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Post by Culturetart1 on Sept 18, 2003 6:22:20 GMT -5
Sorry if this has been posted before but I'm finally getting a computer at home ( before I get fired from here for being on PJ all the time !!! ). I don't know which Broadband deal to get. AOL seems better than BT because you get the modem free but I've heard that the service from BT is better.
Can anyone advise ?
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Post by Forgive Me Jenny Elly Moondial on Sept 18, 2003 7:48:23 GMT -5
Well I've had BT for about a year and a half and it's only crashed twice and only for a day.
If you've got a BT line in your house anyway and can run the internet off it without getting a seperate phone line then it's good because the £28 per month BT charge includes line rental that you were paying on your phone line anyway so its actually less than £28.
Modem costs about £80, connection is £60 though they might be doing free connection which they do quite often.
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Post by Culturetart1 on Sept 18, 2003 9:46:57 GMT -5
They're doing the connection free but the modem is £50 - I don't mind forking out for that as long as it's a decent service. I think it's going to have to be BT.
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Post by Rimbaud on Sept 18, 2003 10:24:03 GMT -5
I haven't had any problems with Freeserve. But if money's an issue and you already have a BT line, may as well go with them.
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Post by P-G (A Present for Everyone) on Sept 18, 2003 10:46:11 GMT -5
i use ntlworld £25 a month broadband
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Post by jamie on Sept 18, 2003 11:25:01 GMT -5
Sorry if this has been posted before but I'm finally getting a computer at home ( before I get fired from here for being on PJ all the time !!! ). I don't know which Broadband deal to get. AOL seems better than BT because you get the modem free but I've heard that the service from BT is better. Can anyone advise ? BT is great. I share the broadband with 12 other people in the building and it's still very fast. |
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Post by max at Uni on Sept 18, 2003 12:19:57 GMT -5
i use ntlworld £25 a month broadband i think Eclipse are superb and cheaper than AOL and Freeserve www.eclipse.co.uk |
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Post by Forgive Me Jenny Elly Moondial on Sept 18, 2003 15:49:07 GMT -5
They're doing the connection free but the modem is £50 - I don't mind forking out for that as long as it's a decent service. I think it's going to have to be BT. Slightly annoyed at that since I had to pay out £160 to get on but it's still a bargain, even more so at £50. |
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Post by Queen Smudge on Sept 18, 2003 17:17:38 GMT -5
I'm on BT, and there was a load of hoo-har about it at first, but it's very fast and super now. Although, you don't get an e-mail address or username service that you get AOL, which is total bastard.
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Post by Forgive Me Jenny Elly Moondial on Sept 18, 2003 19:22:17 GMT -5
I'm on BT, and there was a load of hoo-har about it at first, but it's very fast and super now. Although, you don't get an e-mail address or username service that you get AOL, which is total bastard. Really? I did. |
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Post by TheMoon on Sept 19, 2003 6:48:55 GMT -5
I'd go with Tiscali. They do 2 deals, one is cheaper per month, free modem, but you have to pay connection of £50 I think. The other is slightly more a month, free connection, free modem
I wouldn't trust AOL. Everything about them is evil
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Post by Jonny on Sept 19, 2003 7:14:37 GMT -5
There now follows an advert on behalf of AOL-Time-Warner:  |
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Post by Junie on Sept 20, 2003 12:47:07 GMT -5
AOL is awful, I must admit. But I'm stuck with it for the time being.  |
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