Hi all
I've been doing some looking around the web trying to suss out which UK internet provider is offering the best deals, but it's a bit difficult to figure out who's actually offering the best service etc.
I'm wondering who you all use and how you find them from a business user stand point? Are there any ISP's you absolutely wouldn't use, or any that you simply gave up on and switched to someone else? Is it best to get your internet (broadband) off one company, and your telephone / TV from another?
I guess I've been a bit spoiled here in Thailand, where every broadband account has unlimited bandwidth regardless of the package you sign-up for, so you only actually worry about achieved speed, and persistence of connection (actually a bigger problem than speed here - especially the international connection). I've seen some of the bigger ISP's advertising broadband packages with 2GB and 10GB per month bandwidth and dressing them up like they're the bees knees - sorry boys and girls, but 2GB I can burn out in under an hour (and that's only with a 512Kbps / 2 Mbps connection), and 10GB I can guarantee burning through in an evening when I'm backing-up and upgrading my sites - these are nonsense-level monthly bandwidths to me.
I'm not that worried about these "up to" 16 Mbps advertised speeds - they can't be any worse than what I get off the local 2 Mbps account, although it'd be nice to find a service offering "guaranteed" 2Mbps (i.e. at 1:1 contention / not sharing the line with half the county), but so far I haven't found one.
So, from a non-techie, or from an Uber-techie, point of view (I can handle both ) - what's your take on the best suppliers and packages?
This is something I'd really like to have a handle on before I arrive back. An idea of prices at the same time would be helpful, please, if you don't mind sharing the info.
Gaz