What's a good ISP?

[bluepeta]

Can Anyone reccommend a good internet provider? South east region, free (obviously) and not engaged too often in peak times?

And who should i avoid? I heard Virgin had too many busy lines.

Post answers here - i'm sure others will be interested.

[j9j9]

I use NTL, and I've never had any problems at all. However, I have heard that lots of other people have had trouble signing up.

Another ISP I use is Worldonline (ex screaming.net) You have to sign your phone account over to them. It has to be a BT line. You keep your BT number etc, they just lease the lines from BT & you pay the bills to them. Then, when you dial Worldonline, they don't charge you for the calls.

I haven't even been on X-stream recently because they are constantly engaged.

[fabio]

If your looking for free time then i would use freeserve-time which gives you 24/7 free calls to the internet for £10 per month but if your looking for a fast business type isp i would go for easynet but they do not offer free time,

[lucy180485]

freeserve is ok but it is very slow and it doesn't work sometimes 5 out of 5 for this!!!!

[fabio]

i have been using freeserve-time for about 4 months now and im on i all day and it is very fast and always works, maby your phone line is faulty??

[BLUETT]

Your best bet, for cheapness and also good connection fast is really www.worldonline.co.uk (http://www.worldonline.co.uk) You change telephone provider and pay an extra £5 per month for line rental but get free net calls and ISP 24/7. Very good connection and also good customer service. Also instead of paying the extra £5 per month you could pay normal charges and join FREEDOMLITE which gives you free net calls at off-peak times.

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JENNIE

[fabio]

Ive heard alot of bad things about Worldonline, plus if you change your telco to worldonline then you miss out on being able to use 3rd party services like freeserve-time or other telecom companies

[pingcuter]

The Free Internet, Excite's brainchild. You pay £50 a year for 24/7, which is less than a months phone bill if you are a heavy user like me. A few drawbacks, no gameplaying, streaming and it has a 1hr cut off. Other than that you have a few engaged tones at weekend, but mostly connect first time.

[Oldhand]

Just get on to NTL, if they are set up in your area, it's the dog's b-ll-cks !!
I have tried several and NTL is WAY OUT in front at the moment. £10 per month (Direct Debit) gives you £10 of free phone calls and your Internet access is TOTALLY FREE 24/7.
It's a good fast service plus your landline calls are 30% cheaper than BT. There is nothing better out there at the moment, unless someone knows something I don't ??