Jay
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Registered: 26th Sep 04
Location: Liverpool
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Just moved into my own house, need the internet as am having Battlefield online withdrawals, whats the cheapest provider at the minute? Wouldnt mind sky TV or Virgin but quite dear?
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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We are with Sky (used to be with O2), got the unlimited package and not had any issues with the speed or anything.
I think PlusNet are also meant to be good, not sure if they offer unlimited bandwidth though.
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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I use Be There unlimited.
I'd get Virgin fibre if I could.
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noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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Virgin if you can get it
Sky or O2 if in an unbundled LLU area.
Check here http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange_search
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Virgin. It's epic, best internet i've had.
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Toby
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Registered: 29th Nov 05
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Had sky unlimited when I had llu. Was great constant speeds day and night, never went down.
Got plusnet now not in llu, speeds are very inconsistent, buts that's always been the case I have found here. Good customer service, clear download limits and clear throttling policy.
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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I'm with sky llu, get shit speeds as the local exchange isn't up to much  I'd have virgin fibre if I could, mind you my brother has that and he has nothing but problems?
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
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Virgin Internet is bloody good. Their bundles and TiVo box is decent too.
Mine costs about 38 a month including line rental and HD etc.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Jay
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Registered: 26th Sep 04
Location: Liverpool
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I can live with 38 a month, what package are you on and what's TiVo?
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Jay
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Registered: 26th Sep 04
Location: Liverpool
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Im lost with the unbundled Llu talk... I need Broadband talk for Dummies 
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Sunz
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: SE England
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Virgin is hardly the cheapest and has a lot of throttling before certain times, although it's good, my sister and best friend have it and it's really reliable.
I have talktalk unlimited, its just broadband, 10 mbps, no throttling and that's £11.50 a month !
I game often on the pc and low ping is pretty important.
In all I think it's the fastest and most reliable for the money that I have found.
[Edited on 24-12-2011 by Sunz]
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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quote:
Originally posted by Jay
Im lost with the unbundled Llu talk... I need Broadband talk for Dummies
I think the basics of it is that normally sky might sell you bt wholesale Internet at £17.50 or whatever it is a month, usually dire speed.
If for example sky has their own equipment at the phone exchange it's called local loop unbundling, so they can offer you broadband cheaper, should get better speeds as well, in my case it's not much better at all, just cheaper. I expect someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
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Jay
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Registered: 26th Sep 04
Location: Liverpool
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quote:
Originally posted by Sunz
Virgin is hardly the cheapest and has a lot of throttling before certain times, although it's good, my sister and best friend have it and it's really reliable.
I have talktalk unlimited, its just broadband, 10 mbps, no throttling and that's £11.50 a month !
I game often on the pc and low ping is pretty important.
In all I think it's the fastest and most reliable for the money that I have found.
Is that £11.50 a month plus a BT phone line?
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Sky is cheaper than talktalk, talktalk are good though.
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Sunz
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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Yeah that's with a BT line.
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Jay
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Registered: 26th Sep 04
Location: Liverpool
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quote:
Originally posted by Sunz
Yeah that's with a BT line.
How are you managing that? Cant find that deal online?
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Matty SRi
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Registered: 3rd Dec 08
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quote:
Originally posted by Jay
quote:
Originally posted by Sunz
Yeah that's with a BT line.
How are you managing that? Cant find that deal online?
Line rental is £13.80 or £9.50 if you pay it all up front. Which will mean you only have to pay for the package each month.
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noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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Jay, put your post code in that website and print screen (or tell us your post code) so we can see if it's unbundled.
There's also a speed estimator based on your postcode, pop that in and copy/paste the results.
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Sunz
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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Call them, just because there is a set price on a website, doesn't mean you cant get it cheaper.
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