Choosing a new ADSL provider

Hi all,

Sorry to post a potentially banal and/or unanswerable question.

I am at the end of my lock-in with BT and am considering switching to a cheaper provider. I currently pay £35 a month for broadband and line rental, and this seems steep compare with what others are currently offering.

I have been quite happy with the BT service over the 18 months, having been disappointed with Plusnet in the past. I think the best broadband I ever had was from BE which sadly no longer exists.

I am in inner London, and my line is connected directly to the exchange, so I have no prospect of FTTC, so I am looking for guidance on a good reliable ADSL provider. I am a heavy broadband user, watching a lot of Netflix and Sky box sets over the net.

The current cheap deals from either Sky or Talktalk look good financially, but will they be as reliable as my current expensive BT arrangement?

Your thoughts much appreciated.

Cheers.

Just seen that this may have been posted in the wrong forum. My apologies (newbie).

Related to be original question, do any of the big names (Sky, Talktalk) have better upload speeds than the others?

Hi,

Personally I'd go for TalkTalk, regarding the upload speed it depends on what you're getting at the moment. Do you know your upload speed?

Dan

In reply to a post by edlondon:

Hi all,

Sorry to post a potentially banal and/or unanswerable question.

I am at the end of my lock-in with BT and am considering switching to a cheaper provider. I currently pay £35 a month for broadband and line rental, and this seems steep compare with what others are currently offering.

I have been quite happy with the BT service over the 18 months, having been disappointed with Plusnet in the past. I think the best broadband I ever had was from BE which sadly no longer exists.

I am in inner London, and my line is connected directly to the exchange, so I have no prospect of FTTC, so I am looking for guidance on a good reliable ADSL provider. I am a heavy broadband user, watching a lot of Netflix and Sky box sets over the net.

The current cheap deals from either Sky or Talktalk look good financially, but will they be as reliable as my current expensive BT arrangement?

Your thoughts much appreciated.

Cheers.

Go with EE, you are then still with BT but pay EE prices.

Line rental £11.00 a month if you pay 12 months upfront.
Unlimited ADSL2+ broadband 17 Mbps £9.95 a month, 12 month contract.
Ask for your FREE TV Set-Top-Box worth £300

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2014/10/ee-adds...

https://broadband.ee.co.uk/home.do

Apart from the fact that EE will no doubt belong to BT next year so the OP will be back to square one.

If Talk Talk works then it is fine, if there is a problem, then that is where the hassle is, for ADSL they are cheap compared to others.

BT always have been expensive and I thought the whole reason they wanted restrictions lifted was to offer a better value package. they still do not do that.

OP have a look at Sky as well if you want to stick with the larger suppliers.

I am happy with the the price, no contract tie-in and very good customer service here.
http://www.pulse8broadband.co.uk/
Try here by the 31st Dec for free unlimited broadband for a year.
http://www.fuelbroadband.co.uk/unlimited-broadband?s...

Edited by professor973 (Mon 22-Dec-14 17:08:22)

Thanks for the Pulse8 tip, a supplier I had not heard of.

Thanks for all the info, everyone above.

As for current speeds, I get 11 download and 0.9 upload, which perhaps has improved since I last did a speed test.

As I said, I am not unhappy with the service, I just object to the price!

In reply to a post by E7er:

Go with EE, you are then still with BT but pay EE prices.

Not quite. EE has traffic management, BT does not.

PN has traffic management (of a different flavour), BT does not.

EE could be brought into the BT fold on a similar basis.