In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I was looking for that "out of area" bit but didn't see it !! Grrr.

What I read, and what you have there, looks as though it is based on Plusnet, like John Lewis.

I've just had a closer look at their website and came across:-

If you require additional Gb allowance you can upgrade to Family or Pro or purchase additional usage at £5 per 5Gb.

so you are possibly correct regarding Plusnet as the £5 for 5GB is what PN charge their customers while maaf charge £2 for 1GB extra usage

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

..... What I read, and what you have there, looks as though it is based on Plusnet.....

I believe that they use several providers. I know that DST were definitely using TT (Originally Tiscali) in this area as a neighbour was using them.

Could be . But that exchange has to be a BT Wholesale seller of some kind, as it has no LLU and not even WBC.

I cannot base any judgment on Tesco apart from it looks cheap!

However, HOW can they advertise UNLIMITED with a 100GB FUP?

Surely under trading standards that should be clearly illegal? (I mean this in reference to ALL who do this!)

Maybe unlimited needs redefining in the dictionary.

Unlimited - in a thesaurus means limited (except Sky and maybe one or two others).

Which probably explains why B.T. with their genuinely unlimited service are the most popular ISP. You get what you pay for, with the notable exception of customer service.

In reply to a post by m0aur:

Which probably explains why B.T. with their genuinely unlimited service are the most popular ISP. You get what you pay for, with the notable exception of customer service.

Not strictly true - only Sky is truly unlimited as they do not throttle p2p if that floats your boat. BT does. Talk Talk are effectively unlimited too in their plus or whatever it is called nowadays package.

In reply to a post by markdvdman:

In reply to a post by m0aur:

Which probably explains why B.T. with their genuinely unlimited service are the most popular ISP. You get what you pay for, with the notable exception of customer service.

Not strictly true - only Sky is truly unlimited as they do not throttle p2p if that floats your boat. BT does. Talk Talk are effectively unlimited too in their plus or whatever it is called nowadays package.

All of which are a slower speed than anything else on any exchange, which in itself limits what you can download compared with just about any ISP..
An example:- http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/2636/speedbr.jpg
They look very limited to me!

In reply to a post by m0aur:

In reply to a post by markdvdman:

In reply to a post by m0aur:

Which probably explains why B.T. with their genuinely unlimited service are the most popular ISP. You get what you pay for, with the notable exception of customer service.

Not strictly true - only Sky is truly unlimited as they do not throttle p2p if that floats your boat. BT does. Talk Talk are effectively unlimited too in their plus or whatever it is called nowadays package.

All of which are a slower speed than anything else on any exchange, which in itself limits what you can download compared with just about any ISP..
An example:- http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/2636/speedbr.jpg
They look very limited to me!

That depends on your area. I get sky 12meg down and 1.1Meg up in Merthyr, but I could improve it with a faceplate and maybe get DLM turned off but I can live with it!

Plus Net are a NIGHTMARE in the days as they admitted to me that online footy streaming using p2p may be problematic! So if you are that footy junky, sky or talk talk IF your exchange is LLU enabled for those of course

Would you believe my exchange is TT unbundled, but look at the speeds after everyone piled in for a cheapo service. According to the uSwitch test site, just one Plusnet user on my exchange, and at the other side of the village - 13Mb round the clock

Edited by deleted (Sat 19-May-12 14:23:11)

So with just one other user in the village it tells you that Plusnet is best, based on a location sample of two?

How big is the area that uswitch consider your area?