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[Bowdon]

This is an experiment thread as I was reading other threads and even on this forum we're not really sure what is the average money we're paying out to our ISP's. I'll be hoping to re-contract soon with BT. But it would help me and I'm sure others if we have an idea of whos paying what to know if we're a) getting a good deal, or b) we're paying too much.

I was thinking we can set it out as;

Internet Service Privder:
Type of Connection (adsl, fttc, fttp etc):
Price you are paying:
Package your on and advertised speed:
What speed you usually get:
Are you on or out of contract:

I know some people might feel odd about sharing how much they pay. But I'm sure it'll give a good mix of information for us all later on.

I'll start us off.

Internet Service Privder: BT
Type of Connection (adsl, fttc, fttp etc): FTTC
Price you are paying: £32.50
Package your on and advertised speed: Infinity 2 - upto 80Mb
What speed you usually get: 63Mb
Are you on or out of contract: Out

[les-70]

 I don't disapprove but you need to be clear on what people are paying for.  Broadband, line rental, call features, calls and what ever else is tagged on eg TV.  By the time that you have done that it is quite complicated and I for one would need to think how to compare things.  I changed  a month ago and ended up with a spread sheet of prices  for the exact service I wanted ---- I notice that is out of date already.

[Ronski]

Internet Service Privder: Plusnet
Type of Connection (adsl, fttc, fttp etc): FTTC
Broadband cost: £19.99
Line rental: Yearly £185.88 (£15.49 a month)
Commission: £5
Total monthly cost: £30.48
Package your on and advertised speed:  80/20Mb unlimited
What speed you usually get: 47/4 Mb
Are you on or out of contract: Out

There may be another £1 for caller I'D

[licquorice]

Internet Service Privder: BT
Type of Connection (adsl, fttc, fttp etc): FTTC
Broadband and unlimited calls cost: £18.50
Line rental: £18.99
Package you're on and advertised speed:  56/10Mb unlimited
What speed you usually get: 35/10 Mb  (due to banding) 50/10 attainable if I could be bothered to do anything about it
Are you on or out of contract: In

[door_bell]

Internet Service Privder: Plusnet
Type of Connection (adsl, fttc, fttp etc): FTTC
Broadband cost: £19.99
Line rental: Monthly 17.99
Commission from referrals: £2.50
Discount for 18 months: 9.99
Total monthly cost: £25.49
Package your on and advertised speed:  76/20Mb unlimited
What speed you usually get: 76/20 Mb
Are you on or out of contract: in, 18 months

[zpeterk]

Internet Service Provider: Plusnet
Type of Connection (adsl, fttc, fttp etc): FTTC
Price you are paying: £22.49 less referrals of £7.25 = £15.24
Line rental: New Call Telecom: £11.78
Package your on and advertised speed: 76/20
What speed you usually get: 76/20
Are you on or out of contract: Out

I just noticed I'm paying too much for my broadband!!

[NEXUS2345]

Internet Service Privder: Zen Internet
Type of Connection (adsl, fttc, fttp etc): ADSL2+
Broadband cost: £16
Line rental with unlimited anytime calls and caller ID: £24.50
Package you're on and advertised speed:  Unlimited Broadband - 17/1 Mbps (down/up)
What speed you usually get: 17.5/1.2
Are you on or out of contract: In, 1 month contract

[underzone]

Internet Service Provider: BT
Type of Connection (adsl, fttc, fttp etc): FTTC Infinity 2
Broadband cost: £14
Line rental with unlimited anytime calls and caller ID: £18.99
Package you're on and advertised speed:  80/20
What speed you usually get: 66/20
Are you on or out of contract: In, 24 month contract

[Geekofbroadband]

Internet Service Provder: Plusnet

Type of Connection: FTTC

Price you are paying: £35.99 after 6 months £45.98

Package you're on and advertised speed: Unlimited Fibre Extra Broadband 76/19 and Unlimited UK and Mobile Calls

What speed you usually get: 62/15 (Currently Interleaved due to BT Home Hub 6)

Are you in or out of contract: Just joined Plusnet, 18 months

[GigabitEthernet]

Internet Service Privder: TalkTalk
Type of Connection (adsl, fttc, fttp etc): FTTC
Broadband cost: £0.00
Line rental: Yearly £191.16 (£15.93 a month)
Total monthly cost: £15.93
Package your on and advertised speed:  80/20Mb unlimited
What speed you usually get: 58/9 Mb
Are you on or out of contract: in 12 month contract

[Weaver]

ISP: Andrews and Arnold
3 * bonded ADSL2+ connections
Total ~ £170 per month
Tariff: ‘Units-based’ tariff, pre-paid download usage purchased
Line rental: included in above
Speed: at extreme line length, total = 6.5 - 7.0 Mbps downstream / 0.87 - 1.1 Mbps upstream, measured true effective TCP payload.
Tariff is for up to 21 Mbps downloads
No contract currently
Total includes 3 * BTW ‘Premium’ performance option, 2 * BTW priority repair
No POTS phone service (trying VoIP)

Current download prepurchased = 10 units ( 1 unit = 2.5 GB download office hours peak rate, or 50 GB evenings and weekends or 1 TB overnight, uploads are free)

[S.Stephenson]

ISP: Plusnet
Type: FTTC
Broadband cost: £18.00 a month after 6m promo
Line Rental: £15.49
Total monthly: £33.49
Advertised Speed : 80/20
Usual speed : 64/20

ISP: TalkTalk
Type: FTTC
Broadband cost: £13.75
Line Rental: £15.93
Total monthly: £29.68
Advertised Speed : 80/20
Usual speed : 73/20

Total: £63.17
Speed: 137/40

[Chrysalis]

Internet Service Privder: Sky
Type of Connection (adsl, fttc, fttp etc): FTTC
Price you are paying: £46 (for voice services and broadband)
Package your on and advertised speed: Fibre Pro Unlimited - upto 80Mb
What speed you usually get: 72mbit (sync speed)
Are you on or out of contract: In

This thread is going to be good shows its a free for all on prices based on ability to haggle

[Dray]

Internet Service Privder: Sky
Type of Connection (adsl, fttc, fttp etc): FTTC
Price you are paying: £43 (for voice services and broadband)
Package your on and advertised speed: Fibre Pro Unlimited - 80/20Mb
What speed you usually get: 80/20Mb
Are you on or out of contract: No contract

[gt94sss2]

Internet Service Provider: BT
Type of Connection (adsl, fttc, fttp etc): FTTC Infinity 1
Broadband cost: £10/month
Line rental : Annual Line rental Saver (£205.08/year) + monthly fees for Caller Id/1571
Package you're on and advertised speed:  55/10
What speed you usually get: 55/10
Are you on or out of contract: In, 12 month contract