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"BROAD BAND : what are you prepared to pay?"

Hi,
I am a 64k ISDN serfer ,which was sold to me at the time as a fast broad band service.Which it is not.And one day I hope to make the leap and go 512k, giving me lag free gaming. But what is holding me back is the price. £29.99 is far too much for me personally and I just heard that people abroad are getting it much cheaper.Some say that they only pay £14.99 for the broad band service .At tops, I wont ever pay more than 20 pound for the service. If it ever goes that low that is.

Hi,
I am a 64k ISDN serfer ,which was sold to me at the time as a fast broad band service.Which it is not.And one day I hope to make the leap and go 512k, giving me lag free gaming. But what is holding me back is the price. £29.99 is far too much for me personally and I just heard that people abroad are getting it much cheaper.Some say that they only pay £14.99 for the broad band service .At tops, I wont ever pay more than 20 pound for the service. If it ever goes that low that is.

I would be prepared to pay £30. I think like this, broadband is 10 times faster (at least) than dial up. I pay £16 for unlimited monthly net use. Now broadband is only 2 times as expensive, so its a bargain really.

I pay £25 for my broadband, which is from telewest, but it's only £25 because we are an existing telewest customer. I can easily afford it, and it is worth every penny. Faster downloads, less lag, and because it's a cable connection people in the house can still use the phone while I'm connected.

I pay £40 per month for NTL 3 in 1. So I get digital TV, telephone and broadband internet. Compared to paying £15 for AOL plus x amount for BT, it seems quite reasonable.

But then I earn £30,000 a year.

Mr Ripper wrote:
> But then I earn £30,000 a year.

What do you do?

xBeanx wrote:
> I
> wont ever pay more than 20 pound for the service. If it ever goes that
> low that is.

I've just been reading about the new sub-20quid services that have been/about to be launched...

http://www.silicon.com/ar315850-5

Maybe these guys will entice you to join?

Ok Armatig. As I speak, I am crouching behind a bush ready to pounce the offer!

cookie monster wrote:
> Mr Ripper wrote:
> But then I earn £30,000 a year.
>
> What do you do?

I work in a Programme Finance team for Centrica. You could call me an accountant (i know I do), but i'm not qualified at the moment.

If its quality broadband you want paying sub £20 is not a good start! What you need is a service that has a few of those added bonuses to make your life easier (christ im begining to sound like a salesman). I have broadband at home and i too, like many of us, am on a tight budget! Plus Net do a quality sevice starting at £20.99 a month for their basic package i currently pay £22.99 a month cos i have P2P extensions. Their service is great! My online ping for games hardly ever goes above 40! and in games like cs and Unreal Tournamnet this is a real advantage. I highly recomend them.....and no before you ask, i don`t work or them!

BROAD BAND : what are you prepared to pay?

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