Derrick Fawsitt <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:A3pAu$APtuDDFws+@fitzwilliamonline.com:
> I am currently on PlusNet Broadband Home Lite 2Mb 20:1 variant with
> included 3GB bandwidth £26.99 (monthly) and because of the changes
> lately with their offers, i.e. offering me 20:1 for an extra £10, (which
> I accepted), and now future cut-offs if inactive for 30mins, I am not
> sure if i am getting a good deal. I am not as "clued-in" to the best
> offers and service available from ISPs as some in this NG and find the
> website somewhat difficult to make comparisons so I would be grateful
> for any advice in this matter as I never originally intended to spend
> more than £20 a month.
You need to decide what you want: is the 20:1 contention important, or is
the bandwidth important, or both? You could use ten times the bandwidth for
£14.99 a month on Broadband Plus, but you would have 50:1 contention and a
very slow (as in "sub-dialup speed" at times) Usenet connection.
There are plenty of ISPs offering stuff for 20-30 quid a month, but you
need to decide what features you want. For instance some exclude newsgroups
(Demon's £20/month package is like that IIRC). Similarly some offer a lot
of webspace or infinite emails with your own subdomain, others offer a
pittance in those departments or a domain name you have to share with
100,000 other customers (BT being an example of this). It's in areas like
this that many ISPs differentiate themselves and where you can eliminate
most of them immediately if you have a specific requirement.
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