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Non LLU ISP Recommendation- Moving from Orange

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Orange. Worst ISP.

Been stuck with them too long want to move and have requested a MAC code.

I'm looking for lowest latency as I like to play games online. Live about 50m from my exchange and have good line stats. Being rural can only get up to 8mb on ADSL Max.

I've been looking at PlusNet for a while but recently have seen lots of complaints!?

Just went on:
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/review/top10.php

Seems like the "top rated" on there are ISPs that are relativley unheard of in the UK to the average consumer (maybe this is a good thing?)

The top 2 on there seem to be Fast.co.uk and XILO.

Not a very heavy user but mum likes to watch Iplayer so possibly a 20GB policy to avoid any costly extra charges.

Who would you guys recommend?

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I live 700+ yards from my rural exchange (non-LLU) & like to get the best possible download & upload speeds. I have been with XILO (link at bottom of this post) for 6 months & am very impressed with them, getting the fastest speeds I've ever had & excellent support too. AAISP (Andrews & Arnold) were nearly as good, but their Peak Period allowances are very meagre (their Off-Peak does start at 6pm though).

Of those ISPs I have received broadband from, I rate them as follows (best first & co-incidentally, most recent first too):
1. XILO
2. AAISP
3. IDNet
4. NewNet
5. Freedom2surf

The first four have been 100% reliable too. The main differences have been download speeds & prices. I moved from XILO's Home Broadband to their Office Broadband after 3 months, solely because that gives me "double speed" uploads for my online "humyo.com" data back-ups.

ICUK is also worth looking at, though I have no personal experience of them, except to say that when I made an email enquiry to them, their reply was almost instantaneous :) . You do though, get what you pay for to a large degree & a cheap ISP will give you much to grumble about in this forum! :nod: :laugh:

PS. At the bottom of the "Top 10" list, there is a link to a "Top 50" list, which is un-weighted (takes no account of the number of ratings received).
 
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Zen Internet is another worth considering as they do win some awards and have a good reputation. It is no surprise to find that the best providers are often also the smallest, although being small and BT based does tend to cost extra.

If saving money becomes more important than gaming then there's also PlusNet to consider, although both IDNet and Eclipse Internet are also pretty good for flexible usage allowances. Out of those three I'd say that IDNet is probably also handy for gaming too.
 
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Are all non-ADSL2 [via BT] exchanges and ISPs subject to strict usage limits now? I'm moving ASAP from A****e which is "unlimited" [subject to FUP] whatever exchange you're on, does any [reputable] ISP still do this?

~F
 
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