ADSL ISP - does it make a big difference?

[-shaggy-]

My area is finally getting adsl broadband activated by the 1st of October. I'm on ISDN atm and the isp i use makes a huge difference, i guess the same is true of adsl?

Nildram seems to be quick (at least according to some comparison site i found) but not the cheapest. Pipex seemed to be cheap and reasonably quick, leaning towards them atm.

I've also seen packages offering 256, 512, 1 and 2 gb connections. I don't really download large files that often, I'm edging towards either a 256 or 512 connection. Whichever one i go for it doesn't effect ping does it?

anyway, basically i was just curious if there's an isp out there thats head and shoulders above the rest or one that should be avoided at all cost (i'm guessing BT ).

Any tips would be appreciated

thanks

 

[Deadmanwalking]

www.adslguide.org

 

[old.milou]

I have 512/256 ADSL from BT and have no probs with it having upgraded from ISDN. Ping is fine - 25-30ish on BW UT1 servers and 50ish on UT 2k3 servers (equivilant to the UT1 F6 ping). Downloading files from BW UK subscribers FTP, for example, reach circa 58kb/sec although sometimes a higher D/L rate seems to be achieved with multiple DLs. I'm happy with it but I'd upgrade to BT 1024 service when it's available.

 

[evilmonkeh]

id advise you stay clear of bt/freeserver/aol etc, as they tend to cost more and be a bit slower.
try smaller isps such as zen/nildram/f2s and you will be happy

btw i have f2s

 

[kameleon]

BT broadband is fine for me, consistent downloads of 55-60 KB/s and pinging 20 to jolt cs servers

 

[Xavier]

www.zenadsl.com

 

[Teh Krypt]

Ive had 512k BT for ages and really not bad many problems, caped at about 60kb/s download.

I just moved house and DIEING on aol 56k. HELP!

 

[CAC]

i have a 512 bt line and have had no real problems since the initial installation but that was down to wrong information from the suport line.

yoni has a 1 meg ntl line obviously she can download files in half the time i can but when we are playing games my ping is quite often lower than hers but only but 1 or 2

 

[The-Don]

I have Zen at my 'rent's house and Nildram in my own house... both are excellent ISP's, (almost) flawless service...

 

[Ash!]

NTL 1Mbps line at home. No problems since I got it over 12 months ago. Downloas over 100Kb/SEC and pings on Game & Jolt servers around the 18 mark

 

[andyr00barb]

Using nildram since June and very happy with it.

 

[Deadmanwalking]

I am Zen 1 meg business atm, but i had 512 home before hand. 8 Static Ips free of charge \0/

Cutomer service was excellent during the upgrade and i even got one of the techies to call BT "A bunch of useless f**king twats" which made my day

 

[evilmonkeh]

Originally posted by Deadmanwalking
i even got one of the techies to call BT "A bunch of useless f**king twats" which made my day

nice
cant argue with that

 

[Munkey-]

I've been stuck on 56k and nly just today got 288kbps adsl.

My god.....its excellent.

2 mins to download son.....por.......interesting items that may perk my curiosity