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On 01/01/12 11:48, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Sun, 1 Jan 2012, Neil Winchurst wrote: > >>> >> Well, that told me it as it is. Thanks. >> >> The main problem seems to be that I could do with a better ISP, one >> which would give me less contention. But there are so many out there, >> how on earth does anyone choose? Is it enough to go by how much they >> charge I wonder? > > Do you really need/want to change though? Maybe you can live with it... > I'm guessing you're on the £12.99 a month package with fast.co.uk. That > really is right down at the bottom level in terms of packages and prices > - personally, I'd barely expect carrier pidgeon for that... > Actually no. I am on Fast's standard package with a download cap of 20GB per month, which is costing me £23.48 per month. I don't know their package for £12.99. I have never paid that low a fee. > However... Since you're right at the bottom of the budget level, and > your exchange is BTW only, (which rules out LLU packages from e.g. > Utility Whorehouse) then your cheapest option, and one I'd never > seriously recommend might be to go with a combined package from BT. > They'll hapilly sell you a combimed phone plus broadband (plus TV if you > let them) package for what seems like a relatively cheap deal. The > actual broadband shouldn't be any worse than you're on now - and from > what I've heard might actually be better. You'll be signed up for a new > one-years contract but they will give you a new modem/router as part of > the package. > I would never go with BT. IMHO the second greediest company in the world (I will leave you to guess whom I put as no 1). As an aside I consider it crazy that we, as a western Europe country, have our telephone network run by a private company with shareholders. No wonder we are so far behind other Western European countries in this. > > So - stick with what you've got. Schedulle big downloads for their > off-peak time (ah, which fast don't have). So keep an eye on your usage. > Typically an hour of standard def TV is about 600MB, or about 1.3-1.5 GB > if HD. > As I have a cap of 20MB I never have any problems about going over the allowance. > > But at the end of the day, sometimes it's just easier to stay put. I suspect that you are right, better the devil you know .... Thanks Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq