Jameseh > Can I just check if that is country wide, doesn't require LLU, and doesn't ti in phone calls in any way ?
Obviously I'm not James, but yes, that's country wide, no LLU.
I read somewhere if you go over the 1GB you can either pay for the extra GBs or your speed is reduced and not pay anymore. What is it reduced to ?
Full speed table
here. As you can see, a lot of stuff is blocked or severely limited on Option 1, but it's stuff that people opting for a low usage package are unlikely to use. By the way, "External FTP" is FTP access to anything except the various PlusNet web servers.
Restricted access speed is 128kbps total - see
here for details. Note during the restricted period, binary usenet, P2P and external FTP are blocked
How much of a chunk will windows, anti-virus and all the other updates that continually come down the tube or do they easily fit in with that 3 hours a day?
Difficult to answer, but I've found AV updates are usually no more than a MB or two daily. Windows updates aren't usually massive, probably well less than 100 MB in an average month.
@ UncleUB - O2 and Be are effectively one and the same - O2 took over Be a while ago, and they use the same LLU network. I think rizla(?) said before that whilst Be may reject your line as being too long, O2 may give it a go (different customer service). Worth a shot, and it will probably work ok - it's definitely very good value for money (sorry James / Azzaka, but it is!!)
Don't expect much in the way of a speed increase from what you're on now, but at least with all the current LLU providers, you don't have to worry about IP profiles and the like keeping your speeds artificially low! Might be worth a shot
Also, O2 has a 12 month contract, after which you're free to leave anytime, it doesn't start another 12 months, but still worth pointing out. Although it appears they do have a 50 day money back guarantee at the moment if you sign up before the end of June!
