wht is cheapest broadband package?

and cost per month including all hidden extras?

also considering the PAYG mobile broad band again - what is cheapest out there?

not sure how much stuff I wanna download but say maybe 1 hour per day on internet on ebay and fora; and maybe view something like top gear once of twice a week.

quite happy with wires so not that bothered going wireless ... but I understand I can buy a wirelss router anyways.

With broadband don't look for the cheapest look for cheap & reliable --- if you get locked into a cheap deal and get a line problem you can have tough time getting the ISP to get BT to investigate it. Virgin have a lot of unhappy customers stuck with spurious disconnects and terrible line speed. Tiscali had a terrible reputation they are now part of Talk-Talk which many will say is a frying pan to fire situation.

Look at Plusnet and O2 or Bethere O2 are particularly attractive if you have an O2 mobile even a PAYG

Also check what the cable connection is *in your area* me and my brother live 5 miles apart, we both have Virgin cable, but my connection is rock steady and max speed all the time, his is crap.

ok, tell me more about mobile PAYG - I have O2 PAYG phone.

I need to pay for dongle - then top ups for actual usage?

is this charged for for amount of data downloaded or time connected or????

generally its a data limit and you top up as you describe.

These are getting pretty good now with fast speeds, although not as fast as cable.

Depending on your usage this could be an expensive option, but with the advantage of roaming internet.

Another vote for bethere, i run 3 connections with them, fantastic service and only 1 scheduled outage in 9 months.

It is a no frills service so no e-mail (yet) or web space but his helps to keep the cost down.

For those needing fixed ip its also one of the cheapest using their adsl2+ service as well as a free wireless modem as well.



linky

roger

I find that (Bethere) expensive.
I have ADSL+ with TalkTalk, no limits as to downloads and all for £12.98/month.
I currently have a download connection of 4-5Meg, which is great for a rural area.
No connection problems in three years. Well I did have one but they jumped all over BT until it was sorted.

[Edited on 14/7/09 by Confused but excited.]

get sky tv and the broadbands free 2 Gig @ 2mb or £5 for the faster speed 8mb unlimited ! let me know and I'll recommend you!

As above I have 8mb with Sky for £5. will be moving the phone over to them shortly and from my understanding the broadband will then be free!

Steve

Cant see past BE - they are the best and you you do ultinately get what you pay for )