ISP's...Which are the best??

[old.Nemesis]

Hi all

I was wondering, in ur opinion..which ISP around??
I'd like a balence between cost/speeds

Thanx
Nem

 

[kryt]

Hehe
For gaming concentration, BW is untouchable.
(pimp)
Ezesurf is pretty good, a little more expensive then RedHotAnt's one off payement but a fair bit better. Theres quite a few popping up here and there. Take a look at www.ispreview.co.uk

[Cw.F]Kryten

 

[Embattle]

Kryten you got that the wrong way round. RHA is a yearly payment and Ezesurf is a one off payment.

As well as BW www.jolt.co.uk is one of the fastest ISPs.

 

[kryt]

nah jolt is sheet

 

[old.TUG]

www.worldonline.co.uk

 

[old.Mr Niceguy]

the cheapest ever is http://www.strayduck.com
free 0845 service and every 3rd week
u get free 0800 access 24/7

cheapest but sh33test!!

 

[Embattle]

With www.ezesurf.co.uk I can play on Q2 servers with a ping of 40-60 not bad really.

 

[old.Davehart]

Going with the cost bit, BT Internet are good value for £9.99 a month free off peak.

 

[old.Pure Science]

before i got my cablemodem i used ntlworld dialup which is free 24/7 and the pings were fine in quake.

 

[old.Nemesis]

4 ntlworld do u need their line or something???
What is thw website??

 

[old.Mr Niceguy]

go 2 www.askntl.co.uk

type in ur postcode in2 the box
on the next page click on
ntlworld...

its free..u dont need 2 change telephone
service or nething but u DO need to
get their adaptor thing 4 ur line

--NG

 

[old.[GA] Shovel]

ntlworld is very good.
24/7 access, and no monthly charge.

- You do however, have to have an ntl phone line, (9.99 a month) or an adapter for a BT line (which costs 10 quid, and you have to spend 10 quid a month on voice calls through it to use the ntlworld service).

Anyway, whichever way you pay it is cheaper than BTi, cause you can use it any time during the day. - I *think* it is also a bit faster than BTi too (based on me having sub 200 pings in Q2 with my 33.6k, and peopel using BTi having +200 pings on BTi with 56k modems - the pings can be a bit variable, but I have had no major problems at all.)

 

[bodhi]

For 0800 access www.ja.net always seemed to be the best for me (sorry had to get that one in to piss on cable modem boy's fire)

But if you want the ultimate in performance and service CIX (www.cix.co.uk) is probably about as good as it gets. I regularly ping 50 in UT with it, and PL stays rock solid at 0. The downside is its £17.61 a month with no 0800 access. But hey. If you want the ultimate, you have to be prepared to pay the ultimate price.

 

[old.Reverend Flatus]

I'm still with Demon at £10/month (ex VAT), mainly because I can't be arsed to look around for a cheaper deal. I get a decent connection to Barrysworld servers (usually that is, the packet loss last night was pretty bad) with a ping varying between 50-70.

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In Nomine Poultry, Eggus et Millet de Sancti

 

[Embattle]

Yeah but do you pay per minute?

 

[old.slimey]

this is what i have experienced my self

bti £10 a month no call charges but generally shite ping off peak 6pm-12pm and weekends)unless you use surftime (6pm-8am)

freeserve £10 a month no call charges generally quite good but can take some connecting to between 6pm-11pm ish 24/7

Red hot ant £20-£60 per year with £30 setup fee no call chrges generally quite shit for quake from 4pm-1am ish takes a lot of connecting to most times 24/7

Jolt free 0845 call charges apply usually very good ping although had times when its been a bit shit not very often though

Claranet various prices about same performance to jolt i think