Unmetered
ISP Options
By
Zeon : May 22nd 2000
A quick round up of the current Unmetered
ISP's on offer in the UK, this is not a 'comprehensive guide', just
a helper. Performance rating is based on how fast the service is and
how frequently problems occur. Note that we can't always be 100% accurate
on such issues.
If you can't decide which one to
use then you might want to try our "Which Unmetered ISP Should
I Use?" page which can be found HERE,
It's only simple but should at least give you some ideas.
Active Unmetered ISP's
(24/7)
These are unmetered ISPs that have been
launched recently or several months ago. Performance ratings can change
from day to day so these may already be invalid =).
Breathe
(Modem + ISDN 64k)
6 hour cut off. £50 for life.
Bandwidth Provider: ?
Problems: Problems with speed at start - improved now.
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 3/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 5/5
Callnet0800 (Modem Only)
£20 setup charge reimbursed in phone calls. Price is £0.00.
Bandwidth Provider: ?
Problems: Tends to be a little slow.
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 2/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 5/5
Excite0800 (Modem + ISDN 64k)
Setup fee £100. £20 per year. BEWARE: No downloading large
files, streaming media or multiplayer are allowed.
Bandwidth Provider: ?
Problems: Currently slowing down as more users join.
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 3/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 3/5
Freeserve Time (Modem + ISDN
64k)
£10 calls per month on their Telephone Network.
Problems: Some random cut offs and dead connects.
Bandwidth Provider: Planet
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 4/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 4/5
Lineone (Modem Only)
£20 setup and £5 month on phone calls through adaptor.
Bandwidth Provider: BT
Problems: Engaged tones and slow speeds.
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 3/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 4/5
NTL World (Modem Only)
Free to NTL Cable TV customers and BT customers it is £10 setup and £10
month in calls through adaptor.
Problems: Slow CD distribution.
Bandwidth Provider: NTL
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 5/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 4/5
RedHotAnt (Modem + ISDN 64k, 128k)
£30 setup and £30 per year.
Problems: Unresponsive support, speed improving, be wary as
could decrease again soon.
Bandwidth Provider: ?
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 4/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 4/5
Surfsaver
(Modem + ISDN 64k)
Purchase £39 of shares in them and access comes as a bonus.
Problems: Slow signup process, hard to get through on Telephone,
Un-fixed DNS Timeout problems.
Bandwidth Provider: Planet
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 4/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 4.5/5
Visual
Depth (Modem + ISDN 64k)
£25 setup. £75 per year.
Problems: Slow signup process.
Bandwidth Provider: ?
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 4/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 3.5/5
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World
Online/Screaming.net (Modem Only)
£20 setup. £14.99 per month line rental. Have to switch
from BT to World Online Telecom.
Problems: Slow Mail Server and late bills.
Bandwidth Provider: Level3
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 4/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 4/5
X-Stream
0800 Trial (Modem + ISDN 64k)
Free
Problems: Impossible to Connect to.
Bandwidth Provider: Level3
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 0.5/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 5/5
Inactive/Announced
Unmetered ISP's (24/7)
Most are BT Surftime ISP's. £19+ Unmetered.
0800Freedom
24-7Freecall
Altavista
AOL
BT Click
Games-World.Net
Intensive.net
LibertySurf
Madasafish
PlusNet (Surftime)
PurpleNet
Virgin
Zoom
Free
Unmetered ISP's (NOT
24/7)
These are ISPs that offer unmetered access,
but only for small portions of time, such as 'evening only access' etc.
BT
Internet (Modem
+ ISDN 64k)
Weekends + Evenings (6pm-12). £10 per month.
Problems: Slow connections, bad pings, routers, dialup.
Bandwidth Provider: BTnet
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 3/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 3/5
Claranet
(Modem + ISDN 64k)
Weekends + Evenings (6pm-2am). £10+ per month.
Bandwidth Provider: ?
Problems: Occasional DNS Timeouts, unstable multiplayer pings.
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 5/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 4/5
F9
(Modem + ISDN 64k)
Weekends. £10 per month.
Bandwidth Provider: PlusNet
Problems: Slow Speeds, weekend 0800 engaged tones, inability
to support some offered services.
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 3/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 3/5
IC24
(Modem + ISDN 64k)
Weekends (9am-5pm). £0.
Bandwidth Provider: C&W
Problems: Quite Hard to Connect to.
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 1/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 4/5
StrayDuck
(Modem + ISDN 64k,
128k)
0800 one week in three 0800 is average of 0845. £0.
Bandwidth Provider: ?
Problems: Some connection problems.
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 5/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 2/5
PurpleNet
(Modem + ISDN 64k)
Various freedial hour packages (ClaraNet clone). £6.49+.
Bandwidth Provider: ?
Problems: None.
Current ISPreview Performance Rating: 5/5
ISPreview Value Rating: 3.5/5
Broadband
BTopenworld
Blueyonder
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