Connecting to the 'net from home (UK)

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hi all

For those of you who live in the UK, I’d really appreciate knowing who you use for internet connection from home and how much it costs.

I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking that it gets a tad confusing - which of course is what the ISP providers want :wink:

Anyway, it would be interesting to compare and contrast what’s happening here in the UK.

Those who are going to say '24/7 connection all for free ‘cos Dad pays for it’, need not reply - I am a Dad! :P:P

Edited to say that I pay £11.75 per month to Scotland on line unlimited access at 56k, but pay British Telecom for all calls to local POP (roughly £30 per month) - so total internet access cost = £41.75.

Cello

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I’ve got Broadband from Blueyonder - 1MB pipe which is about £30 a month since I get TV and phone from Telewest as well.

Used to be on a Freeserve dialup, which was charged for the phone call, about 1/2p ish a minute depending on the time of day. :slight_smile:

And I pay for it. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Sorry to get OT, but is £ the symbol for the Euro or the pound?

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The pound. :slight_smile:

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Why doesn’t England use the Euro?

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because we dont. i can send you my essay about nation sovereignty if you wish :stuck_out_tongue:

cello: BY is generally considered to be the best broadband providers in the UK. I have 512k cable from BY: no complaints here. BY totally rock compared to NTL :slight_smile: Can’t remember how much it costs. Not as much as Kit’s (we have a telewest line as well). You can get a 2mb connection (aka heaven) for £54.99 a month :beam: :beam:

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I’m upgrading my DSL from 512kbits a second to 2mbits right now. It costs about ?85 a month from ZenADSL. And for anyone that is thinking thats a little expensive (about $110), I don’t pay for it, my dad doesn’t pay for it, Oracle Corporation pay for it.:slight_smile:

And why are we all using ? for the pound? I thought it was £?

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is that UK?

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Yes.

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oh, hmm, haven’t heard of them. small/new company?
£85 a month is absurdly expensive :stuck_out_tongue:

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They’re quite a small company I think. But ?85(why are we using? for £?)is the cheapest we could find for 2mbit/s DSL, so we went with them.

Cable isn’t in my area, because I live down a tiny cul-de-sac and they can’t be bothered to lay the cables down just to give two or three people 2mbit/s cable.

Anyway, I already told you, I’m not paying for it :slight_smile:

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*Originally posted by Cello *
Those who are going to say '24/7 connection all for free ‘cos Dad pays for it’, need not reply - I am a Dad!
so not that helpful then? :wink:

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I suppose its not too helpful to him, no, but he did say he just wanted to compare:

Anyway, it would be interesting to compare and contrast what’s happening here in the UK.

Cello, why don’t you get some kind of broadband? 3(ish) times the price for 40x the speed isn’t a bad deal :wink:

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*Originally posted by njs12345 *
**Cello, why don’t you get some kind of broadband? 3(ish) times the price for 40x the speed isn’t a bad deal :wink: **
I assume that’s one of the things he’s considering? hence the post? :stuck_out_tongue: :-\ :wink:

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Thx for the replies - v interesting.

Got it one asphalt! - and I thought I’d come here to find out what you guys do.

There will be a better deal than the one I’m on somewhere…

Cello

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Blueyonder is generally accepted to be the best available. BT have got OpenWorld or something, but you never seem to hear much good about it like you do with the Telewest service.

If you get your TV and / or phone through Telewest, then you get the broadband at a cheaper rate. :slight_smile:

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I get 500k broadband + Line Rental + Basic Cable Tv Channels Sky One and Stuff + Tv Cable Box + User Friendly Setup.

£30 every month i think thats okay for me :).

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