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UK isps and silkroad
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:54 pm
by Innovacious
Anyone here from the UK and are logged onto silkroad like almost all the time? (not playign all the time, stalling as well). If so, what isp do you use? (well, by all the time i mean like 16+ hours a day)
I broke my current ISPs fair usage policy and it seems to be because of silkroad. Im currently looking at toucan as my new ISP, their fair usage policy seems to be more generous then my current ISP (Tiscali) and the connection is faster on toucan for the same price
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:09 pm
by Waylander
I use Virgin Media (formerly NTL). All packages are unlimted usage and I stall 20 hours a day in th week and never had a problem. Connection is always stable so never get DC'd due to connectin drop outs.
The price is very competetive at the moment and even on a 1mb package SRO works fine.
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:13 pm
by Innovacious
Waylander wrote:I use Virgin Media (formerly NTL). All packages are unlimted usage and I stall 20 hours a day in th week and never had a problem. Connection is always stable so never get DC'd due to connectin drop outs.
The price is very competetive at the moment and even on a 1mb package SRO works fine.
I dont want to go for the full internet, phone and tv package cus they dont have the sky channels, and the broadband on its own is too expensive for what they are offering.
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:15 pm
by Glorfindal
I use Virgin Media [NTL], always have. I've never had any huge problems with them in 5+ years.
My only issue with them is that Virgin Media [NTL] seems to throttle popular torrent ports.
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:19 pm
by Innovacious
Glorfindal wrote:I use Virgin Media [NTL], always have. I've never had any huge problems with them in 5+ years.
My only issue with them is that Virgin Media [NTL] seems to throttle popular torrent ports.
whoever i go with i want to get the full amount i can possibly get. That speed is higher than the 4mb but lower than 10mb, i dont wanna pay £35 for the 10mb when i can pay £18 or less at other places for 8mb.
even though it seems they only have an acceptable usage policy and not a fair usage policy, that is still too much.
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:35 pm
by ziddy1232
Im on AOL.
Im on sro 24/7 at weekends and... well.. yeah im on all the time.
They allow unlimted downloads and don't have a usage policy
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:36 pm
by Innovacious
ziddy1232 wrote:Im on AOL.
Im on sro 24/7 at weekends and... well.. yeah im on all the time.
They allow unlimted downloads and don't have a usage policy
Lol, if AOL cost 1p a year and had connection speeds to rival those in japan i still wouldnt go for it. Sorry, but i cant stand them.
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:40 pm
by DarkLaw
im on aol too ziddy, soo many random connection drop out
but they really dont have any limits what so ever.
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:43 pm
by ziddy1232
DarkLaw wrote:im on aol too ziddy, soo many random connection drop out
The connection never drops for me
Make usre you have filters on all connections like Sky/cable main line and all. (I have a socket in the hallway and in the living room and cos i have flters on both i never get dc)
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:44 pm
by Innovacious
DarkLaw wrote:im on aol too ziddy, soo many random connection drop out
but they really dont have any limits what so ever.
Tryign to find an isp that dosnt say "
UNLIMITED DOWNLOADSbut you must follow a fair usage policy" is hard. All the ones that dont have one have other drawbacks.
I dont think i would break the fair usage policy again with another ISP anyway. I dont use P2P programs and Tiscali is pathetic, i was told 50mb is a large file by them.
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:52 pm
by ziddy1232
Tiscali are amazing dumb.
I switched to AOL from them last October.
This morning i recieved a letter telling me that my service would be switched in 10-15 days and i may experience disconnection issues during that time.
Does it take them 6 months+ to write a letter?
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:57 pm
by Innovacious
ziddy1232 wrote:Tiscali are amazing dumb.
I switched to AOL from them last October.
This morning i recieved a letter telling me that my service would be switched in 10-15 days and i may experience disconnection issues during that time.
Does it take them 6 months+ to write a letter?
I used to like tiscali. Im like a veteran member, ive been with them since they used to be called lineone, they had good customer service back then. Ever since they got all big and shiny they dont seem to care. For a very long time i was on a 1mb connection but still paying for a 256kb one cus of all the free upgrades they gave us.
Now they just suck.....