Broadband & Internet Access

A question about : How to check your Internet usage (bandwidth)

Many forum members subscribe to popular ISP packages which impose a monthly usage limit. When this limit is exceeded the user will then be charged, usually at a set rate for each extra GB (or part of) used that month. This limit may be set as low a 2GB which can easily be exceeded on a fast connection or even on dial-up!

You may just be curious to know exactly how much bandwidth you are actually using, so that you can change to a cheaper package, hence saving money.

A question about : Madasafish Questions/answers (merged threads)

I am currently taking Martin's advice and switching to madasafish broadband.

They promise speeds of 8Mb a minute, but when I enter my number in their signing-up section, it indicates that my local area (Euston) has an estimated running speed of 2Mb.

Does anyone know if this means I'll be paying for 8Mb but only receiving 2Mb?

Thanks

A question about : Orange 'Free' Broadband

I've been an Orange broadband user since the days of Wanadoo takeover.
Now, when I took out a phone contract a few years back I was given Home Broadband 'free for life' or so I thought. This was provided you kept the phone contract and it was a plan over Ј30.

Two years ago I left my contract and went Orange Pay as You Go as I was informed that as long as I kept my Orange phone and kept credit on it, the free Broadband would still continue.

A question about : Redten Internet offer FREE computer woth Ј500 if you sign up for 3 years @ Ј19.99 pm!

I read a PC Pro article last week, that showed that:

Redten Internet is raising the stakes in the highly-competitive broadband market by offering a free PC with every connection.The company will offer a Pentium 4 based system to every customer who signs up for three years of 8Mb broadband, costing £19.99 per month. Redten - the sister company of Watford Electronics - promises to upgrade customers to a 24Mb line, when the BT exchanges are upgraded.

A question about : Virgin Media Retention thread

A question about : dial up internet

i have a dial up connection which i pay Ј13.49 per month.
the maximum rate transfer is normally around 50 kb/s
through reading a reputable magazine (internet advisor) i have just signed up for a faster dial up connection.
you are probaly saying broadband but no
if you go to www.onspeed.com you will find details.
ihave paid Ј24.99 for a one of payment for a year and due to new technology you get around 300 kb/s 6 times as quick.

A question about : What is the best Broadband deal?????

I'm looking to switch from dial up to Broadband.

Looking around there are many deals. !Some seem to mention a download limit some don't.

I feel the best offer is from Onetel. !What are your thoughts? :-/

I play online games, send photos, listen to the radio etc, I don't think 2GB is enough for that. !Is it???? ???

Thanks

A question about : NTL Broadband

Not sure if this is the right board for this, but I received a flyer today saying new users could get 300k broadband with NTL for Ј15-99 a month instead of Ј17-99 a month for the first 12 months.