, this
>of course included the modem etc., I would now like to upgrade to 1mb
>service which up to now means a jump of approx. £10. I have recently been
>attracted by adds that "seem" to suggest 1mb "from" the price I am now
>paying for 512, yet when you open the site up it suddenly is the same
>pricing as it always was, (excuse the grammar). Am I imagining this, if so
>I will seriously examine my state of mind, but I am almost certain I got
>the impression that ADSL has come down, yes, no?

Prices have come down but many of the companies who now offer 1MB packages
"from" the price that the used to offer 512K ones - impose monthly bandwidth
restrictions on the amount you can download on the cheapest accounts.

The 512K products at that price are/were uncapped.

Regards
Sunil

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Sunil Sood
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>
>"Derrick Fawsitt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:4adI6eA$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I am currently with PlusNet's 512 ADSL for approx. £24 for one year, this
>>of course included the modem etc., I would now like to upgrade to 1mb
>>service which up to now means a jump of approx. £10. I have recently been
>>attracted by adds that "seem" to suggest 1mb "from" the price I am now
>>paying for 512, yet when you open the site up it suddenly is the same
>>pricing as it always was, (excuse the grammar). Am I imagining this, if so
>>I will seriously examine my state of mind, but I am almost certain I got
>>the impression that ADSL has come down, yes, no?
>
>Prices have come down but many of the companies who now offer 1MB packages
>"from" the price that the used to offer 512K ones - impose monthly bandwidth
>restrictions on the amount you can download on the cheapest accounts.
>
>The 512K products at that price are/were uncapped.
>
>Regards
>Sunil
>
>
I know, I have just read about Wanadoo's offer here in the UK shortly
after I posted to this NG. I live in hope we get an unrestricted service
of 1mb from some ISP shortly.
Regards,

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Derrick Fawsitt

"Derrick Fawsitt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I know, I have just read about Wanadoo's offer here in the UK shortly
> after I posted to this NG. I live in hope we get an unrestricted service
> of 1mb from some ISP shortly.

There are ISP's which offer unrestricted 1MB services (most of them) - its
just a question of price:

Have a look at:

AOL
Bulldog
http://www.hi-velocity.it/
Metronet
Plusnet

All of which should be under £30 for unrestricted 1MB lines

Also have a look through http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ (i.e. some Bulldog
customers seem to be having problems atm)

Regards
Sunil

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 01:02:25 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband,
"Sunil Sood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Metronet
>Plusnet

>All of which should be under £30 for unrestricted 1MB lines

from a recent post I made, when someone asked about uncapped.
I didn't include AOL, Bulldog or the other in your list.

** 21.50 ~ 2 GB on 1000 kbps MetroNet PayGo1000
** 23.99 2 GB on 1000 kbps PlusNet
** 24.50 ~ 3 GB on 1000 kbps MetroNet PayGo1000
** 26.99 4 GB on 1000 kbps PlusNet

** 28.75 UNLIMITED on 1000 kbps MetroNet
** 28.99 2 GB on 1000 kbps Pipex

** 29.99 UNLIMITED on 1000 kbps PlusNet
** 29.99 30 GB on 1000 kbps BT Yahoo

** 33.99 UNLIMITED on 1000 kbps Pipex
** 34.99 30 GB on 1000 kbps Wanadoo

For someone wanting higher speed, but possibly working away from
home some of the time, or even hammering their connection, MetroNet
seems a very competitive product. Not so good a deal at 500 kbps but
for 1000 or 2000 it is definitely worth looking at. Peter M.

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PlusNet <http://tinyurl.com/24ymz> - I recommend them and save some cash.

"Sunil Sood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Derrick Fawsitt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I know, I have just read about Wanadoo's offer here in the UK shortly
> > after I posted to this NG. I live in hope we get an unrestricted service
> > of 1mb from some ISP shortly.
>
> There are ISP's which offer unrestricted 1MB services (most of them) - its
> just a question of price:
>
> Have a look at:
>
> AOL
> Bulldog
> http://www.hi-velocity.it/
> Metronet
> Plusnet
>
> All of which should be under £30 for unrestricted 1MB lines
>
> Also have a look through http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ (i.e. some Bulldog
> customers seem to be having problems atm)

Sunil, I think we are getting to a phrase of internet where most, if not all
companies will have a cap. Do you think in 5 years there will be any uncapped
services left? Apart from the ones for a higher premium?
Once one company does it and gets away with it, they will all see that capped
service is the best thing (for the companies, not the customer I must add).

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:24:18 +0100, poster <us-(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I didn't include AOL, Bulldog or the other in your list.

Freedom2Surf £14.99/mo inc VAT for 1Mbit/s inc 1 GB/month or £19.99
inc 3 GB then £2.99 per GB and no metering 0100-0600

Phil
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:07:54 +0100 and in article
<(E-Mail Removed)>, Phil Thompson said...
: On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:24:18 +0100, poster <us-(E-Mail Removed)>
: wrote:
:
: >I didn't include AOL, Bulldog or the other in your list.
:
: Freedom2Surf £14.99/mo inc VAT for 1Mbit/s inc 1 GB/month or £19.99
: inc 3 GB then £2.99 per GB and no metering 0100-0600
:
Thought it was 5gb?
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chris

"Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:24:18 +0100, poster <us-(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >I didn't include AOL, Bulldog or the other in your list.
>
> Freedom2Surf £14.99/mo inc VAT for 1Mbit/s inc 1 GB/month or £19.99
> inc 3 GB then £2.99 per GB and no metering 0100-0600

It's 5GB for £19.99

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:33:45 +0100, "Justin Johnson"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> Freedom2Surf £14.99/mo inc VAT for 1Mbit/s inc 1 GB/month or £19.99
>> inc 3 GB then £2.99 per GB and no metering 0100-0600
>
>It's 5GB for £19.99

yes, typo - sorry.

Phil
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