Which ISP should I choose

2009-02-17 14:36:05

#1

JoshP: Banned; +176|5953|Notts, UK

Currently, I'm on Pipex which is basically Tiscali, shit sucks, they throttle torrents and are overpriced.

However, my dad's finally (after 6 months of pestering, srsly ) decided to change. So I need to know which ISP to tell him to go with

Requirements:

Must be available in my area. Cable is not available in my area, nor is Be*
Must not be one of the ISP's that sends you letters or sends the RIAA/BPI letters about torrenting. (for obvious reasons.)
Must have as high an upload speed as possible in my area (which sort of depends my area lol, but whatever, i'll check that out )
Will ideally not throttle download speed/torrents excessively or at all. Currently between about 10am and 12 midnight, I can't connect to trackers or download at particularly high speeds - obviously this is not ideal. Unfortunately, even encryption doesn't work against tiscali's throtting, bastards
Edit: must have no download limit or a huge (larger than 50GB) download limit

Currently I'm looking at o2 broadband's "Home access" package:
£17.13/month
Estimated speed of 7mbps, so equivalent to ~ 896KB/s download speed (quite an improvement on my current 230KB/s )
Maximum upload of 448kbps, equivalent to 56KB/s (not too great )

Suggestions for ISPs that fit the above criteria would be much appreciated, obviously you can't check if they're available in my area, but if you've had a good ISP, I'd like to know about it

Also, if anyone's had experience of o2 broadband (latency ingame, torrent throttling, etc), please do tell me about it

Thanks a lot, karmaz as usual to people who help out

Last edited by JoshP (2009-02-17 14:48:55)

2009-02-17 14:40:34

#2

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6753|Gogledd Cymru

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http://www.zen.co.uk/broadband/

2009-02-17 14:52:09

#3

JoshP: Banned; +176|5953|Notts, UK

Finray wrote:
First of all get a computer that can actually run CoD4.

15fps is adequate

plus CoD4 is bad and boring, the only fun thing in it is aimbotting on non-PB servers lolz (quit crying moralfags, play on PB servers if you don't like getting aimbotted)

but now i'm banned from all the non-PB servers... so yeah

and GTFO of my thread with your offtopicness brah

Also- Updated the OP regarding download limits

Last edited by JoshP (2009-02-17 15:17:48)

2009-02-17 14:57:27

#4

CrazeD: Member; +368|6937|Maine

JoshP wrote:
Finray wrote:
First of all get a computer that can actually run CoD4.
15fps is adequate

plus CoD4 is bad and boring, the only fun thing in it is aimbotting lolz

but now i'm banned from all the non-PB servers... so yeah

and GTFO of my thread with your offtopicness brah

Sounds like you suck at it.

2009-02-17 15:04:32

#5

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|6973|England. Stoke

JoshP wrote:
Finray wrote:
First of all get a computer that can actually run CoD4.
the only fun thing in it is aimbotting lolz

Was gonna offer a couple of options until I read this...

2009-02-17 15:10:01

#6

JoshP: Banned; +176|5953|Notts, UK

CrazeD wrote:
JoshP wrote:
Finray wrote:
First of all get a computer that can actually run CoD4.
15fps is adequate

plus CoD4 is bad and boring, the only fun thing in it is aimbotting lolz

but now i'm banned from all the non-PB servers... so yeah

and GTFO of my thread with your offtopicness brah
Sounds like you suck at it.

yep can't aim at all

coke wrote:
Was gonna offer a couple of options until I read this...

see usertitle

2009-02-17 23:55:48

#7

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6955|Devon, England

JoshP wrote:
[*]Must be available in my area. Cable is not available in my area, nor is Be*

Usually people explain what the starred words are later in their posts.

What's Be?

Also, I'm with AOL, and they kick-ass, to be honest. But you're probably gonna assume they're all gay like the Americans tell you etc.

2009-02-18 00:02:30

#8

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6865|132 and Bush

The aol software is gay. My family has been using it for millions of years. They don't listen..lol. It's just a hog and they're constantly throwing shit up in your face.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-02-18 02:57:51

#9

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|6839|London

AOL is gay, they throttle torrents and shape traffic like mofos. Their customer services are mostly retarded call centres in India who don't know the difference between a bit and a byte and for all problems tell you to restart your router.

Go with O2/BE, they're the only good UK ISP atm but that won't last long as either they'll become oversubscribed and start to suck or the government's £5billion overhaul takes over and we all get amazing internet.

2009-02-18 06:12:54

#10

JoshP: Banned; +176|5953|Notts, UK

FFLink13 wrote:
JoshP wrote:
[*]Must be available in my area. Cable is not available in my area, nor is Be*
Usually people explain what the starred words are later in their posts.

What's Be?

Also, I'm with AOL, and they kick-ass, to be honest. But you're probably gonna assume they're all gay like the Americans tell you etc.

http://bethere.co.uk Their name is "Be*"

Titch2349, who i know IRL, is on AOL and says they're awful, and:

Aries_37 wrote:
AOL is gay, they throttle torrents and shape traffic like mofos. Their customer services are mostly retarded call centres in India who don't know the difference between a bit and a byte and for all problems tell you to restart your router.

that sums up his experiences too basically

Aries_37 wrote:
Go with O2/BE, they're the only good UK ISP atm but that won't last long as either they'll become oversubscribed and start to suck or the government's £5billion overhaul takes over and we all get amazing internet.

I think i shall

Last edited by JoshP (2009-02-18 06:13:29)

2009-02-18 08:43:49

#11

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6955|Devon, England

JoshP wrote:
FFLink13 wrote:
JoshP wrote:
[*]Must be available in my area. Cable is not available in my area, nor is Be*
Usually people explain what the starred words are later in their posts.

What's Be?

Also, I'm with AOL, and they kick-ass, to be honest. But you're probably gonna assume they're all gay like the Americans tell you etc.
http://bethere.co.uk Their name is "Be*"

Titch2349, who i know IRL, is on AOL and says they're awful, and:

Aries_37 wrote:
AOL is gay, they throttle torrents and shape traffic like mofos. Their customer services are mostly retarded call centres in India who don't know the difference between a bit and a byte and for all problems tell you to restart your router.
that sums up his experiences too basically

Aries_37 wrote:
Go with O2/BE, they're the only good UK ISP atm but that won't last long as either they'll become oversubscribed and start to suck or the government's £5billion overhaul takes over and we all get amazing internet.
I think i shall

Customer service can't speak for shit, yeah. But they give you free upgrades if you threaten to leave (Worked for us). Any issues I've had have eventually been sorted, you just gotta be patient and go through the pointless shit they tell you try cos it's how they do their job.

Torrents are for nubs, really. Warez is where it's at, and I get around 900KBPS download speed.

Not sure what shaping traffic is, but I get full speeds all the while.

2009-02-18 09:44:25

#12

JoshP: Banned; +176|5953|Notts, UK

FFLink13 wrote:
Customer service can't speak for shit, yeah. But they give you free upgrades if you threaten to leave (Worked for us). Any issues I've had have eventually been sorted, you just gotta be patient and go through the pointless shit they tell you try cos it's how they do their job.

Torrents are for nubs, really. Warez is where it's at, and I get around 900KBPS download speed.

Not sure what shaping traffic is, but I get full speeds all the while.

You mean warez.bb? Hahahahaha

Private torrent sites > warez.bb by miles

Traffic shaping is where they limit your total download speed or restrict the speed at which you download certain types of content, eg torrents

Last edited by JoshP (2009-02-18 09:45:23)

2009-02-18 13:55:52

#13

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6955|Devon, England

JoshP wrote:
FFLink13 wrote:
Customer service can't speak for shit, yeah. But they give you free upgrades if you threaten to leave (Worked for us). Any issues I've had have eventually been sorted, you just gotta be patient and go through the pointless shit they tell you try cos it's how they do their job.

Torrents are for nubs, really. Warez is where it's at, and I get around 900KBPS download speed.

Not sure what shaping traffic is, but I get full speeds all the while.
You mean warez.bb? Hahahahaha

Private torrent sites > warez.bb by miles

Traffic shaping is where they limit your total download speed or restrict the speed at which you download certain types of content, eg torrents

What speed do you get torrents at, sorry?

How long does it take you to download a film? About 10 minutes for me.

Warez > Torrents by lightyears.

2009-02-18 14:20:39

#14

JoshP: Banned; +176|5953|Notts, UK

FFLink13 wrote:
JoshP wrote:
FFLink13 wrote:
Customer service can't speak for shit, yeah. But they give you free upgrades if you threaten to leave (Worked for us). Any issues I've had have eventually been sorted, you just gotta be patient and go through the pointless shit they tell you try cos it's how they do their job.

Torrents are for nubs, really. Warez is where it's at, and I get around 900KBPS download speed.

Not sure what shaping traffic is, but I get full speeds all the while.
You mean warez.bb? Hahahahaha

Private torrent sites > warez.bb by miles

Traffic shaping is where they limit your total download speed or restrict the speed at which you download certain types of content, eg torrents
What speed do you get torrents at, sorry?

How long does it take you to download a film? About 10 minutes for me.

Warez > Torrents by lightyears.

lrn2private trackers

2009-02-18 14:43:27

#15

Peter: Super Awesome Member; +494|6666|dm_maidenhead

I use o2. Speeds are good. I don't use torrents though so don't know about that. Speeds are line max.
And for £7.50 a month, (up to) 8Mb/s DL speeds and unlimited downloads it is pretty .

Especially as you can't even get 8Mb/s where I live.

Last edited by Peter (2009-02-18 14:43:38)

2009-02-18 14:56:28

#16

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7020|Scotland

https://www.bethere.co.uk/

Best internet there is.

2009-02-18 14:59:24

#17

Peter: Super Awesome Member; +494|6666|dm_maidenhead

Zimmer wrote:
https://www.bethere.co.uk/

Best internet there is.

JoshP wrote:
Requirements:

Must be available in my area. Cable is not available in my area, nor is Be*

2009-02-18 15:00:06

#18

Noobeater: Northern numpty; +194|6711|Boulder, CO

Then go with 02.

2009-02-21 04:17:56

#19

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6845|SE London

Noobeater wrote:
Then go with 02.

02 = Be.

2009-02-21 05:04:48

#20

KuSTaV: noice; +947|6775|Gold Coast

What the hell. I (read: my dad) pay $70AUS per month for a 'liberty' plan, which is 25GB usage, then when capped it will slow down to '64kbps' (read: fucking slow dickshit). Speeds can get pretty fast for when downloading .rar files (sometimes up to 800kbps), but when on internets explorer, it will load okay.

I need to move to the UK.

noice

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2009-02-21 05:13:27

#21

Noobeater: Northern numpty; +194|6711|Boulder, CO

Bertster7 wrote:
Noobeater wrote:
Then go with 02.
02 = Be.

I know, i've said that previously in several different topics. He said that he couldn't get Be but he could somehow get 02.

2009-02-21 05:25:40

#22

JoshP: Banned; +176|5953|Notts, UK

Noobeater wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
Noobeater wrote:
Then go with 02.
02 = Be.
I know, i've said that previously in several different topics. He said that he couldn't get Be but he could somehow get 02.

fyi o2's proper packages are only available in areas where you can get be* (i believe). However if you're not in an o2 area, then they have a package called "home access" which isn't as good as the other packages, but still is available in areas where o2/be*'s equipment hasn't been installed in the exchange yet.

2009-02-21 05:32:09

#23

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6845|SE London

Noobeater wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
Noobeater wrote:
Then go with 02.
02 = Be.
I know, i've said that previously in several different topics. He said that he couldn't get Be but he could somehow get 02.

Not LLU O2.

So it'd be shit.

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