In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Depends on your budget and usage profile really, entanet resellers might be worth a look.

If unlimited is a key thing then yes choice at low price is limited

Thank you for your response. I can live with a download limited of 100Gb. Does that widen my potential list of suppliers?

Currently I pay BT line rental plus £32 to TalkTalk but that includes 500 anytime minutes. So I guess my budget can stand £55 a month but it would be nice if it were a [lot] less.

I guess I've already mentioned Plusnet.

The package we're on would give you unlimited broadband allowance on the "up to" 80/20 speeds for £20pm, with line rental at £14.50pm and an anytime call package at £5pm, plus caller display at £1pm. That's a total of £40.50.

We actually pay the line rental up-front, in a single yearly payment. At the moment that is £131, which is the equivalent of £11pm - so that's nearer £37pm equivalent.

I'm not sure the call charges are that brilliant when outside the "anytime" package, so check those charges.

In reply to a post by WWWombat:

I guess I've already mentioned Plusnet.

The package we're on would give you unlimited broadband allowance on the "up to" 80/20 speeds for £20pm, with line rental at £14.50pm and an anytime call package at £5pm, plus caller display at £1pm. That's a total of £40.50.

We actually pay the line rental up-front, in a single yearly payment. At the moment that is £131, which is the equivalent of £11pm - so that's nearer £37pm equivalent.

I'm not sure the call charges are that brilliant when outside the "anytime" package, so check those charges.

Very good information, thank you. 2013 should see the availability of FTTC in Elstead and is quoted as being from September 30th but realistically I reckon it will be Christmas time before I will be connected. Internet searches show I am feed from cabinet #1 and that planning permission was recently granted for the adjacent FTTC cabinet http://waverweb.waverley.gov.uk/live/wbc/pwl.nsf/(Re...

I reckon I am 700 yards from that new cabinet. Can you get a fixed IP from PlusNet's FTTC offering?

In reply to a post by WWWombat:

I guess I've already mentioned Plusnet.

The package we're on would give you unlimited broadband allowance on the "up to" 80/20 speeds for £20pm, with line rental at £14.50pm and an anytime call package at £5pm, plus caller display at £1pm. That's a total of £40.50.

We actually pay the line rental up-front, in a single yearly payment. At the moment that is £131, which is the equivalent of £11pm - so that's nearer £37pm equivalent.

I'm not sure the call charges are that brilliant when outside the "anytime" package, so check those charges.

**UPDATE**

I contacted PlusNet and found your package price would not be available to me as their will be no LLU on the Elstead exchange. So my price, for the same facilities as you, would be £64.20 - Currently my ADSL with BT line rental and TalkTalk Business costs £46.74 so an FTTC service for me adds £17.46 to my monthly outlay. I think I will look around a bit more before making a decision.

Yes you can - one off charge of £5.00.

Unless I am mistaken though, you have to wait until you are connected before you can order. Order via the member centre.

That figures because it's a Market 1 exchange so they won't give you the cheaper rate.

That'll be because Elstead is a market-1 exchange, and only offers BT-based services (which means, as you said, and I should have noted, there are no LLU suppliers).

In this case, it isn't a technical issue, but is all about the regulations set by Ofcom.

HOWEVER...

The price increase from the PN "low-cost areas" (ie market 2 and market 3) to the higher cost areas (ie market 1) is only £7, for the unlimited fibre package.

But you mentioned that you currently have a TalkTalk business package. Were you enquiring at PN about their business packages, or residential ones? I guess you are in a whole different ballgame with business...