I use the Telewest 4mbit service (which started off at 512k 5 years
ago!) for £25 a month. My experience of UK ADSL connections is that
they're slightly slower at the same 'rated speed' due to PPPoE
overhead, more of a pain in the neck to set up (again due to PPPoE/
PPPoA) and less reliable (my cable connection has spent a couple of
hours offline in total over the last 5 years). Some of the DSL ISPs
are cheaper than Telewest for faster/same speed connections, but
watch out for bandwidth caps. They're a lot easier to hit than you
might think, and you could end up either paying a lot for the
privilege or being offline until the start of the next billing cycle.
The 384kbit upload on Telewest is a nice bonus too. A lot of the DSL
connections I've seen at 2-8mbit down only have a 256kbit upstream,
but that does vary a lot from ISP to ISP. Telewest also seem
committed to keeping the connections good value for money - a couple
of years ago the connection was bumped to 768/128kbit, then 1mbit/
128kbit a year later, and now 4mbit/384kbit all at no extra cost, and
I guess they will continues to do the same in the future to remain
cost competitive with new deals on other ISPs. To get the equivalent
with most DSL ISPs, you'd have to cancel the contract at the end of
the year and then take up the service again (since they only give
faster connections to 'new' customers).
Jason Mayfield-Lewis
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On 19 Jan 2006, at 11:03 AM, nhc_design2004 wrote:
Hi everyone
Can anyone recommend a small business/work from home broadband
package?
What are your experiences?
I am in a major connurbation, my BT exchange has ADSL and I am in a
Telewest
area for cable.
I must emphasise that I am looking for business use rather than
consumer but
a fairly basic package not more than 2 Meg.
TIA
Nick
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