Which broadband companies are any good?

[5corpio]

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ASA rules claim in campaign was misleading, given that heavy users' download speeds can be cut by up to 50%. BSkyB and BT have successfully teamed up to force rival Virgin Media to drop an advert that claimed that its broadband is "unlimited".......Read more from AAD Blog pages HERE

[Never-In-Doubt]

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I love my iPhone and if I recall, I was the cause of any heated debates cos you have muppets suggesting a samsung is better than an iPhone

Sorry to the muppets that agree with that statement, but you need to go back on tv we miss you

[The Tech Clerk]

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I do worry about your weapon fascination TTC!!

No worry, long time ago I was part of that era in the Army. went in as a Boy. Both guns and Missiles, as shown.

[ScabHunter]

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do you really want me to answer that


* time I left and hid for a week or 3

Niddy, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid your love is unrequited.

Flower loves her iPhone, she said so on my birthday thread.

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SH

[IF]

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Try this one:-

I do worry about your weapon fascination TTC!!

[The Tech Clerk]

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I'm just fetching my missile launcher and catching the first train!

Try this one:-

[cymruambyth]

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Well that certainly brought a smile to my face.

[IF]

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do you really want me to answer that


* time I left and hid for a week or 3

Norty Niddy

[Never-In-Doubt]

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Why what's wrong with Flowers face?

do you really want me to answer that


* time I left and hid for a week or 3

[IF]

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Just remember they can't see your face!

Why what's wrong with Flowers face?

[cymruambyth]

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I just don't have what it takes to haggle...

Just remember they can't see your face!

[ScabHunter]

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I just don't have what it takes to haggle...

I find that rather difficult to believe.

As long as the communication was made electronically, I don't think the undisputed Queen of the Exotic Emoticons could ever fail to get their point across.

SH

[cymruambyth]

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I am also with BT and have had £10 per month knockrd off my package by telling them that I was going to leave.

Used the same technicque with Sky and have a diacount of 30% per month

[ScabHunter]

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Uhmmm, I'd rather have unlimited B/B at home

Well, I've never come close to the limits on the cheapest package, so if I did sign up for unlimited I'd just be flushing something like £75 a month straight down the john. It all depends on what you use the internet for. If you're into films, TV programmes or online gaming you'll obviously need something heavier. With IDNet, uploads are not counted as part of the allowance, so I can sit there using FTP all day and it has no effect.

I've just had a butcher's at the alternatives and none of them appeal in the slightest. Sky looks reasonably priced, but I personally know people who have signed up to Sky and they say customer service is atrocious. You're also locked in to a 12 month contract as you are with all of these cowboys. Saving a few sovs and ruining your business in the process? Nah, I don't think I'll bother.

Talk Talk is cheap, but I actually spent some time in someone's house once and the Internet connection was so bad it was barely usable. They said that was typical and they couldn't wait to get out of it. They were on a long contract, of course, so they had to wait to escape.

All but one of the providers list the services as “Unlimited – restrictions apply”. Well, if restrictions apply then it is not, by definition, unlimited. Seems more like a sales gimmick than a reality.

There is also the consideration that Sky and Virgin will be constantly spamming you with offers to upgrade to their TV and other media services, and some of the pricing may only be available to people who do take combined packages. As I don't own a TV set, I wouldn't have a lot of use for these things.

I've had six years of near-faultless service from IDNet, so I'll not be moving. Professionalism and reliability are far more important to business customers than trying to save a few quid, and with these extended contracts you've got just as much chance of losing money as you have of saving it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

SH

[ScabHunter]

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Sounded brill... till I checked their options on their website: unlimited B/B is a heart-stopping £107/month!

I guess not everyone needs unlimited D/L but when I had a limit I always exceed it so much I ended up paying through the nose!

Wow, I suppose it depends what you use it for. I'm on the lightest and cheapest package, have never come close to the limit, and I'm on line virtually all day every day. It is a skinny allowance from 9am to midnight but I'm usually up at 6am so I just download anything I need in the first three hours. I paid just over £300 in March for a year, that was with the phone line included.

The site has changed completely since I last looked at it, but it looks as though the services are pretty much the same.

If I needed to do any heavy downloading I'd just go into my local Wetherspoon at 7am when it is virtually empty, pay a quid for a coffee, and do the download in there. I've done that many times in the past.

SH