The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Eusebius wrote:
Recommend you post the question to a broadband newsgroup,
such as uk.telecom.broadband.
Andrew Gabriel
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Thanks for that, but I would also like to hear the experiences of this
newsgroup, since its members are pretty savvy about everything, and
obviously we all have experience with different ISPs.

Since in the vast majority of cases everything goes via BT anyway, there
isn't really a penny to choose between them. As far as the 'broadband''
bit goes.


What you are really asking even if you don't know it, are issues that
are irrelevant to broadband, like news and mail servers, international
bandwidth and peering arrangements, customer service and so on.

here you need to refine the question into what you want to do with your
internet connection, and how savvy you are at fixing it.
I use IDNET, the big plus with them is the fast response of their help
desk. Also I have found them very reliable. Yes BT is involved but they
are not the best.