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"Broadband."

I was going to go for the Pipex uncapped 512Kb service at £23.44 a month, with free equipment etc.

I just wanted to check that there aren't any better deals out there...

Over to you guys :D

mcg_highlander wrote:
> adrian wrote:
> Cable would be a good choice with the speed increase but if you live
> in a non-cabled area your stuck with ADSL only. The bad thing with
> cable is its contended at a street level. So if everyone on your
> street had cable broadband then if alot of them were using it at the
> same time then you would notice a drop in speed.
>
> ADSL has pretty much the same problem however the contension rate is
> exchange specific. The 2 contension rates for btow is 50:1 (50 users
> to one pipe) for the P&G packages and 20:1 for network users
> (usually just businesses)....Therefore if everyone on the same pipe
> as you is downloading you will experience slower service.

Yes I know its the same, but at the moment the contention rate on ADSL is not a problem. When home 1Mb was released some exchanges did start to get contended and BT fixed these so that there was enough bandwidth for the exchange. In nearly 2 years of use I have never ever noticed any contention, and I use the connection to max speed quite abit. Yet my friend who has had Telewest for say 6 months has noticed his speed drop down at peak times.

Cable companies do about 15:1 but due to it being a street level the contention rate comes in much earlier. Contention on cable wouldnt be a problem if say the street had say 50 on 1Mb and the street had a total capacity of 50Mb, but add another person and they need to upgrade the street bandwidth.

adrian wrote:
> Cable would be a good choice with the speed increase but if you live
> in a non-cabled area your stuck with ADSL only. The bad thing with
> cable is its contended at a street level. So if everyone on your
> street had cable broadband then if alot of them were using it at the
> same time then you would notice a drop in speed.

ADSL has pretty much the same problem however the contension rate is exchange specific. The 2 contension rates for btow is 50:1 (50 users to one pipe) for the P&G packages and 20:1 for network users (usually just businesses)....Therefore if everyone on the same pipe as you is downloading you will experience slower service.

Also......BT's capped service doesn't degrade your service, it bills you for the extra useage.....£12 extra for using more than 6gb!!! Take your pick, go for BT basic @ £19.99 but risk paying upto £12 for going over 6gb, therefore £31.99 OR pay for BT broadband which is uncapped (however I did read somewhere that only 1gb a day is supported) for £27.99 and never pay more than that!!

i used broadband 512kps with Plus.net. cost £18.99 every months.

Plus.net is best.

i have no problems with Plus.net for 5 years.

c u guys

Lipe wrote:
> adrian wrote:
> Lipe wrote:
> Well Wanadoo (used to be Freeserve) now do 512K Broadband for
> £17.99 a month, they're pretty good, that's what I got but I
> dunno if they're better than Pipex.
>
> But your service is capped to 2Gb a month, they mention that the
> connection gets restricted afterwards until the end of the month.
> What they may by restricted is anyones guess, but it could mean a
> redunction in speed, as in Austrialia they shoved people back to 56K
> speeds once they reached there limit for the month.
>
> Well, I play Counter-Strike nearly everyday, download frequently and
> browse the net frequently too and after all that I haven't had any
> reductions in speed or any other changes.

But I dont think the caps are in place yet. I know with Pipex the service doesnt really start till June time so if your on a capped service you will have uncapped for a little.

Well you might not have used 2Gb yet. 2Gb is still a reasonable amount if you only download a few 10mb files etc. Or maybe Wanadoo havent started to measure the connections yet. If your paying for a connection which is restricted to 2Gb then they will make sure you stick under this limit. What they do after the limit is broken is anybodies guess.

adrian wrote:
> Lipe wrote:
> Well Wanadoo (used to be Freeserve) now do 512K Broadband for
> £17.99 a month, they're pretty good, that's what I got but I
> dunno if they're better than Pipex.
>
> But your service is capped to 2Gb a month, they mention that the
> connection gets restricted afterwards until the end of the month.
> What they may by restricted is anyones guess, but it could mean a
> redunction in speed, as in Austrialia they shoved people back to 56K
> speeds once they reached there limit for the month.

Well, I play Counter-Strike nearly everyday, download frequently and browse the net frequently too and after all that I haven't had any reductions in speed or any other changes.

my freind has a 2MB uncapped line with unlimited webspace for a subdomain and emails. WOOT, oh yhea it costs a ginormas £49.99 a month :0

he gets a few extras that i don't know about but still i think thats a bit extravigant (if thats how you spull it).. :)

I'll be going with eclipse, 1MB uncapped £32.30 per month.

Cable would be a good choice with the speed increase but if you live in a non-cabled area your stuck with ADSL only. The bad thing with cable is its contended at a street level. So if everyone on your street had cable broadband then if alot of them were using it at the same time then you would notice a drop in speed.

Cyclone wrote:
> Pipex 1mb uncapped for me, £33.99 a month, free everything.

I have that :D but paying £28.95 as I had it on special offer when I pre-ordered before a certain date, while I had there 512K service.

Pipex 1mb uncapped for me, £33.99 a month, free everything.