So at my new place, there's a Telewest box thing against the wall, which means I could get Telewest, or I could transfer my BT line and stay with BT+Freedom2Surf, if that's even possible. Telewest currently have a promo on where you get their "starter package" for cable TV, telephone, and broadband, for £30/month. I'm considering going with that, but I'm not sure if Telewest (Blueyonder) are actually any good as far as ISPs go, and the numbers they quote mean little to nothing to me, so. Um. Help? Advise?
(Hm, on further investigation, I can get the starter package including a phone line for £15/month, and then I can stay with F2S, which I'd prefer. At least I think I can put another ISPs broadband connection onto a Telewest line. Must investigate further. Advise still welcome!)
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It USED to crash spectacularly, and email was...wierd for a while, cause they broke something, but it's not too bad now.
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I used Blueyonder dialup in the dim and distant past, and it was abominable.
If you use Blueyonder/Telewest you're unlikely to be able to host anything on the line, which may or may not be a consideration.
What numbers did they quote? I can interpret for you. :o)
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So I just realised, yeah. Bugger. :/
I used Blueyonder dialup in the dim and distant past, and it was abominable.
Hm. They might have improved since then, I suppose, and
If you use Blueyonder/Telewest you're unlikely to be able to host anything on the line, which may or may not be a consideration.
At this point, it's not looking like I'm going to be hosting much in the near future. By the time I get a new computer or whatever and want to / can start doing stuff like that I'll probably have moved again already.
What numbers did they quote? I can interpret for you. :o)
Included in the 3 for 30 package is their slowest broadband connection (second collumn), but I really don't know if that's anywhere near as fast as I'm used to, and which one I'd need if I want something roughly equivalent to F2S's speed.
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It's also worth noting that to get the special prices (£15/month for 256k + phone line and £20/month for 1mb) you have to sign a 12 month contract, and that the 1Mb line will go up to £25/month after three months. (In comparison, though, after VAT we're paying £40/month for 1Mb - but that's with an extremely good ISP, and with /8/ static IP addresses and free reign to run our own servers.)
Don't ignore the BT phone line option, though: call up BT and ask if there's a suitable line to your flat. Most places with cable also have a BT line around from before there was cable.
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If you don't, then stick with Telewest, since it'd be expensive to get a line in - but if there's a line there already, then it's no big deal to get it activated and get a BT phone line. In my experience, they can have it live by 9am the next morning.
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Or poke me - I've got spare server space going
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