looking for good IP stream provider

I am stuck on IP stream (ADSL max only) for the next two years at least - probably longer if 21cn slips more. No LLU other than talk talk! I know that my line will support a steady 5.5-6.5Mbs throughout the day including weekends because I achieved this for the first month with O2 until they overloaded their network.

What do I have to pay to get these kind of 24/7 speeds of 5Mbs + with no tight download limit (on average over 12 months I use about 80GB a month but this is not consistent and varies from month to month)

I am not bothered about frills or extras, free routers or software - just a rock solid relaible service that is less expensive than my mortgage - I know that I cant get this for £24 a month so what would I have to go to for a monthly contract with this kind of service (presumably equivilent of 20:1 contention) and if I can get a fast enough connection to watch streamed programmes (while my partner is gaming on another pc) then I will gladly cancel my £19 a month to Sky to help with the costs

More importantly who would you reccomend could do this

You could look at vivaciti Surfwise 75, which is a 75GB FUP not allowance and may also be flexible. It isn't an Enta package! IIRC it is provided through O-Bit.

I've no idea about the performance and so on. Just that the product description fits your spec.

I would recommend Ident They seem to offer the type of isp you are looking for, very helpful and well respected.

I have said this before , im sure , but to get what you want from a IPstream supplier is going to cost you £50+ a month , you may get lucky and find a small provider that still got capacity on there service , but these are getting few and far between and anybody that's found said provider keeps there mouths shut as advertising there service will bring more users and stuff there connection .

I would say try the UtilityWarehouse or Opal Telecom , who both use CarPhoneWarehouse network to provide there service .
cant think of any other third party suppliers that run on TalkTalk network , but there are a few , and any LLU connection is better than most Budget IPstream connections .

And when a say budget , i mean £30 and downwards ....

certainly take your point there - all of us were singing O2's praises and look what happened to that! I certainly have upped my signts financially as I am looking at deals costing more than £30 now - I have decided that with a good enough connection I could afford to ditch my £19 a month on sky subscription and watch online content instead using the money I would have spent on sky to get a better connection - this still sets my sights on the £40 mark but hiopefully that will buy something better than £20 does!

The suggestions about the LLU options I have looked at before and LLU or not I dont think I want to risk entering into a two year contract with Opal (and take their telecoms) or lose all the potential benefits of faster speed by restricting myself to the 40GB allowance with the other one. However thanks very much for the suggestions.

Well paying more like that there is Zen 8000 Pro at £34.25 and uploads are not counted;

IDNet Home Supermax at the same price same upload, more download but peak/offpeak equal split;

AAISP professional with tiny allowance 9am-6pm Mon-Fri but 100GB off-peak with 2am-6am unmetered. £20.50 2GB peak then £5.86 per 2GB peak gets you to 8GB at £38.10. (Those are contracted rates. Ad hoc topups are £4.89 per GB).

And/or 832kbps upload speed for an extra £9.79.

Maybe that's the one for you?

TBB comparison.

Utility werehouse looks nice

Max

£22.99

16 Meg

Unlimited and they give you a router. How does F2S upto 16mbps look? or is that on the ShittyCali network formerly Tiscali; shapped to hell.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isp/compare.html?isp_2...

does that encorporate the DSL2+ offering? Or is it simply a different way in delivering you low speed like dog poop through a letter box, and it being set on fire.

Edited by deleted (Wed 20-May-09 21:02:56)

Hi I remember you from the enternet group last year - thanks for the information. I have used zen8000 at a friends house and frankly was not very impressed - couldl be the area of course, Anyway IDNet are near the top of my list of next one to try - just heard back from them that their overcharge bandwidth is charged at £1 per GB which is not too bad the downside is that there peak times are 9am - Midnight including weekends which makes the 30GB less useful in terms of watching streamed TV and films - especially with more HD content appearing.

I am tempted to try the vivacit business surfwise which has 75GB but not restricted by time and is FUP rather an an abolute. I am fairly certain they are entanet though not sure if the "surfwise" product is - anyway it wont do any harm to try it for a month or two and move on if I am not happy - at least I shall have migration down to a fine art!

Thanks to everyone for the time you spend answering these recurring questions but the reality is that history means little - last months good provider can be rubbish a couple of months later