Re: [LUG] Recommended ADSL ISP's and ADSL routers.

[Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete Hatton wrote:

> Now I know this question gets asked often on here. Anyone got any good
> recommended ADSL ISP's. My only requirement is no download cap limit. Static
> IP is a bonus, but not essential.
>
>  
Well ADSL wise, I use Eclipse.  I'm on their Flex Home 2000 package at 
£40 a month.  Its £58.75 for activation.  They do cheaper deals from 
about £17 with no caps for 256k.  Depending on the line quality you 
could possibly get a cheaper package say 1Mbit for £30 a month and flex 
up to 2Mbit for 4p an hour when you want.  They also offer static IPs, 
either 1, 2 or 5 usable ones.

I was on the 1Mbit package and enjoyed a free months flexing although 
after the first month I upgraded to 2Mbit.  There is also a 1 month 
contract on this compared to some other ISPs which can specify 3 or 12 
months.  I think you'll find that most of the better ISPs are 1 month 
contracts.

Might be worth checking www.adslguide.org.uk and their message boards 
for customer comments.

Router wise, I use a SpeedTouch 510, not tried VPN with it yet but it 
seems stable enough for me, and the place I work for use them for their 
broadband connections.  I picked out a cheap Ebuyer router for a friend, 
was a Sitecom model at about £20 with 4 ports and USB which works fine 
in Windows, again not sure about VPN but it does allow port forwarding.

Rob


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