Searching for ISP without traffic shaping

I'm moving into a flat with some friends. I'm looking for an ISP which meets the following criteria:

* No traffic shaping. No speed reduction for p2p, BT, streaming video or nntp at any time of day

* Reasonable data allowance. This is for four people so ideally we would like a cap above 400GiB per month

Here are the line stats:

http://i.imgur.com/UhmcL8I.png

Speed is less important than getting rid of traffic shaping and having a reasonable price, so long as it's above 8Mb or so

I think we're also in a fiber serviced area, but have no experience at all with those kind of connections

Very grateful for any advice, cheers

BT, Sky and TalkTalk

Unlimited is a lot easier to find these days

Thanks for the reply

I find it difficult choosing between them because online reviews always seem to be horror stories of not getting proper service for 8 months

How should I choose between them, other than price?

Online reviews of almost anything are full of horror stories, as we all like to complain.

Things like install problems can happen with any of the providers, there is a random element there.

As for which, price is a big factor and other things like is free WiFi worth having, is telephone support any good? e.g. Sky is better than TalkTalk in that respect.

Thanks again!

One last question:

currently, the flat gets line rental from BT and adsl from Virgin.

After we're signed up with the new provider, will we have to manually cancel the existing service with those companies, or will it happen automatically?

Thank you!

You'll need to request a MAC from Virgin and the ADSL should cancel automatically. Depending on which ISP you go with determines whether your line needs to move from BT but this should also cancel the service if you do move.

Personally I'd add Plusnet into the mix as well...

We're thinking of going with sky so will need to switch both the ADSL and the line rental

Sky claims that we don't need to ask Virgin for a MAC, should I believe them?

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My error

If you go to Sky the line migrates away from BT so the Virgin ADSL will cease. You will get charged around £30 by Virgin as they pass on the ADSL cease fee that they are charged by BT Openreach.

Just to confirm, should I definitely not ask for a MAC code first? Will it do any harm if I do?

I've been googling around and there's loads of conflicting advice about this wrt Sky. Some people seem to be saying that if you don't ask for a MAC and you start the order and later it turns out you do need one, you can be stuck without broadband for weeks (!)

e.g. this post

In reply to a post by ferretuk:

If you go to Sky the line migrates away from BT so the Virgin ADSL will cease. You will get charged around £30 by Virgin as they pass on the ADSL cease fee that they are charged by BT Openreach.

If Sky follows the correct procedure, which I believe they do, Openreach do not raise an ADSL cease fee on VM and the OP should not be charged it.

In reply to a post by optisana:

Just to confirm, should I definitely not ask for a MAC code first? Will it do any harm if I do?

I've been googling around and there's loads of conflicting advice about this wrt Sky. Some people seem to be saying that if you don't ask for a MAC and you start the order and later it turns out you do need one, you can be stuck without broadband for weeks (!)

e.g. this post

Get a MAC from Virgin. It cannot do any harm.

Assuming you are going to Sky LLU, Sky almost certainly won't want it, but you will have signified to VM that you are leaving. With most ISPs the issue of a MAC starts a (non-binding on you) 30-day notice period. Your VM T & Cs or FAQs will tell you.

If you aren't going to Sky LLU, but to Sky Connect, DON'T!

Edited by RobertoS (Thu 29-Aug-13 21:49:41)

Edited by deleted (Tue 03-Sep-13 12:37:25)