only said Nildram as I know a few people using them and they have never had a problem one person in paticular is a heavy ftp user.
Nildram have a 50gig monthly cap except between midnight and 8 am with is uncapped, but what i really like is that if you do go over the 50gig cap you aren't diconnected but speed reduced to 64k during 8am to midnight, this I think is fair.
If NTL's real problem was congestion why not offer an uncapped 'Off-Peak' allowance.
I also love the fact BT have now back-stepped to a soft cap only policy the is very clever bussiness if you ask me as soon as NTL go ahead with inforcing hard capping BT up your limit to beat NTL.
as for these small companys taking to long to connect new customers try moving house with NTL then waiting over a month to have the internet connection re-enabled even though you have the phone and tv service working fine, at least the small companies can always use the to small excuse ;-) as opposed to the not customer orientated approach, unless your a new customer of course...
ment to add 'i think' to the direct debit thing as its happened to me the bank 'Barclays' said it was because it was a rolling direct debit not just a one off payment, this is why standing orders are better because they normally have a payment date on them and sometimes even an end date
Direct debits do not they are just an agreement for a company to bill your account for example phone bills are not allways for the same ammount so untill the phone companys issues the direct debit your bank does not know anything about it but you don't have to sign or agree to the transaction each time your bill is due...
as I said i'm not 100% sure just previous experience and worth checking maybe....
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just compared ntlworld an nildram over at adslguide
just look at the gap between them especially regarding Customer service, looks good to me
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/isps/com...action=Compare