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UK ISP Opinions
MikeRyu
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I'm thinking of changing internet service providers but I can't seem to find any clear answers on whos is the best. Are there any UKers who know what's the bandwagon to jump on right now?
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They do have a bandwidth limit (either 20 GB/month or 50 GB/month) but they also promise not to throttle you at peak times. I've found it far better than having an unlimited package with other ISPs where I was constantly throttled. Download speeds on Zen have been much, much higher on average.
I've only hit the 20 GB/month limit once (paid for more easily enough); I have one friend who always goes over his 50 GB/month limit but he downloads a LOT :P
I also chose them because they charge on a month-to-month basis, and it meant I could cancel my service after less than a year, which I needed because I'm hopping from place to place at the moment.
I had it, then moved to a flat with BT - I'm unimpressed. They either throttle like nobody's business, or their contention rates are crazy.
So I'd generally avoid them,
I'm now with NDO who i had in london too (living in cambridge now) mainly because hardly anybody covers the area i'm in, but i have to say, i have no complaints, it never slows down, it's got a gb allowance, but it's only an extra £1 per gig that you go over the limit.
Could this be a regional thing? I'm with Virgin now and I can only recommend them, it's always fast and torrents can get up to 200kbs.. They haven't charged us all year though, if that's any indication of their customer service.
There's a limit, but it only applies to traffic between 6pm and midnight. I pay £30 per month for the 2nd tier service, meaning my traffic is prioritised over people using the lower tier services, and the "fair use limit" is 40GB. I set torrents to pause during the 6pm-midnight period, and otherwise use the service normally. I've only hit the limit once (they send you an email, which is more than many ISPs do), so I was throttled during the evening for a couple of weeks. I still got faster speeds than the 1Mb/s connection I upgraded from.
Also, they're totally cool about me running a web server on my connection, provided it's not for commercial use, the traffic isn't ridiculous, and I keep it secure. Their tech support kicks ass, too, since they're perfectly willing to abandon the script if it seems like you know what you're talking about.
Demon has been pretty good to me. (www.demon.com)
I had no idea Demon still existed. I used them once upon a time for Dialup, and they were pretty great. Mostly I was happy that I could call them up, tell them I just needed four settings to stick into the software, and they'd actually give them to me. I was running an Amiga 1200 at the time, which always caused problems with "mainstream" ISPs.