VM Alternatives?
 

Does anyone have any suggestions on alternative ISP providers to VM?

I'm looking for an unlimited service and I'm in Hertfordshire.

Cheers!

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Unlimited on ADSL, you'll be hard pushed.

Work out how far your connection from the exchange is, and compare speeds. You may get unlimited ADSL, but if the speed is no good, you may as well stick with the devil you know.

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Assuming you are on a BT line, with ADSL
You can pretty much choose any ISP!
I would recommend visiting uswitch.com for the latest prices

However, buyer beware
Low price doesn't mean best value

I also recommend finding a ISP that uses Direct Debit, as this is a much easier method to amend and cancel, if required, rather than Debit/Credit Card

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Give Talk Talk a wide berth ;)

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wide berth, i'd make sure u miss them by a country mile

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im with bulldog there unlimited,not sure if there in your area i would give them a call see what they say, £35 thats for up to 16mb download & 1mb upload also your telephone line is in with that price.

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What if I cannot get an ADSL service as too far from my local exchange. What alternative to my current 20mb VM service is available.

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Dial up?;)

really... virtually nothing... there is Satellite broadband ofcourse... expensive and slower than cable/adsl!

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Be and Sky. While Sky aren't unlimited, last I looked at Skyuser.co.uk it seemed that they had a 200gb cap. Not bad for £10 a month.

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I'm with Pipex. Never had an issue.

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Nt everybody's choice bt i would say AOL. they r unlimited without any catch! just pure simple plain unlimited. Speed upgrades r happening. And they would try to break a deal at the end of yr contrak, if u call bak.
Had them for a good few years without any problem.

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without the good phoneline....

that would be wireless/WISPs broadband, satellite broadband, mobile broadband, or perhaps setting up a free wireless Mesh community broadband.

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/broadband.shtml

there dont seem to be any consumer WiMax broadband providers as yet but it looks like BT and pipex will be looking to that option soon.

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/n...EFpZAElrsgZjWL
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/n...upVypFzwKJpCzF

wireless/WISPs already exists in some parts of the country
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/review/ce...&category_id=6
http://www.solwise.co.uk/adsl-community-list.htm

there are many options to use as a community Mesh wireless broadband so just look through the links to start with
http://www.wlan.org.uk/operational_wlan_sites.html

http://search.virginmedia.com/result...k&cr=countryUK

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do AOL still offer their services to cable users? (i dont want a bt line)

if so,

how fast?
how much?

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bump

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Without a BT line, your only other real choice is cable. And if you're not close the the exchange, you won't get more than a few Mb. You certainly won't get 20Mb.

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i used to be on AOL through cable, not BT.

i just want to know if they still do it, and what speeds they offer through cable now, and of course.... cost.

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Erm, have you tried looking at the AOL web site? Just an idea :rolleyes:

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of course lol,

its just not there..... says 'phone for cable users......'

i did phone, and got some indian fella who didnt have a clue, said i could get 56k through cable, which is just a darn-right lie and stupid.

thought id ask on here, surely not everyone is on a bt line who uses AOL :)

although, this does seem to be the case. :sleep:

they should easily be able to offer the 8mb service through cable, as virgin now offer 20mb through those same cables.

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I suppose it'll be down to whether VM want to let AOL use their cables any more. Maybe phone VM up and ask them?

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I enquired about that a few months ago. The cable has to b x-ntl. And they can only offer their top end package-which is, i believe, £28.
I was usualy blessed with some great deals by AOL as retention, but even in this situation they wouldn't break a deal with me. Except for loyalty, I cnt c y anyone would do that-VM turns out cheaper.