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Subject: just changed IP
Original Message Date: 05-May-06 @ 09:56 AM - just changed IP
yeah for the brits... i switched at Zazza's recomendation from BTinternet (been with them since first adsl was started in London so hence the choice), to NILDRAM
well anyways, the line speed is way higher... i'm getting 7800 (max 8mb) and double the typical BT upstream at 448
i got the BROADBAND2 package for 25.99 with a 50 gig cap (this cap is only for 'peak hours' - 8am and Midnight - usage, and it's expandable anyways for very little extra. For Offpeak use there's no cap) and they do a lighter version called: Broadband2go which is only 15.99 for 2.5gig cap... so i spose you cvould do your movie d/loading if so inclined during the night after midnight until 8 am if you are a really heavy user, but 50gb is tons - BT is capped for it's most expensive 27.99 broadband product at 32gb even tho they dont really mention it in advertising)
anyways, Nildram also do this 'Hometalk' thing which you can add on for FREE!... you get 500 minutes anytime of free local & national calls. You can can bump that to 3000 minutes for another fiver a month - so you get the broadband, well priced, fast, and for free you can bolt on 500 minutes of calls. Once your 500 minutes is exceeded within any month (if it is) only then do calls start to be added to your BT bill... otherwise you just pay the line-rental standing charge on your BT bill for the line
their rates for internation is ok too - france, germany, australia & usa all 4 pence a minutes average at all times (varies off/on peak by about .5 pence) which is almost the same as normal BT daytime local rates...
anyways, pretty good!... I'm paying less now than with BT broadband for 4 times the speed d/stream & 2 x upsstream, plus i get 500 minutes fo free calls! - they have itemised call listing online so you can keep a check on your monthly free minutes if "going over" is important for budgetting
check em out anyways you Brit's. They migrated me flawlessly from BT
http://www.nildram.net/
well anyways, the line speed is way higher... i'm getting 7800 (max 8mb) and double the typical BT upstream at 448
i got the BROADBAND2 package for 25.99 with a 50 gig cap (this cap is only for 'peak hours' - 8am and Midnight - usage, and it's expandable anyways for very little extra. For Offpeak use there's no cap) and they do a lighter version called: Broadband2go which is only 15.99 for 2.5gig cap... so i spose you cvould do your movie d/loading if so inclined during the night after midnight until 8 am if you are a really heavy user, but 50gb is tons - BT is capped for it's most expensive 27.99 broadband product at 32gb even tho they dont really mention it in advertising)
anyways, Nildram also do this 'Hometalk' thing which you can add on for FREE!... you get 500 minutes anytime of free local & national calls. You can can bump that to 3000 minutes for another fiver a month - so you get the broadband, well priced, fast, and for free you can bolt on 500 minutes of calls. Once your 500 minutes is exceeded within any month (if it is) only then do calls start to be added to your BT bill... otherwise you just pay the line-rental standing charge on your BT bill for the line
their rates for internation is ok too - france, germany, australia & usa all 4 pence a minutes average at all times (varies off/on peak by about .5 pence) which is almost the same as normal BT daytime local rates...
anyways, pretty good!... I'm paying less now than with BT broadband for 4 times the speed d/stream & 2 x upsstream, plus i get 500 minutes fo free calls! - they have itemised call listing online so you can keep a check on your monthly free minutes if "going over" is important for budgetting
check em out anyways you Brit's. They migrated me flawlessly from BT
http://www.nildram.net/
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Message 11/12 09-May-06 @ 02:52 AM - RE: just changed IP
Good point cheddar.
I agree and I don't know beds.
Thought about Talk Talk moujic, but the cost of calls put me off. Then again, I'm not using the phone as much as I was a couple of months ago (got into VoIP) so maybe I should look at this again.
Need more than 3Gb a month so Virgin's not an option (even if BT did authenticate the line). One of the benfits of having gone through all the hassle of having broadband in the first place is that I'm not tied to an annual contract with BT, just monthly.
Steve: how reliable do you find Demon? BT's reliability has been really good. Even after the lightning strike, once the first BT bloke had reconnected the worst bit of frazzled wire, the broadband worked even though the phone was unusable!! Really crackly phone, coudn't hold a sensible conversation, yet speeds remained good. Most odd. I can't think of a time when the broadband service has gone down (other than kids shooting the wires and the lightning - which it doesn't seem fair to blame BT for). I must have a solid connection as now both mine and me lovely's income comes through those wonderful Ws.
Today's engagement with BT resulted in them wanting to test our line speed, but finding that their system wasn't working - promising to call back in 30min and utterly failing to do so. I won't bore you all with the details of each skirmish but will report back any significant developments.
BT Broadband service: excellent
BT Customer service: really really crap.
I agree and I don't know beds.
Thought about Talk Talk moujic, but the cost of calls put me off. Then again, I'm not using the phone as much as I was a couple of months ago (got into VoIP) so maybe I should look at this again.
Need more than 3Gb a month so Virgin's not an option (even if BT did authenticate the line). One of the benfits of having gone through all the hassle of having broadband in the first place is that I'm not tied to an annual contract with BT, just monthly.
Steve: how reliable do you find Demon? BT's reliability has been really good. Even after the lightning strike, once the first BT bloke had reconnected the worst bit of frazzled wire, the broadband worked even though the phone was unusable!! Really crackly phone, coudn't hold a sensible conversation, yet speeds remained good. Most odd. I can't think of a time when the broadband service has gone down (other than kids shooting the wires and the lightning - which it doesn't seem fair to blame BT for). I must have a solid connection as now both mine and me lovely's income comes through those wonderful Ws.
Today's engagement with BT resulted in them wanting to test our line speed, but finding that their system wasn't working - promising to call back in 30min and utterly failing to do so. I won't bore you all with the details of each skirmish but will report back any significant developments.
BT Broadband service: excellent
BT Customer service: really really crap.
Message 12/12 10-May-06 @ 07:03 PM - RE: just changed IP
Never had any problems with Demon in the 18 months I've been using them. I guess if you rely on the internet for your living though then it might be a case of better the devil you know.
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