BROADBAND who has found the cheapest?
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BROADBAND who has found the cheapest?
So who has found the cheapest?
BT has it's offer of a free connection and device extended to the end of August. All for £29 a month.
Pipex are offering £23 a month but with a £50 connection charge and a device charge.
There is one that is £14 a month. Bit obscure but the device and connection fees are high.
Freeserve - maybe, etc., etc.,
I imagine that the costs will fall rapidly now the Ombudsman has told BT to release their broadband system to private companies. How long will that take?
My current situation is that I have 2 BT lines which I rent. £32 each per quarter. NTL charge me £15 per month but I can have £15 worth of phone calls with that! So a total charge of £77 per quarter for a full 24/7 service that is very reliable. So I suppose when broadband and my current service equate it is changeover time! At least that is how it appears now. Unless there is an undiscovered really cheap broadband service available.
BT has it's offer of a free connection and device extended to the end of August. All for £29 a month.
Pipex are offering £23 a month but with a £50 connection charge and a device charge.
There is one that is £14 a month. Bit obscure but the device and connection fees are high.
Freeserve - maybe, etc., etc.,
I imagine that the costs will fall rapidly now the Ombudsman has told BT to release their broadband system to private companies. How long will that take?
My current situation is that I have 2 BT lines which I rent. £32 each per quarter. NTL charge me £15 per month but I can have £15 worth of phone calls with that! So a total charge of £77 per quarter for a full 24/7 service that is very reliable. So I suppose when broadband and my current service equate it is changeover time! At least that is how it appears now. Unless there is an undiscovered really cheap broadband service available.
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With reference to the pipex deal of £23 per month, they charge youa bout £4 per month if you rent one of their modems, which obviously over a period of time accumulates, and as once you have broadband you will never go back to a regualr dial up service again it may be worth purchasing your own modem. Dont quote me on this but you can get them for under £100.
I am very reluctant to say this, i would probably go for the ntl service, but only if i knew an engineer who worked fo rthem who could come and fix any problems with the line without me having to go through their so called 'customer service department'. The only reason why i would use ntl is that they are the only broadband service provider to my knowledge who offer a 1Mbps connection for £20 per month extra to the normal broadband service.
With any luck blue yonder will start providing this option soon at a smilair price, and if so i will be first in the queue.
If anyone does have the ntl 1Mbps connection, is it worth the money, and do you get a contant connection at 1Mbps?
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I am very reluctant to say this, i would probably go for the ntl service, but only if i knew an engineer who worked fo rthem who could come and fix any problems with the line without me having to go through their so called 'customer service department'. The only reason why i would use ntl is that they are the only broadband service provider to my knowledge who offer a 1Mbps connection for £20 per month extra to the normal broadband service.
With any luck blue yonder will start providing this option soon at a smilair price, and if so i will be first in the queue.
If anyone does have the ntl 1Mbps connection, is it worth the money, and do you get a contant connection at 1Mbps?
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The Blueyonder 1Mbit service is here already, at least in my area anyway (Croydon). Plus it's only £10 extra than the 512kbps service 
And yes, I do get constant 1Mbit downstream
And yes, I do get constant 1Mbit downstream
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All well and good if you live in a metropolis, unlike the hamlet of Pewsey where ISDN is best available.
I was speaking to a Finnish guy who lives 90km east of a town called Vaasa - to save you looking it up it's about 1/2 way up the west coast of Finland - and has 2Mb downstream ADSL in his town of considerably less than Vassa's 50,000 population.
I was speaking to a Finnish guy who lives 90km east of a town called Vaasa - to save you looking it up it's about 1/2 way up the west coast of Finland - and has 2Mb downstream ADSL in his town of considerably less than Vassa's 50,000 population.
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Pipex
I just connected with pipex at 23 ukp a month. There is no connection charge at the moment, the only other thing you pay for is the modem, which you buy from whereever you like.
I got a dirt cheap router / modem from dabs for 75 quid for my ethernet !
Blindingly fast this is !
I got a dirt cheap router / modem from dabs for 75 quid for my ethernet !
Blindingly fast this is !
What an excellent website.
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Pipex don't charge setup/installation. Just £19.99 a month plus VAT. Provide your own modem if you like.
Works fine, most of the time.
BUT there is NO Pipex helpdesk/call centre. They claim there is, but that's a myth. I know, I've tried to phone it dozens of times. Never yet got a human on the other end.
There's also a black hole called the Pipex online fault reporting service. That doesn't do anything with faults reported. Nobody calls back, nothing happens.
The good news is that line faults cure themselves in an hour or two, and there are some fabulous newsgroups where the real experts will advise.
Keep your old dial-up modem (useful for faxing, too) and a freebie ISP for those times you need to access the Internet when Pipex ADSL is down.
Works fine, most of the time.
BUT there is NO Pipex helpdesk/call centre. They claim there is, but that's a myth. I know, I've tried to phone it dozens of times. Never yet got a human on the other end.
There's also a black hole called the Pipex online fault reporting service. That doesn't do anything with faults reported. Nobody calls back, nothing happens.
The good news is that line faults cure themselves in an hour or two, and there are some fabulous newsgroups where the real experts will advise.
Keep your old dial-up modem (useful for faxing, too) and a freebie ISP for those times you need to access the Internet when Pipex ADSL is down.
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My ISP is Pipex and ever since I changed to their Dialtime scheme I have been less than enchanted as it takes numerous attempts to log into the system. I am waiting to see what the fallout is from the Worldcom scenario prior to looking at their BB offer.
In the meantime I am monitoring this thread for useful info!!
Regds from Ol' Yellow Nose
In the meantime I am monitoring this thread for useful info!!
Regds from Ol' Yellow Nose
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Using NTL broadband. £25 setp up then 24.99 a month thereafter. I have actually subscribed to a deal including Telephone line, Broadband (512 Kps but they have 1M and 2megs available) and 90 TV channels for £52 a month.
On the tech support side, no problem for me. Somehow when I first got connected, the connection was really slow but I called them up and an hour later (the time the agent asked me to shut down the computer for) all was sorted.
I love broadband, dial up never again !!!
On the tech support side, no problem for me. Somehow when I first got connected, the connection was really slow but I called them up and an hour later (the time the agent asked me to shut down the computer for) all was sorted.
I love broadband, dial up never again !!!
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I live about seven miles outside the M25 in rural Essex but when I checked the BT website to see if my local exchange could accept broadband I was told it could not and that it was one of 500 areas still being evaluated. Bloody hell, BT should stand for Back-in-the-Stone Age Telecommunications.
So I am stuck with their useless BT Anytime which chops me after two hours continuous use then comes up with a list of daft error codes to stop me logging on again.
Has anyone actually sued BT under the Trades Descriptions Act? Has anyone consulted their local Trading Standards Office for some sort of guidance on challenging BT's Anytime claim?
So I am stuck with their useless BT Anytime which chops me after two hours continuous use then comes up with a list of daft error codes to stop me logging on again.
Has anyone actually sued BT under the Trades Descriptions Act? Has anyone consulted their local Trading Standards Office for some sort of guidance on challenging BT's Anytime claim?
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Don't think so SS but they should. They are outrageous.
Looks like the winner might well be Pipex. £23 per month, no connection fee and all you need is the modem at about £50.
However, if you have cable. The OUTRIGHT winner is NTL at £15 per month and they will charge you a small rental fee for the modem. Saw it working yesterday - brilliant. ONE piece of potential aggro to some will be that NTL is NOT in the high download bracket. You need to check that out.
Looks like the winner might well be Pipex. £23 per month, no connection fee and all you need is the modem at about £50.
However, if you have cable. The OUTRIGHT winner is NTL at £15 per month and they will charge you a small rental fee for the modem. Saw it working yesterday - brilliant. ONE piece of potential aggro to some will be that NTL is NOT in the high download bracket. You need to check that out.
