[Klug-general] ISPs

[Karl Buckland]

Yes, the new BE website looks hideous. The old one was quite nice, so
it's a shame. I've used Plus.net (who are fine), BE (who are good) and
I'm now on Sky Broadband. Sky do indeed allow pretty much anything and
it's dirt cheap if you have their TV already. The speeds and pings are
good, but you *have* to use their hardware according to the T&C's. I
know people have got away without using their hardware, but apparently
Sky will know when you phone them up as they can connect to your Sky
router.

As for Virgin Media, it seems to depend where abouts in the country
you are. If there's a lot of contention then the speeds are terrible,
if you're one of few users in your area then the speeds are great.
Although I know a lot of people get their connections throttled on
Virgin.

Karl Buckland


2009/7/31 MacGyveR <macgyver at thedumbterminal.co.uk>:
> On Thursday 30 Jul 2009, rich-ayres at tiscali.co.uk wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>        Since the takeover of tiscali by one2one I have noticed a
>> marked deterioration in service.
>> Thought about virgin  but one of their providers is tiscali and they
>> remained silent when I queried this Can Anybody recommend a good cheap
>> broadband provider Unlimited Slow download for preference. A Web search
>> came up with "Eclipse" which I have never heard of but seemed to fit my
>> requirements. Any body had any dealings with them?
>>           All suggestions  gratefully received
>>                                                 Rich
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> I would say go with Zen, not the cheapest but the support rocks. regarding the
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