> On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 13:26 +0100, Pete Clarke wrote: >> > On 3 Aug 2005, at 12:35, michael wrote: >> > >> >> OFF TOPIC (not sure which is more appropriate list) >> >> >> >> I've moved house and need to get Broadband installed. I'll be >> >> running X >> >> from a remote site and it seems a 1Gb or 2Gb cap will be too >> >> restrictive. So any suggestions of uncapped (reliable) B'band ISPs in >> >> the UK - preferable at 1Mbs or higher. >> >> >> >> I considered Tiscali & NTL but then I saw too many negative reviews >> >> [NB: >> >> there's no cable in my street so it'd be NTL's freedom service and >> >> it's >> >> unclear which of NTL's services were being slated). The next best >> >> seems >> >> Tesco - uncapped but only 512Kbps... >> > >> > I was with PlusNet for 12 months until the end of June and I didn't >> > have any trouble at all from them. The only trouble I ever had was >> > caused by BT cutting the line for a few days... Static IP, uncapped, >> > with a range of available speeds. Note that you'll always only get >> > 256 Kbps upstream bandwidth unless you go for SDSL which is very >> > expensive. >> >> FWIW I can highly recommend Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.co.uk) - I have >> been with them for coming up to 2 years now, and have had zero problems >> with them. >> Their technical support staff are great - on the 2 occasions I have had >> to >> use it (both times it was BT's problem at the exchange end) I have found >> the staff extremely helpful, polite and knowledgable - they didn't get >> phased at all when I mentioned that I run Debian with many connections >> behind my router. >> The package is static IP, no ports blocked, no bandwidth limits with >> free >> webspace/email etc. - all in all I am more than happy with them. >> >> HTH. >> > > mmm their website says 1Gb per month max download (the 14.99 option)... > or are you talking about this 'FLEX' thing? > > Ta, Michael >
The FLEX thing ... I migrated from the 512k 20:1 contention product to the 1Mb FLEX broadband and have been getting consitant 115Kb/s download - very happy with it. The connection is shared amongst 5 of us (My wife, 3 of my kids and me) and we use a *lot* of bandwidth between us - so far there has been no complaints :-) Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]