| Re: Beginner's Broadband
Personally I would never sign-up for a service that limits what I can do, however high the limit may be set compared to my current usage patterns. One thing that is without a doubt, if you are moving from a dial-up connection to broadband (ADSL or Cable), your internet usage patterns will change, whether it's spending more time online, downloading more files (music, video or even software updates)
I have always used Demon as my dial-up provider and set my parents up with Demon as well. At home I now have NTL Cable broadband access, and while many people don't rate NTL's customer services, I've never had any cause to actually call them. BT have finally (just before xmas) upgraded my parents phone exchange, so over xmas I upgraded their Demon dial-up to ADSL. It was a smooth and painless process and the best thing about Demon is that they give you a static IP address. This is a godsend if you want to be able to run any servers off your connection, or host any multiplayer games etc as you don't need to worry about services like dyndns.org |