Advice on Broadband provider

Hi

My exchange has finally hit the threshold for them to do the tests for
Broadband. I know it will still be a few months before we get it but I
thought I would start looking into service providers. My ISP at the moment
is BTOpenworld, but I have heard that the Broadband service is not so hot.

I would appreciate any advice and recommendations from those of you that
have first hand experience.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Angela

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 21:42:22 +0000 (UTC) and in article <bhbmvt$gqo$1
@titan.btinternet.com>, Angela Knight said...
: My exchange has finally hit the threshold for them to do the tests for
: Broadband. I know it will still be a few months before we get it but I
: thought I would start looking into service providers. My ISP at the moment
: is BTOpenworld, but I have heard that the Broadband service is not so hot.
:
: I would appreciate any advice and recommendations from those of you that
: have first hand experience.
:
Nildram, Zen, plus.net, Eclipse, Freedom2surf all offer very good,
reliable service.

--
chris

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:09:52 +0000 (UTC), "David Stimpson"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have BTOpenworld broadband and have found it to be fast and reliable. It
>has been a really good service IMO.
>
You haven't had the displeasure of talking to their "tech support" yet
then?

Andrew.

David Stimpson wrote:
> Hi Angela
>
> I have BTOpenworld broadband and have found it to be fast and reliable. It
> has been a really good service IMO.
>
> Dave
>
>
> "Angela Knight" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bhbmvt$gqo$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>Hi
>>
>>My exchange has finally hit the threshold for them to do the tests for
>>Broadband. I know it will still be a few months before we get it but I
>>thought I would start looking into service providers. My ISP at the
>
> moment
>
>>is BTOpenworld, but I have heard that the Broadband service is not so hot.
>>
>>I would appreciate any advice and recommendations from those of you that
>>have first hand experience.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any advice.
>>
>>Angela
>>
>>
>
>
>

have you had it longer than a week

Angela,

I have been with Freedom 2 surf for a year now and am very pleased
with the service too. The link speed is fine and I have not suffered
from any F2S related connection problems.

As long as you realise that their support is office hours only (you
won't need it!) then I recommend them totally.

Cheers
Paul

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:32:34 +0000 (UTC), "Angela Knight"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 21:42:22 +0000 (UTC) and in article <bhbmvt$gqo$1
>> @titan.btinternet.com>, Angela Knight said...
>> : My exchange has finally hit the threshold for them to do the tests for
>> : Broadband. I know it will still be a few months before we get it but I
>> : thought I would start looking into service providers. My ISP at the
>moment
>> : is BTOpenworld, but I have heard that the Broadband service is not so
>hot.
>> :
>> : I would appreciate any advice and recommendations from those of you that
>> : have first hand experience.
>> :
>> Nildram, Zen, plus.net, Eclipse, Freedom2surf all offer very good,
>> reliable service.
>>
>> --
>> chris
>
>Thanks for those Chris. I had looked at Freedom2surf before and liked it
>purely because of the amount of very simple info it gave which is pretty
>important to someone like me who is not a computer expert!! The other I
>have noticed is the price difference between some of these providers and
>BTopenworld. BTO have been pretty sporadic in their quality of service as
>an isp, so I think it is time for a change, and you can't beat honest advice
>from other users!
>
>Angela
>

> <aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:09:52 +0000 (UTC), "David Stimpson"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> I have BTOpenworld broadband and have found it to be fast and
>>> reliable. It has been a really good service IMO.
>>>
>> You haven't had the displeasure of talking to their "tech support"
>> yet then?
>
> What tech suppport? *grin*
>

You mean it's worse than NTL's 24hour service line, it's closed
between 20:00 & 08:00, believe it or believe it not...
--
B-)
Life is pain.....
Deal with it!!

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 00:00:50 +0100 and in article
<(E-Mail Removed)>, Paul Allaway said...
: I have been with Freedom 2 surf for a year now and am very pleased
: with the service too. The link speed is fine and I have not suffered
: from any F2S related connection problems.
:
Static IP as well, which for most on this ng is a must.

--
chris

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 00:18:29 +0100, chris <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Static IP as well, which for most on this ng is a must.

Why on earth is that a must for most people in this newsgroup?

Andrew.

<aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 00:18:29 +0100, chris <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Static IP as well, which for most on this ng is a must.
>
> Why on earth is that a must for most people in this newsgroup?
>

SMTP server, VPN, Web Server, Game Server etc

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 07:52:19 +0100, "David Cherry"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>SMTP server, VPN, Web Server, Game Server etc
>
I know what static IP is useful for, I have one myself, but I would
doubt the majorty of people in this group are hosting servers.

Andrew.