McSmelly
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... Meets the following criteria?
1. Costs 17.99 or less a month for a 8mb MAX service
2. Does not have a usage cap, or if it does is no less than 20gb
3. Does not force you to switch to a "free phone calls" package to get broadband.
4. Does not traffic shape, block ports, or otherwise restrict bandwidth.
5. Has a fair usage policy (e.g. if there's no cap) that is actually fair.
6. Has a good record of fast speeds and low latency ping.
7. Has a good record of good quality connections (e.g. not many drops or sync problems).
Or doesn't an ISP with that criteria exist? I was looking at Fast4 initially but then I looked at the forum on here to do with them. My first impression was "Oh dear". Speed problems left right and centre. I'm with Tiscali now (Urg) and I get horrible connection quality, my line always seems to desync and often takes hours if not days to resync. However one thing about it is that I don't very often get poor speed, which is an odd one for a Tiscali customer I know but its true. Don't want to switch to another supplier that supposedly offers an otherwise better service (MAX, no traffic shaping and no bandwidth cap for one pound more than what I'm already paying Tiscali), only to find two weeks later my connection speed is worse than it was when I was with Tiscali.
Added to which, what is it with these free inclusive phone call deals? Free my arse. What's the catch?
1. Costs 17.99 or less a month for a 8mb MAX service
2. Does not have a usage cap, or if it does is no less than 20gb
3. Does not force you to switch to a "free phone calls" package to get broadband.
4. Does not traffic shape, block ports, or otherwise restrict bandwidth.
5. Has a fair usage policy (e.g. if there's no cap) that is actually fair.
6. Has a good record of fast speeds and low latency ping.
7. Has a good record of good quality connections (e.g. not many drops or sync problems).
Or doesn't an ISP with that criteria exist? I was looking at Fast4 initially but then I looked at the forum on here to do with them. My first impression was "Oh dear". Speed problems left right and centre. I'm with Tiscali now (Urg) and I get horrible connection quality, my line always seems to desync and often takes hours if not days to resync. However one thing about it is that I don't very often get poor speed, which is an odd one for a Tiscali customer I know but its true. Don't want to switch to another supplier that supposedly offers an otherwise better service (MAX, no traffic shaping and no bandwidth cap for one pound more than what I'm already paying Tiscali), only to find two weeks later my connection speed is worse than it was when I was with Tiscali.
Added to which, what is it with these free inclusive phone call deals? Free my arse. What's the catch?























