What's the best broadband package out there at the moment

[truereddevil]

Basically at the min I have my Internet through sky but it is quite slow so now what I am looking to do because I am learning to do blogs and coding and creating my own sites I need a much faster connection so can anybody put any companies forward from cheapest to most expensive

Regards Rick

 

[HolidayRQ]

BE are really good (bethere.co.uk).

The only time you really need to talk to your ISP is when you're getting set up, or there is a problem with your connection. I've had one problem with BE, and they sorted it out quickly, and clearly explained what was happening at each stage.

I've had problems with other ISP's before, and each time, their support was really lacking. Avoid BT though, I've had a nightmare with them.

 

[That Guy]

Was going to suggest BE also

Have looked after me very well, top notch service!

 

[RedEvo]

What do you mean by best? Cheapest or a combo of things?

d

 

[chrisbarnes86]

Sky goes through your BT line anyway so I would think any of the services that do would be the same, unless you can get BT Infinity in your area. Virgin would be a good call if you want fast reliable Internet.

 

[RedEvo]

Sky goes through your BT line anyway so I would think any of the services that do would be the same, unless you can get BT Infinity in your area. Virgin would be a good call if you want fast reliable Internet.

It may not be the line that's causing the speed issues.

d

 

[Fuzzy]

Virgin for Fuzzy, never had any probs (touch wood!)

 

[My Owl 1]

I think our services are pretty good. 24 mbps and with a phone line £25 per month.
Mega.
Also we are absorbing the new 20% VAT charges in our prices. Pm me if you would like to know more.

Best wishes

Avril.

 

[DesignerNick]

BE are really good (bethere.co.uk).

The only time you really need to talk to your ISP is when you're getting set up, or there is a problem with your connection. I've had one problem with BE, and they sorted it out quickly, and clearly explained what was happening at each stage.

I've had problems with other ISP's before, and each time, their support was really lacking. Avoid BT though, I've had a nightmare with them.

I agree with this. BE have been really good for me!

 

[Morgy]

I think our services are pretty good. 24 mbps and with a phone line £25 per month.
Mega.
Also we are absorbing the new 20% VAT charges in our prices. Pm me if you would like to know more.

Best wishes

Avril.

I have just left Utility Warehouse for Virgin - best thing I've ever done!
UW was a nightmare with timing out, taking ages to upload and freezing.

 

[Indigo Cherry]

What is your idea of slow? What speed are you getting?

What you need to do is contact your IPS (in this case SKY) and as them to do a line test. SKY use BT's lines and so will most of the other ISP's out there (O2, Orange, AOL etc...) and assuming there is no problem with your SKY broadband router or your line, you will get the same speed from them.

The only real alternative is to either go for cable (Virgin Media etc...) if you can get it in your area (I can't) or go for the very expensive and not very fast Satellite Connection.

I am with BT and get a measley 2.5-3Mbit/s and I build sites and blogs etc... with it just fine.

If you are downloading and notice you are having low speeds at certain times of the day it's worth noting that a lot of ISP's including BT throttle their D/L limit when you are using Bit Torrent and P2P.

Hope this helps a bit

Matt

 

[truereddevil]

Thankyou everybody for your contributions i took a paste of my network speeds below does anybody know what the norm is around

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream Connection Speed 5024 kbps 796 kbps Line Attenuation 39.0 db 22.6 db Noise Margin 3.9 db 11.5 db

 

[HostThree]

BE are owned by O2 so if you've got a mobile with them you can get BE service but with a £5 discount on the contract if you go straight through O2.

 

[JoTheEntreprenette]

Hello

You can run a comparison check on prices and services at Money Saving Expert website.

Regards

Jo

 

[oldeagleeye]

have had a p;roblem with BT so just tried the BE website. It's down. Not a good sign.

Rob

 

[Indigo Cherry]

have had a p;roblem with BT so just tried the BE website. It's down. Not a good sign.

Rob

It's not DOWN, they're just updating it! There are very few live updates you can do (while the site is active) so a lot of companies disable their site whilst they update it!

You say it's not a good sign but it IS a good sign! It's a good sign thatthey update theit site and it's a good sign that they do it in the middle of the night.

Matt