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"Xbox Live - Wanadoo any good?"

Anyone on here with Wanadoo Broadband? They've got a reasonable deal on at the moment, but I want to know if it'll work with Xbox Live?

Also, the price I'm looking at has a limit of 2GB a month which I know is quite low, but I won't be using Xbox Live a huge amount - perhaps an hour a day, probably not even that to be honest. Will this limit be enough?

Cheers.

Ok, thanks for the info, I'll have to look into it.

Your Honour wrote:
> So it's a 60 quid set up fee, plus buying your own equipment. Hmmmm.
> Still 1MB for £14 a month doesn't sound too bad.
>
> The problem with all these transfer limits is that I have no real
> idea how much Xbox Live actually uses...

Well, like I said, I'm on mine for about 5 hours a week, plus using it for normal interneta ctivity, some working from home, and the other-half to do her on-line studying. All in all I reckon we are connected to the internet for an average of 3 to 4 hours a day, and mine still hasn't gone over the £14 mark each month.

So it's a 60 quid set up fee, plus buying your own equipment. Hmmmm. Still 1MB for £14 a month doesn't sound too bad.

The problem with all these transfer limits is that I have no real idea how much Xbox Live actually uses...

Your Honour wrote:
> Metronet? I haven't heard of those but thanks for the tip - I'll look
> into them.
>
> Cheers.

Metronet are "Pay As You Go" Broadband. www.metronet.co.uk

I've got the 1Mb service, and I'm paying just under £14 a month. I can download a certain amount each month for £14, and then I pay for whatever I use on top of that, but as I said, I've never gone over £14.

The only downside to it is, they do NO setup. You have to soursce your own modem/router, and be on a BT line, plus fork out £60 to BT to release the phone line. But you're only tied-in for 3 months if you want to quit afterwards, and at least you own the equipment!

Metronet? I haven't heard of those but thanks for the tip - I'll look into them.

Cheers.

I use Metronet, and am online with my Xbox for about an hour a day. The speeds fine, and my internet bill has not been over £14 per month yet.

I use it.

Works a dream.

*Looks*

Is it a recommended ISP?

As, if it isn't, I wouldn't use it.

Look at me, Oddtoe :(

Your Honour wrote:
> OddToe wrote:
> That doesn't mean anything.
>
> True I guess.
>
> How much are you planning to spend on BB per month?
>
> The Wanadoo offer was 17.99 with free off peak phone calls as well. I
> deally I'm looking at under 20.00 a month.

[URL]http://www.demon.net/echannel/webProduct-Details.do?strProductId=UFJEMDAwMDAwMDAwMDYx&strGroup=Consumer%20Broadband&strCategory=Internet%20Access&strGroupId=Q0FUMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAz&strPromotionId=&strPreviewFlag=no&strCategoryId=Q0FUMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAx[/URL]

Demon Home Broadband £19.99 a month, 2mbp/s Downstream and 250kb/s upstream.

Good service too, that includes free modem and free setup.

Plus.net are cheaper than UKOnline.