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"I Require Your Amazingness etc"

Again.

I need you to rip this internet package to shreds for me - tell me why it is absolutely crap and so on. The thing is, you see, my dad has set his eyes on it because of the price. But I want a 1MB service (I say "a", as it's likely that if I convince him, I'll steer him clear of Wanadoo).

[URL]http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/time/bb_512k.htm[/URL]

As I said, it's Wanadoo.

Oh, and some useful info; he wants me to, erm, download games for him and stuff. *Ahem*
So that means that the 2GB limit is rubbish. I've used that already, but the thing is, he's not the most technologically minded of people - it doesn't mean much to him.

So the basic thing is, the more of an argument I can provide, and the more technical you can get for me (as he'll assume that, "Oh, that must be bad), the better.

So yeah, the price is the main thing. £17.99 is far superior to the 30 or so for a 1MB service. So that's what I'm trying to work around.

Your help is much appreciated, so cheers.

If you go look [URL]http://www.adslguide.org.uk[/URL] you will see loads of ISPs. £22-25 gets you unlimited 512K as 2Gb is not enough, you could do that in one day let alone 1 month.

If you want a faster service then your looking at £32-35 for 1Mb. If you do want 1Mb then you need to make sure you are within range by using a phone checker on a ISP website as 1Mb needs a shorter phoneline than 512K. Another thing is tell your dad your willing to put a money towards 1Mb if you really want it or to even get yourself a better 512K service.

Just like the man in the orthopaedic shoes.

Notorious Biggles wrote:
> Wanadoo are the internet arm of France Telecom, hence my earlier
> comment about Frenchies. France Telecom also own Orange. And at one
> point were £70 Billion in debt.

I stand corrected.

I'd also like to point out that I hate them because them and Deutsche Telekom were instrumental in the crash in the telecom markets, which triggered the collapse of the entire stock market pre 9/11.

*Cries*

Wanadoo are the internet arm of France Telecom, hence my earlier comment about Frenchies. France Telecom also own Orange. And at one point were £70 Billion in debt.

cookie monster wrote:

> *Scratches head*
>
> Errr...right.

I believe Wannadoo is an American ISP.

taka-Q wrote:
> cookie monster wrote:
> Wow, i pay like £2 less than that for my 56k.
>
> But yes, 2GB wont reach very far. You could also say wanadoo is a
> crap name compared to freeserve, so their service must be worse than
> before.
>
> Freeserve was bought by Wannadoo, hence the name change.

*Scratches head*

Errr...right.

You should check out a bunch of ISPs at www.adslguide.org [URL]www.adslguide.org[/URL]. If for any reason he wants to stick with a big company, BT now do a £23 per month, uncapped, no frills 512Kbps connection.

taka-Q wrote:
> On topic, I would avoide any capped services, and stick to unlimited.
> Plus Freeserve has always been a bad ISP in personal experiance

Yeah, we're with them just now for 56k (Anytime package).