[ubuntu-uk] DSL provider

[Toby Satchell]

+1 AA


On 7 May 2013 12:50, J Fernyhough <j.fernyhough at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7 May 2013 10:07, James Tait <james.tait at wyrddreams.org> wrote:
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>> On 07/05/13 08:36, TT Mooney wrote:
>> > I've been a happy user of O2 broadband for years, but now that
>> > Murdoch has laid his hands on it, I want to change provider.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have a recommendation? I used to have BT, and they
>> > were mostly useless. There is a bit of bittorent going on, so I'm
>> > looking for an uncapped adsl2 service. Virgin Media is not
>> > available in my area.
>>
>> I've been a happy customer of Andrews and Arnold [0] for almost two
>> years.  I started off with a BT line, then switched to Be, but I'm
>> also planning to move away from them with the Murdoch take over.
>>
>> AA deal with BT for you, and they do a good job of it.  To be fair,
>> the only reason I switched to a Be backhaul was cost.  I won't go into
>> all the details here, they're on the web site, but briefly the Home::1
>> package offers a real (no NAT) IPv4 address, a /48 native IPv6 block
>> and 50GB any time downloads for £25 a month.  After that, it's up to
>> you to choose what add-ons you need.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> JT
>>
>> [0] http://aa.net.uk/
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>
> +1 for AA. I've been with them for several years. While they're not the
> cheapest the service level is exceptional, i.e. you get what you pay for.
> Speeds are always best-effort, there is no filtering or SPI, and the
> support team are highly knowledgeable and responsive. Just as an example, I
> moved properties and wanted to merge the new account with my old one. I
> went on IRC, asked, and was done in less than five minutes. You can also
> normally chat with the company owner (RevK).
>
> It looks like the Home::1 tariff is a good bet if you need 'net access
> during weekdays. Otherwise I'd stick to the unit-based system. In addition
> to the ~£20 base cost (including two units), one unit is ~£3.90 which buys
> you a mix of 1GB (or 2.5GB on 21CN ADSL2+) 9am-6pm and 50GB 6pm-9am, with
> "night time special" running 2am-6am with 1TB/unit. Weekends and Bank
> Holidays are 50GB/unit. If you over- or under-use the difference is carried
> over to the next month and you can change units on a month-by-month basis.
>
> J
>
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