Help Me Find a New ISP

[Wolfe Tone]

I think I might have to change ISP soon. I've been using Tiscali broadband since January as I had used them for dial up previously and the didn't appear to have a data tansfer cap. However I got an email from them saying that I am an extreme heavy user and that it violated their fair use policy and that they would cancel my account if I didn't cut my use to 30GB a month. The main reason I went with Tiscali is that there was no mention of a limit cap. So I'm going to look for a new ISP in the event they cancel my account and this is where I need help

-It needs to be availible in the UK
-Offer 512k ADSL service (I would like a faster service, but because I live so far away from the telephone exhange nothing else is availible)
-Be reasonbly cheap. I'm paying £20 at the moment and I'd rather it didn't go much above that, but I can be flexible if the service is good
-Be reliable, by broadband can be unavailible for hours during the day at times, I'd like 24 hour access should I require it
-Absolutly no limit cap, I want to transfer as much data as I like (I have no idea how some people live with the 1 or 2 GB a month limit the likes of BT offers)

I'd appreciate any help in the matter

 

[CruddyLeper]

Had you considered satellite? It's no good for games but offers faster download speeds.

Mind you, getting it in the UK isn't so easy. Here's a list of suppliers

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/broadband/sat.shtml

The skypage is written in German, so get busy with Babel Fish on alta vista to see wha t that offers.

I doubt you'll get unlimited downloads for 20 quid a month.

Here's a review service of direct connection ISPs for the UK; NDO are looking good.

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/

 

[Wolfe Tone]

I doubt you'll get unlimited downloads for 20 quid a month.

Well I'm willing to pay more within reason. I'll have a browse of the links provided.

 

[CruddyLeper]

This one males a comprehensive review, and includes regional subdivisions;-

http://www.uk-isp-directory.co.uk/

Onetel for Northern Ireland? Cheap as chips, but not sure about service.

 

[Zakharov]

Bulldog has the best deal by far, though I don't know if it is available in your area:

LINK

 

[Dabomb18359]

What's satellite? I thought it was slower but offered access from anywhere around the world.

 

[CruddyLeper]

Satellite = downloads through a dish. Then a cable from the dish to a card in your PC.

It's never really caught on - download speed is very fast(usually the supplier cripples it) but latency (lag) to when the download starts means it doesn't work with online games. Usually in involves a dial up connection as well (so you can ask the server for a particular page to be squirted down from space).

Expensive too. And your dish has to be able to point at the right satellite - impossible from some locations even if your area is inside the sat footprint.