which isp? id net or be?

In last six months I had great difficulties to have a isp provider in terms of speed, flexibility and reliability. I was with Waitrose for a year and the service was top notch. With Max connection always had 6500-7400. With Newnet I had roughly 5700 but latency was was really high. Now with Entanet reseller, and speed rougly 4300 and on their peak times gone down to 715.

Desperately seeking a provider like Waitrose but with higher download limit. Thinking about Be as my exchange support it and also ID Net.

Any suggestions?

How much are you likely do download?

If speed is an issue for you why not try Be on the shortest contact you can.

I consider myself as a medium user, but definitely speed is an issue for me. So far let down by the big names of the ISP.

I have requested for MAC and I was told that I have to wait as it will be issued by BT. Oh! every time i had low synch my isp told me that it is for BT stuck profile. I don't understand when I had a near perfect connection, why my line profile shows 4500???

If speed is an issue I'd go for Be -

Interesting that you say you have been let down as the ISP's you have mentioned have very good reputations with a solid following; I'm wondering if the slow down you have gradually seem is a by-product of the Internet getting more and more congested, and consequently changing ISP will not help - in fact, it may slow down, again!

I suppose the only advantage you may get with Be is that they will put you on their LLU, which should remove some of the congestion - an interesting situation I feel.

Blue

IDnet have an excellent reputation and highly regarded CS and Support. I always recommend them.

www.idnet.co.uk

Use Compare to help you choose.

Blue

Wouldn't bother with GRIFFIN if you want to avoid retrictive Capping!!!!

2meg fixed speed

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1177433355&v=1192886

Results for speedtest #1177433355
Date of Speed Test: 2007-04-24 17:49:15
Download Speed: 134 kbps (16.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 236 kbps (29.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Edited by sidneyk (Tue 24-Apr-07 17:50:56)

I expect you probably have done, but if not have a look at > www.madasafish.com/broadband/
and > www.global.net.uk/services/broadband/broadband_max_plus.asp
Both part of Brightview internet services, as is Waitrose.com

Edit:- They are 12 month contracts mind you.

Edited by Apprentice (Tue 24-Apr-07 18:32:31)

Go to www.prodigynet.co.uk, click Support>>ADSL line capability check, and see if your exchange is congested.

Under NO circumstances consider Prodigynet for your supplier. They used to be good but not any longer. I leave them on Friday.