pcock Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 in the uk, any ideas on whats best, id like unlimted internet for around 20 pound a month, and i dont have a phoneline and i dont intend to. is this possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Maybe one of those crappy mobile broadband yolks. Does it need to be super fast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Maybe one of those crappy mobile broadband yolks. Does it need to be super fast? Aren't those expensive as ssshitfuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted October 6, 2010 Author Share Posted October 6, 2010 im on a mobile dongle just now and its shite as fuck, 7.50 for 5 gig a month. i need unlimited, end of story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 yeah mobile "broadband" dongles are comprehensively shit. net with no land line? I think you're pretty much limited to sky or virgin media. sky is the best of the two but you probably need to sign up for the tv and stuff too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakapo Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 BE were going to start doing their own landline thing, negating the need for a BT landline. But it's still a landline. Why don't you want a landline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest futuregirlfriend Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 I only have experience with Virgin Media, but I'll tell you how it's been with them. I'm on the cheapest connection (10Mb), during the day there are periods where you can only download so much (check the website for figures per package) 10am-3pm, 3-4 is a happy hour, 4pm-9pm, go nuts at night. If you go over the limit they throttle you for up to five hours. You could probably maintain a good ratio on torrent trackers, personally I don't really bother with them. What they do give you, though, is free usenet access with 7 day retention. What this is, if you haven't used it before, is a direct connection to various news servers in the .nl full of pirated booty. It was a few years before I learnt that they offered it. Once the files are over 7 days old you won't be able to download them. I've never really had a problem with this, I just keep an eye (nsfw)on a few websites that aggregate the uploads. I can easily download over 100 gig a week, never had a complaint. Schedule downloads to start at 3pm and stop at 4:15pm, eat the throttle punishment and blam start at 9pm again. Good: Usenet, seemingly unlimited downloads. Bad: Throttling though I don't know how avoidable that is nowadays, probably not the cheapest about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 BE were going to start doing their own landline thing, negating the need for a BT landline. But it's still a landline. Why don't you want a landline? becasue you have to pay extra rental on the landline,i thuinjk. i dunno. il comeback when im m not wankered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sine Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Im with virgin have been since they were NTL. I dont have a phoneline/landline,mobile,sky,or any sort of tv.It costs me a ridiculous £24.99 a month plus I get charged ten pounds a month for not having a direct debit account set up.However I do get unlimited broadband,unlimited downloads and seemingly no slow periods although sometimes the wireless seems slow so I just whack the ethernet cable in for however long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaen Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 O2 if you are already a customer unlimited internets costs about 5 a month its what im on, service is unflinching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 what is the speed on that plan ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaen Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 upto 20megs but round ere i only get about 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 02 sounds good, im right in the middle of glasgow, being the 3rd/4th biggest city in the country the speeeds should be pretty impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 I'm with O2 also but you need a land line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 I'd go with O2. Don't even think about TalkTalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaen Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 isnt really any way to bypass getting a landline, all other options are even more expensive, just get a basic line from bt and never use it hopefully the monopoly they have over it will be broken soon, its such a pain in the ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 does that not mean i have to pay line rental each month though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaen Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 of course, the basic rate is £12.79 a month, thats what i pay for the line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Babar Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Do you know about Dynamic line Management ? DLM is great. If your router is dropping the connection, that may be because your line is unstable. Consequently, DLM will drop your speed a little bit to improve stability so your router doesn't drop the connection anymore. but this guy is a cunt. I recently got DLMed on the highest possible level: instead of having a 8Mb connection i only had 2Mb. Hopefully my dad works for our ISP so he talked to the right guy and my connection is ok now. Also when ISPs say they provide, say, a 8Mb bandwidth, it's actually an ATM speed (with very low level datas) : you have to substract around 20% to have the actual IP speed. So if you're lucky, with a so-called 8mb speed you probably won't be able to download at more than 800mo/s. So i would say, try to find the best ISP in your area. Also be suspicious when an ISP tells you the first month is free of charge. It's because it will take them 1 month to set up the line/send you the router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 of course, the basic rate is £12.79 a month, thats what i pay for the line sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 I pay £30 a month for my bt land line + all landline calls, £10 a month for a "20meg" connection from O2 and £50 a month for my iPhone contract. £90 a month on comms and data....sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dirty Protest Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Ive been enjoying Virgin 10mb, sometimes getting 12/13mb download speed, but thats all about to change after they were taken over by Sky.Theyre injecting an ‘adrenaline shot’ of performance. What motherfucker makes these bullshit terms up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaen Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 I pay £30 a month for my bt land line + all landline calls, £10 a month for a "20meg" connection from O2 and £50 a month for my iPhone contract. £90 a month on comms and data....sheesh. WHAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 lot o' money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakapo Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 https://www.bethere.co.uk/web/beportal/homepage Click on the tab for Broadband & landline. They're good, don't traffic shape or throttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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