Hi,
I find virgin a good ISP and you could can get a phone line with them as well.
they have various packages but I have to admit that I dont download content
all that much so I dont know how they would be about that. But I am on a 10 gig
a month package and havent noticed any real problems. When I signed up with
them they threw in a router as well and my linux talks nice to the internet with
it
no config tweaking required at all. Depending on your location you may be
able to get a cable option which would give you some very nice speeds for
downloading
and almost certain be closer to 8Mb download. You havent mentioned if you
have an upload requirement that would be above the usual upload speed.
At this point in time I have not checked if the ADSL is ADSL2 or not but
I wouldn't be surprised if it was virgin are quite good about that kind of
stuff.
Plus there is always the virgin media option if you wanted to consider that as
well
but depends what you tv watching requirement is as well?
ps I have included the virgin media link - I hope that this answers any
questions
for you about virgin
I have used virgin for about 3 years.
Stuart Biggs
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From: Dr A. J. Trickett <adam.trickett@???>
To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List <hampshire@???>
Sent: Mon, 4 April, 2011 11:15:15
Subject: [Hampshire] Domestic ADSL ISPs
Hi,
I currently have Talk-Talk as my ISP at home, originally starting with Nildram
and as them changed hands many times (Pipex -> Tiscali -> TalkTalk). It's fair
to say that the customer service standard has dropped with each take over and
while the monthly cost has fallen a little. I'm coming to towards the end of
my most recent 12-month contract and I'm considering alternatives. I'd also
love to get rid of BT at the same time an even more evil company...
For ISP I know that Zen and Andrews and Arnold have a good reputation how are
UK Free Software Network or thePhoneCo-op?
During the week day 8am - 6pm my home network ticks over and pretty much
doesn't do much, I SSH into it now and then and email is pulled down to it by
fetchmail but that's about it. At the evening we do normal browsing and I tend
to run aptitude to update local machines. The only heavy downloading I do,
distro ISOs, BBC iPlayer tv and radio programs takes place between midnight
and 6am.
I note that some ISPs provide "unlimited" downloads at night, others do not. I
probably pull less than 10 GiB a month during the day, but possibly over 1 GiB
a night (if there is some good HD stuff on the Beeb).
I'd also like to get rid of BT for my phone line - I hate the company - in
that situation I'm just looking for a reliable telco with cheap international
rates (France) and I don't care about UK calls day time or evening as I almost
never make any calls these days. Any suggestions?
Just looking for current opinions and suggestions, given that the only option
I have is an unbundled BT exchange - so no competition from any one else...
and no ADSL2+/VDSL or Virgin cable. Who ever I pick will have to run their
service over BTs rusty wires and via their antique ADSL DSLAM...
--
Adam Trickett
Overton, HANTS, UK
When a Microsoft product is the lesser of two evils, you know for
sure that there's something fishy going on.
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