Comparing these 6 ISP's....comments please?

I'm about to move back to my flat, I'm currently signed up with F2S and have
their 50gb a month, 23.99 8mb product(MAX). Will be leaving Broadband behind
here, so will be a new setup. Have all my own equipment.

I can't really complain about them, I mean, for me, it works. I am aware of
appalling customer service though.

I basically want the same sort of thing. I don't want FUP's, as I download a
fair bit. I want around the same price and MAX product.

I've found these 5 contenders and include F2S for comparison. Please can you
comment on any of the providers mentioned:

ISP Download Price
Eclipse 40gb 24.99
Zen 50gb 34.99 (bit too expensive)
AOL Unlimited? 29.99
IDNET 30 24.99
Nildram 50(peak) 25.99

There are probably others. I haven't looked at setup fees yet.

So any comments please? Or would staying with F2S be adequate? The Nildram
package looks attractive.

cheers

Found another one.....now including setup fees or not....

> I'm about to move back to my flat, I'm currently signed up with F2S and
> have their 50gb a month, 23.99 8mb product(MAX). Will be leaving Broadband
> behind here, so will be a new setup. Have all my own equipment.
>
> I can't really complain about them, I mean, for me, it works. I am aware
> of appalling customer service though.
>
> I basically want the same sort of thing. I don't want FUP's, as I download
> a fair bit. I want around the same price and MAX product.
>
> I've found these 6 contenders and include F2S for comparison. Please can
> you comment on any of the providers mentioned:
>
> ISP Download Price
F2S 50gb 23.99 - free setup if you stay
for 3 months
> Eclipse 40gb 24.99 - free setup on 12
> months,plus wireless router
> Zen 50gb 34.99 (bit too expensive)
> AOL Unlimited? 29.99 - free setup, free month, plus
> wireless, 12 month
> IDNET 30 24.99 - 47 quid setup
> Nildram 50(peak) 25.99 47 quid setup
BT 40 26.99 + lots of goodies by
the looks of it.....

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:03:25, Atropos wrote:

>I'm about to move back to my flat, I'm currently signed up with F2S and
>have their 50gb a month, 23.99 8mb product(MAX). Will be leaving
>Broadband behind here, so will be a new setup. Have all my own
>equipment.

How much do you actually download per month on average between the hours
of 08:00 and 18:00 Mon-Fri, and what is your total (download and upload)
traffic per month? A wise(ish) choice of ISP might vary greatly
depending on those figures alone, let alone any other parameters.


--
Jim Crowther. "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up , totally worn out and loudly proclaiming;
WOW!!! What a ride." "It's MY computer!" (tm SMG)

On 12 Oct 2006, "Atropos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I'm about to move back to my flat, I'm currently signed up with F2S and have
>their 50gb a month, 23.99 8mb product(MAX). Will be leaving Broadband behind
>here, so will be a new setup. Have all my own equipment.

>ISP Download Price
>Eclipse 40gb 24.99

Note that's in the "peak hours" of 1800-0000 so if you schedule traffic
flow to be outside those hours, you could go for a lower level anyway.

I'm on the 14.99/month account and whilst it gives lowest priority in
the scheme of things, I stream audio and video without problems and
do a fair bit of downloading too.

>AOL Unlimited? 29.99

Possibly the "unlimited" will be changed... you know that AOL UK is a
service "in the news" right now, don't you?

>Nildram 50(peak) 25.99

>So any comments please? Or would staying with F2S be adequate? The Nildram
>package looks attractive.

Also worth remembering that on Zen only downloads count while for most it
would be traffic in both directions.

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:03:25 +0100, "Atropos" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I'm about to move back to my flat, I'm currently signed up with F2S and have
>their 50gb a month, 23.99 8mb product(MAX). Will be leaving Broadband behind
>here, so will be a new setup. Have all my own equipment.
>
>I can't really complain about them, I mean, for me, it works. I am aware of
>appalling customer service though.
>
>I basically want the same sort of thing. I don't want FUP's, as I download a
>fair bit. I want around the same price and MAX product.
>
>I've found these 5 contenders and include F2S for comparison. Please can you
>comment on any of the providers mentioned:
>
>ISP Download Price
>Eclipse 40gb 24.99
>Zen 50gb 34.99 (bit too expensive)
>AOL Unlimited? 29.99

AOL is indeed unlimited. If you migrate with a MAC and an
AOL-supported modem/router you are not bound to their 12 months
contract and you don't get their wireless router.

http://info.aol.co.uk/broadband/swit...omoCode=228937

Their support phone line might be iffy.

You don't have to use their software if you don't want to

L

[L.]

"Jim Crowther" <Don'(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:03:25, Atropos wrote:
>
>>I'm about to move back to my flat, I'm currently signed up with F2S and
>>have their 50gb a month, 23.99 8mb product(MAX). Will be leaving Broadband
>>behind here, so will be a new setup. Have all my own equipment.
>
> How much do you actually download per month on average between the hours
> of 08:00 and 18:00 Mon-Fri, and what is your total (download and upload)
> traffic per month? A wise(ish) choice of ISP might vary greatly depending
> on those figures alone, let alone any other parameters.
>


Jim,

Actually I generally work 8:00-18:00 - so not alot goes on during the day. I
reckon I'm averaging around 30gb down a month. Like I said, prob from
18:00 - 7:00am.

> AOL is indeed unlimited. If you migrate with a MAC and an
> AOL-supported modem/router you are not bound to their 12 months
> contract and you don't get their wireless router.
>
> http://info.aol.co.uk/broadband/swit...omoCode=228937
>

I wanted to ask about this. I use Yahoo for my POP3 mail and I have my own
wireless router. So I wouldn't need AOL software?

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:07:33, Atropos wrote:

>
>"Jim Crowther" <Don'(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed). invalid...
>> On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:03:25, Atropos wrote:
>>
>>>I'm about to move back to my flat, I'm currently signed up with F2S and
>>>have their 50gb a month, 23.99 8mb product(MAX). Will be leaving Broadband
>>>behind here, so will be a new setup. Have all my own equipment.
>>
>> How much do you actually download per month on average between the hours
>> of 08:00 and 18:00 Mon-Fri, and what is your total (download and upload)
>> traffic per month? A wise(ish) choice of ISP might vary greatly depending
>> on those figures alone, let alone any other parameters.
[]

>Actually I generally work 8:00-18:00 - so not alot goes on during the day. I
>reckon I'm averaging around 30gb down a month. Like I said, prob from
>18:00 - 7:00am.

I'd expect A&A might suit you very well then, I'm on their GBP26.99 3GB
per month tariff (only downloads count, and only between the hours of
08:00 to 18:00 Mon-Fri) - but have had total traffic well over 100GB
some months. You're allowed to carry forward 10GB over the limit
anyway.

http://aa.nu

Also take a look at uk.net.providers.aaisp for a flavour of the support.

--
Jim Crowther. "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up , totally worn out and loudly proclaiming;
WOW!!! What a ride." "It's MY computer!" (tm SMG)

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:08:17 +0100, "Atropos" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
>> AOL is indeed unlimited. If you migrate with a MAC and an
>> AOL-supported modem/router you are not bound to their 12 months
>> contract and you don't get their wireless router.
>>
>> http://info.aol.co.uk/broadband/swit...omoCode=228937
>>
>
>I wanted to ask about this. I use Yahoo for my POP3 mail and I have my own
>wireless router. So I wouldn't need AOL software?
>
No you won't, unless you want to download some AOL-provided stuff, for
instance the free McAfee firewall, or you want to take advantage of
their content, music, video streams, etc.

If you want to switch over without entering in a 12-months contract,
specifically tell them that you do have an AOL-supported router (look
at which ones they support on their site). Also it is convenient if
the "screenname" you choose (AOL-speak for user ID) is shortish,
because that makes it easier to set up the router.

They (sensibily) block unauthenticated SMTP mail, so if you don't want
to use their SMTP servers, you must connect to your SMTP provider
using the authenticated SMTP port (can't remember which offhand).

Caveat, their tech support phone line is indeed all that is reputed to
be (or worse) but the connection is just fine.

If you decide to switch over, I _think_ you can get a 25 pounds cheque
if an existing AOL member recommends you. If you don't have an
existing AOL member friend handy, I can do that for you (aol at lorenz
dot co dot uk).

Lorenz

[L.]

On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:01:14 +0100, "[L.]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>If you decide to switch over, I _think_ you can get a 25 pounds cheque
>if an existing AOL member recommends you. If you don't have an

Just checked. Yes they do that. Offer valid until the end of the month
http://info.aol.co.uk/soaf/

and btw _in case_ you 1) want to go to AOL (which is being bought by
CPW) and 2) want an extra 25 quid but 3) you don't have an aol friend
handy, just send me an email on
aol at lorenz dot clara dot co dot uk
and I'll post you an AOL CD suitable for the 25quid offer
L.

[L.]