Opinions of best ADSL provider?

I'd be interested in peoples recommendations for the best ADSL provider to
sign up with.

I'm about to move house, so will be leaving Pipex behind after 4 years -
although I can't fault them (I'm sure others can) I am not sure whether I
want Pipex at the new house, complete with new 12 month contract.

Basically - I can only get 1Mbps at my current house, but line checkers say
I should be able to get 4Mbps at the new house (same exchange, just 1 mile
nearer to it) so I assume a MAX product is what I need to consider?

I don't use P2P or torrents etc, but I download binaries from usenet - I
estimate about 20Gb a month, and mainly at peak times or overnight.

I use my own Wireless modem/router, so I'd prefer not to have to use
someone's dedicated equipment.

I don't need Newsgroups (already pay extra for that) but I do need at least
3 POP accounts, but don't need webspace.

Tiscali looked good on price, but I understand their Fair Use Policy
throttles anyone who downloads more than 1Gb at any peak time (which I could
easily do). Pipex Max looked good, but at £24.99 is over £2 more than I'm
paying at present. I'd go for Sky Broadband Mid (or Max), because it could
be £5-£10 a month but I have heard *nothing* good about the service, and I
don't necessarily want to use their router.

What else is there?

Cheers,
D.

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:07:45 UTC, "David Wright"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I don't use P2P or torrents etc, but I download binaries from usenet - I
> estimate about 20Gb a month, and mainly at peak times or overnight.

Please define what you mean by 'peak times', as it varies for different
people.

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On 2 Nov 2006, "David Wright" wrote:

>What else is there?

Have a look at the ratings page on www.dslzoneuk.net I'm actually very
happy with Eclipse, despite them being listed down in the dumps with TT
and Tiscali... I'm only paying 14.99/month and download quite a lot,
but mostly from 0000-1800, ie outside 'peak hours' of 1800-0000 which
for my account (Evolution level 1) is 20 GB/month. In theory the speed
is hit by others getting better priority, but I download off Usenet and
torrents (VMware, etc, sometimes up to 3 GB per item) and use VNC and
other remote control software too, so my traffic probably exceeds 20
GB a month, most months, and is probably up to 50 GB sometimes. But
they would not interest you as there's likely to be a 12 month minimum
for a new customer. Various other ISPs seem to get mixed reviews - they
initially get a lot of praise but then some of the heaviest users give
them the thumbs down, and so it seems to me for Eclipse, but the price
is right and the service seems fine to me.

> Please define what you mean by 'peak times', as it varies for different
> people.
>

Sure - normally the connection is in use 6pm-11pm - weekdays and weekends.

Although normally, for larger downloads, I set them going overnight - but
that can be from 10pm onwards which may still class as some ISP's peak time.

D.

> Have a look at the ratings page on www.dslzoneuk.net

Thanks for that link - a new one to me. A lot of people seem to be keen on
the Entanet products, particularly via UKFSN http://www.ukfsn.org/ - does
anyone have any experience of this?

I quite like the idea of their ADSL Max Allowance service at £19.99 with
30Gb of peak time and 300Gb of off-peak downloads a month - and that the
minimum contract period is just 1 month. Static IP is nice too.

The only downside, as they are resellers - it all looks a bit, well,
amateurish - no glossy website or bells and whistles, and one wonders if
that is representative of the service you might expect..? Or, worse case
scenario, the reseller, or the main company behind the connection, go bust -
as is not unknown of ISP's in this day and age..

D.

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 14:16:39 UTC, "David Wright"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> > Please define what you mean by 'peak times', as it varies for different
> > people.
> >
>
> Sure - normally the connection is in use 6pm-11pm - weekdays and weekends.
>
> Although normally, for larger downloads, I set them going overnight - but
> that can be from 10pm onwards which may still class as some ISP's peak time.

Then look at AAISP, who have no limits except 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on
weekdays, and none at weekends. Even the 18.99 package will probably
suit.

http://aa.nu
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On 2 Nov 2006, "David Wright" wrote:

>The only downside, as they are resellers - it all looks a bit, well,
>amateurish - no glossy website or bells and whistles, and one wonders if
>that is representative of the service you might expect..? Or, worse case
>scenario, the reseller, or the main company behind the connection, go bust -
>as is not unknown of ISP's in this day and age..

I think the KISS approach is sometimes better than a fancy flashy website
of the 'fur coat and no knickers' variety... I know past users of UKFSN
(when they were reselling another service) and there were no problems.

You might find posts from Jason Clifford in alt.internet.providers.uk or
uk.net.providers (and as UKFSN on www.ADSLguide.org.uk where there is a
discussion area for EntaNet, I think).

EntaNet doesn't sell direct, but in most cases billing is handled direct
(with commission being passed on, and in the case of UKFSN that's then
passed on again to open source projects, I think). Hopefully, you'll
give them another look, and not be put off by first view of a site.

David Wright <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > Have a look at the ratings page on www.dslzoneuk.net
>
> Thanks for that link - a new one to me. A lot of people seem to be keen on
> the Entanet products, particularly via UKFSN http://www.ukfsn.org/ - does
> anyone have any experience of this?
>
I use UKFSN since I left Metronet (when they were taken over by
PlusNet), so far service has been good to excellent.

> I quite like the idea of their ADSL Max Allowance service at ?19.99 with
> 30Gb of peak time and 300Gb of off-peak downloads a month - and that the
> minimum contract period is just 1 month. Static IP is nice too.
>
That's the deal I'm on.

> The only downside, as they are resellers - it all looks a bit, well,
> amateurish - no glossy website or bells and whistles, and one wonders if
> that is representative of the service you might expect..? Or, worse case
> scenario, the reseller, or the main company behind the connection, go bust -
> as is not unknown of ISP's in this day and age..
>
Depends what you want, Jason who runs UKFSN is very responsive to
queries in my experience and there is a UKFSN users mailing list where
he takes an active part.

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Chris Green

"David Wright" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'd be interested in peoples recommendations for the best ADSL provider to
> sign up with.
>
> I'm about to move house, so will be leaving Pipex behind after 4 years -
> although I can't fault them (I'm sure others can) I am not sure whether I
> want Pipex at the new house, complete with new 12 month contract.
>
> Basically - I can only get 1Mbps at my current house, but line checkers
> say I should be able to get 4Mbps at the new house (same exchange, just 1
> mile nearer to it) so I assume a MAX product is what I need to consider?
>
> I don't use P2P or torrents etc, but I download binaries from usenet - I
> estimate about 20Gb a month, and mainly at peak times or overnight.
>
> I use my own Wireless modem/router, so I'd prefer not to have to use
> someone's dedicated equipment.
>
> I don't need Newsgroups (already pay extra for that) but I do need at
> least 3 POP accounts, but don't need webspace.
>
> Tiscali looked good on price, but I understand their Fair Use Policy
> throttles anyone who downloads more than 1Gb at any peak time (which I
> could easily do). Pipex Max looked good, but at £24.99 is over £2 more
> than I'm paying at present. I'd go for Sky Broadband Mid (or Max), because
> it could be £5-£10 a month but I have heard *nothing* good about the
> service, and I don't necessarily want to use their router.
>
> What else is there?
>
> Cheers,
> D.
>

Guess they don't provide a free moving home option?

Zen internet do.

Zen Internet has launched ZenADSL Move making it easier for you to transfer
your ADSL connection when you move house or business premises.We are
offering to ease the hassle of moving premises for loyal customers by
waiving the £40* activation fee normally required to set up new ZenADSL
accounts.

- there is a limit of one ZenADSL Move order per customer within a 6 month
period.


- the ZenADSL Move service is purely for a move of physical premises
(including flats/apartments). The ZenADSL Move service does not include
transferring services between different telephone lines in the same
property.






For more information on ZenADSL Move visit
http://zenbroadband.com/zenbroadband.aspx?page=494


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"David Wright" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
:> Have a look at the ratings page on www.dslzoneuk.net
:
: Thanks for that link - a new one to me. A lot of people seem to be keen on
: the Entanet products, particularly via UKFSN http://www.ukfsn.org/ - does
: anyone have any experience of this?
:
: I quite like the idea of their ADSL Max Allowance service at £19.99 with
: 30Gb of peak time and 300Gb of off-peak downloads a month - and that the
: minimum contract period is just 1 month. Static IP is nice too.


It maybe me but can find this deal on the site http://www.ukfsn.org/ ?


Chris