Best ISP in the UK?

joe501 · 13-Nov-2005, 05:39 AM #1

I am looking for a ISP that has unlimited bandwith and is fairly cheap. The fastest I can do is 512kbps because of my location. The best I have found so far is tiscali broadband, £16 a month free modem free setup. Has anyone had any experience with tiscali and if so how does it compare. I have wanadoo at the moment but it is only 2GB a month and I want to play my DS online so I need unlimited..

thanks
Joe

GCDude · 14-Nov-2005, 04:36 AM #2

check out www.adslguide.org, they compare most ISP's in the UK. Very good site to check when considering new ISP.

foxfire · 22-Nov-2005, 04:00 PM #3

Quote:

Originally Posted by joe501

I am looking for a ISP that has unlimited bandwith and is fairly cheap. The fastest I can do is 512kbps because of my location. The best I have found so far is tiscali broadband, £16 a month free modem free setup. Has anyone had any experience with tiscali and if so how does it compare. I have wanadoo at the moment but it is only 2GB a month and I want to play my DS online so I need unlimited..

thanks
Joe

I used Tiscali for a year.....never again.

Big is not better.

Foxfire

joe501 · 22-Nov-2005, 04:35 PM #4

Quote:

Originally Posted by foxfire

I used Tiscali for a year.....never again.

Big is not better.

Foxfire

reasons?

**eddie5659** · 22-Nov-2005, 05:21 PM #5

Hiya

I'm using Blueyonder broadband, the 4MB connection. No problems yet, I like it

Excellent for my gaming. Talking of which, off I go to play Battlefield 2

Regards

eddie

DaveBurnett · 25-Nov-2005, 06:16 AM #6

Eat your heart out. I was on NTL Freedom and now get 1 meg unlimited and all the calls I want for £24:99

Raziel_Storm · 25-Nov-2005, 07:29 AM #7

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveBurnett

Eat your heart out. I was on NTL Freedom and now get 1 meg unlimited and all the calls I want for £24:99

GCDude · 25-Nov-2005, 02:39 PM #8

im on bulldog 8mb thing for £30 a month (but u need your phone thru them as well £10 a month - but u get initial discounts). Ive no complaints. But they are crap for customer service IF things go wrong (nothing bad to complain about here - but check the adslguide that i mentioned to see what people think)

Fizban · 26-Nov-2005, 01:20 PM #9

I'm with Blueyonder and I've never had any complaints. I can't say how good their customer service is because i've never needed it.

jackdw · 04-Dec-2005, 05:14 PM **#10**

I have Tiscali Broadband. £17.99/mo. 2.3 mbps, unlimited download. Except for it disconnecting randomly every few hours, which I suspect my home's phone network to be at fault I've had one problem with them. A few days ago, it refused my password to log on and connect. I rang up customer services and after a 5 minutre wait, got told by an indian woman that it's a problem with BT and it should be fixed within 24 hours. I went on flight simulator until about 8:30. It connected again no problems since. That was 2 and a half hours Tiscali wasn't there for me.
Also the modem came 3 days after I rang up and ordered it.
Very good, I recommend tiscali

foxfire · 05-Dec-2005, 11:19 AM **#11**

Quote:

Originally Posted by joe501

reasons?

Reasons Joe, I was on Dialup (No adsl available)

Repetitive disconnections-failure to get back online.

Customer Service -virtually non existant.

Accountancy- unreliable.

I was new to the Internet & suffered for months & had trouble extricating myself from their clutches. I discovered that they were being heavily criticised
in the ISP review forums & was very relieved to go.

I do not believe that Leopards can change their spots.

In the UK, many ISPs utilise BT networks & however good they may be themselves, they are subject to that behemoth which is not renowned for
responding quickly to faults. It is my opinion that is where much criticism & faults lie.

My ISP is small & beautiful but I cannot currently recommend them as they
are undergoing embryonic upgrades to higher speeds...with problems

For what its worth "Which?" currently recommends Metronet as their Best Buy

Foxfire

telecom69 · 31-Jul-2007, 02:33 AM **#12**

Quote:

Originally Posted by eddie5659

Hiya

I'm using Blueyonder broadband, the 4MB connection. No problems yet, I like it

Excellent for my gaming. Talking of which, off I go to play Battlefield 2

Regards

eddie

I too use the same as Eddie no complaints about it at all ...as regards customer service,my set top box went faulty a few months back,and they gave me a next day appointment for an engineer to visit,which I was pleased about,no sooner had I put the phone down,they were calling me back to ask if the engineer could come now

he came,the box was swopped and he went all in under an hour from reporting complaint ....beat that then

**eddie5659** · 31-Jul-2007, 09:26 AM **#13**

Mine is now a 10MB connection, gaming is great

Now that Branson has taken over Blueyonder, their customer service is still okay, apart from the fact that we have to pay 25p a min to talk to them.

I love it when you ring for help, and they suggest looking at their website for support. Well, if I had the internet to look at the site, I wouldn't be ringing for help

However, we in Yorkshire were without internet for a week, and I was not happy. After several phone calls, of which I started to get very agitated, they actually refunded me 2 weeks back, for the inconviennce.

Not a bad bunch really

dan44762000 · 13-Aug-2007, 07:39 AM **#14**

using ntl woops (virgin media) and have been for last two years now and had no problems whatsoever..

joe2cool · 15-Aug-2007, 06:46 AM **#15**

Plusnet http://www.plus.net/?home=hometop

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