who are ICU please?

http://www.icukhosting.co.uk/

I've extensively questioned SAQ. The rep is a bit contradictory in places.

SAQ Q & A's

The unlimited package is £58 a month.

They'd call 400gb a month excessive. They don't traffic shape or port block as a company policy.

Off peak is 12am-6am for BUSINESS usage. Residential has no off peak.

If you can only get upto 8mb presently, you won't be getting the 832k up-speed either.

In reply to a post by gbswales:

maybe not but they (Urility Warehouse) have 40GB cap and very little on their website. It may be that they are just reselling talk talk

Broadband
Lite

£14.99

2 Meg

2 GB

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Standard

£17.99

8 Meg

40 GB

Single port router
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Max

£22.99

16 Meg

Unlimited

Wireless router
-
I really advice you to read web sites properly when choosing a new provider and don't just quickly scan

Edit:just because you cant get full 16mb doesn't mean you cant pay for the unlimited package as many Sky customers do , and UtilityWarehouse don't resell TalkTalk products but do resell a service on there network

Edited by deleted (Sun 24-May-09 08:09:51)

This looks a great deal for £19.99 a month + £1.73 a month members fee so £21.72 for line rental and broadband thats if you have talk talk LLU (opal telecom) on your exchange.It says no minimum contract term but im still digging on that one.Im currently paying £31.40 a month to BT and ADSL24 so a nice saving.40gb is plenty for me too im just wary of moving from BT and need to find out more info on this.

Edited by deleted (Sun 24-May-09 12:06:04)

That makes no sense, i used to get upto 8mbps with an 832upload as I was on a premium package.

The Unlimited package for home users state its unlimted, upto 50:1 contention, and its 8mbps.

It's only higher if you're a business, and want faster upload, lower contention and an extra fixed IP.

Im not sure on contract lenghs, I wouldnt want to be tied into one greater than a month.

I found the SAQ rep quite frustrating, as he kept contradiciting himself and confusing the hell out of me. Have a look at the SAQ forum section. Personally I think ICUK might be better.

Hi - when I looked before it only offered me the up to 16mbs when my exchange is available it didnt offer LLU on my number. However I did find that if I went for telephone and broadband together that it did. So thanks for making me look again -I am quite happy to try a service based on talk talk as there is no minimum contract - I just wasnt prepared to sign up for 18 months as you have to with talktalk direct (and have an 80GB max limit)

I just need to make sure when my initial years contract with BT is up - I think pretty soon so that I can give this a try. I know it will cost me to migrate back to ipstream if I am not happy but that is a risk worth taking to get LLU I feel

I got the same no llu on internet only but comes up with line rental included.
No 12 month contract but there is £50 termination fee within the first 12 months if you want to leave the broadband service.You also have to return the router/modem to them if you leave.

Please keep digging , as i said im unfamiliar with the service and to be honest its the only provider i could remember apart from Opal Telecom , from a list i read through on TalkTalk forum that im unable to find again ( sorry i have looked ) .

There are other providers that also provide LLU services through TalkTalk network , just as there are other providers that provide services through Be* LLU network .
As im sure there are providers that probably provide through Cable&wireless and Easynet and so on , and just because i don't know who they are does not mean they don't exist .

And researching could find you the elusive provider you have been missing , and as i have said , once you find that said provider , chance is you wont want to advertise the fact , in case it brings a influx of new users and congests the service .
This is especial true of IPstream services that are becoming very hard to find for heavy usage 50gig+ , but because of the way LLU services can be scaled and costed heavy usage can be accommodated much more easily ..