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Started by chrisdicko, August 16, 2007, 22:55:19 PM

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chrisdicko

Have ISPs all started capping a lot now??

I signed up about 9 months ago to Toucan.....who arent too bad. The downloads arent the fastest, but cant complain really.

My friend is wanting to get broadband, and wants to spend as little as he can as he isnt too rich tbh, would like upto 8meg, and unlimited.....or summat like 20Gb a month, as he deffo wont go above that!!

Is there many knocking about at less that £15 with no activation fee??

Cheers

Leon

More or less all the fair use policies are around 40gb a month which isnt bad at all. Ive been fairly impressed with talktalk (esp as its free) can be a right pain to get setup but once its up and working havent had a problem... they dont seem to inforce their fair use either
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Beaker

Quote from: DoomsMore or less all the fair use policies are around 40gb a month which isnt bad at all. Ive been fairly impressed with talktalk (esp as its free) can be a right pain to get setup but once its up and working havent had a problem... they dont seem to inforce their fair use either

ive just got a job with CPW in the Geek Squad.  They share the same building, and one of the guys who interviewed me was a TalkTalk team leader.  They are going to be enforcing the limits pretty soon, hes on Be Unlimited, that says something....

Mark

fast4? no contract, no cap, up to 8 meg and £16 pm

chrisdicko

Cheers for the replies guys.

For some reason my mate has just gone for Virgin up to 8meg. Not really sure, as it isnt that cheap and im not sure about the service etc really.

chrisdicko

Anyone got any new recommendations??

Just Ive moved in to my new flat now, and got a land line set up..........I do want CHEAP really, as im going to be poor from now on.

TalkTalk does look the cheapest, as do they take over the line rental from BT, then you pay £6 odd for some phone package, and you get the broadband for free???

I dont mind a 40Gb limit to be honest, as I dont download anywhere near that much! Although, with the phone package from talktalk, I dont need that, as I wont be using the phone. Although, suppose you could say thats £6 for broadband really couldnt you.

Cheers.

Quixoticish

Edit : nevermind, answered the wrong question.

chrisdicko

hmmm, just was looking at the ordering page for talktalk to see what the score was, and it seems that broadband isnt free.....its £15 on the order page!!

Also, says I can only get up to 2meg, which is crap, as I know it is up to 8meg


Beaker

*chuckle*

dont get the wireless setup if you do go with talktalk, and be aware, the Ecolife router is a repackaged speedtouch with different firmware.  Ive been having to set them up all f**king week!

chrisdicko

For that price, I dont think im going to go with them anyway! If the braodband was free I would have, but Id rather go with a different company if im paying £15-£20 for broadband.

Beaker

Be are doing 8Mb, actually unlimited for £14 per month.  I would offer a referrer code, but it seems you have to attract users onto the same tariff you are on :(

chrisdicko

I cant get Be where I live :(

Beaker

Quote from: chrisdickoI cant get Be where I live :(

have you used samknows to check what else you can have?

M3ta7h3ad

virgin cable... my god 20mbit its lush. :) £29 a month online price.

chrisdicko