I second the praises to Telewest. I'm with them since less than a year, and my monthly £14.99 fee has bought me 256kb, bumped to 512kb in May and to 2Mb just recently. This is all uncapped. There was also no installation fee and techs/engineers followed to the line all my instructions for installation (to minimise impact on the house). No setup was necessary, just plugged my router to their cable-modem and I was up and running. I've come across no more than a couple of hours downtime durign this year, in a single instance.
Support line is 'manned', you actually talk to people, they are kind, useful and do know what a mac is. That's my experience. cheers, gianfranco > 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be free. > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > -- Lust, ein paar Euro nebenbei zu verdienen? Ohne Kosten, ohne Risiko! Satte Provisionen für GMX Partner: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/partner -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
