[Shaun]

Originally Posted by th'engineer

Thank you for the update its only fair that we compare like with like, so which package are similar to NTL.
In the following:
E-mail, webspace, customer service, speed, reliability, proxies

Think you will find it hard to find someone similar to NTL

Their prime-time and all-time packages are an internet connection with no proxys etc. There is no cap and a faster upload than Ntl's 150 and 600k options (256) The reliability is excelent, I've not had a slow days browsing yet (since Jan), but they do provide an 0845 dialup service incase of a fault. They do several different speeds depending on where you are and you may need to buy a modem, I paid 20.00 for mine a few examples:

Bulldog's AllTime 500 was recently crowned Best Consumer Broadband service in UK and is now available at the special price of £21.99/mth, offering savings of more than £5/mth against similar 512 kbps services from BT, AOL and Freeserve.

Now, for a limited period, AllTime 500 comes with a free modem - or the option of a free month.

or

For a limited period, Bulldog is offering its AllTime 1000 service for just £32.99/mth with a connection charge of just £1, depending on your location**. It differs from our PrimeTime services in that you get top performance around the clock, not just during off-peak hours.

Both these are FULLTIME products you are on the same speed tarrif all day everyday.

Then there's the primetime products:

For just £24.99/mth you'll get up to 1 Mbps downstream speed during off-peak hours. At other times (that's 8am to 6pm weekdays) you still enjoy standard broadband at up to 512 kbps.

In other words, it's the ideal service if during weekday work hours you won't be using the service a great deal or don't require top speed. Order now and you'll also get a free USB modem, or the option of a free month.

and

PrimeTime 2000 features a unique 'time of day' service offering up to 2 Mbps at off-peak hours. At other times (that's 8am to 6pm weekdays) you still enjoy standard broadband at up to 512 kbps.

In other words, it's the ideal service if during weekday work hours you won't be using the service a great deal or don't require top speed. It offers outstanding value for money priced at a similar level to 512 kbps services offering a quarter of the speed. And now, depending on your location**, connection is reduced to just £29.99.

These two products (primetime) are limited to certan exchanges, but you can find out if you are able to have them on Bulldogs website below.

Their new "economy" package is avalable for 15.99 a month but there IS a cap, it is the only product they do that's capped "A data download limit of 2 Gigabyte per month is applied to the PrimeTime 500 service"

A unique, brand new service from award-winning Bulldog offering up to 10 times the speed of dial-up!

For just £15.99/mth you'll get up to 512 kbps downstream speed during off-peak hours. At other times (that's 8am to 6pm weekdays) you still enjoy up to 256 kbps broadband. In other words, it's the ideal service if during weekday work hours you won't be using the service a great deal or don't require top speed.

What's more, you also get a free modem, or the option of a free month. Hurry - offer ends 30th April.

As an aside to this webspace and email are EXTRA, Bulldog do a bolt on for either 2.99 or 4.99 a month:

Portal Account

My Mail, 20 MB email account.
Web, POP and IMAP compliant.
Virus (Nortons Anti-Virus) & Spam Filtered.
Email management including Vacation and Signature settings.
My Web, 20 MB of web space.
My Diary, ICAL compliant.
My SMS, SMS text application.
My Links, Bookmark.
My News, News Feed
Price £2.99/Month (Inc Vat)




Family Account

4 x My Mail, 10 MB email account.
Web, POP and IMAP compliant.
Virus (Nortons Anti-Virus) & Spam Filtered.
Email management including Vacation and Signature settings.
My Web, 20 MB of web space.
My Briefcase, 15MB of online file storage.
My Messenger
My Diary, ICAL compliant.
My SMS, SMS text application.
My Links, Bookmark.
My News, News Feed.
Price £5.99/Month (Inc Vat)

http://www.bulldogdsl.com/special_offers.asp

Oh and they recently won the coverted "Best consumer broadband ISP"

[Edit] (Neil)-Link fixed.