not sure this is the right place so apologies in advance and no nasty comments please.

have had connection probs found out thanks to these forums its Talktalk my provider thats strangling the connection no downloads outside the 0100am to 0600am timeslot when they seem to not bother, reported them to watchdog, my contract runs out next month looking to change to one that doesn't restrict like this, are there any and how costly are they.

Anyone not having this prob who are you with, please help

Hi there

(if you are in the UK)

I have NTL Freedom, Its broadband via my BT line (no cable in my area).

I pay £17.99 per month for a 1meg connection but it's unlimited (not fair usage but really unlimited). I also get cheap NTL phone calls.

Really good service and the Customer Service team are great if there are any problems.

xxxDxxx

I'm not from the UK but I can show you a list of those to avoid; see the link at the bottom of the 1st post here ISP's known to BLOCK or Filter p2p or specifically Limewire

BTW there is a thread on the forum about isp's that don't block, but I don't know how up to date it is. It's a Sticky in one of the sections, I can't remember which one.

KathW "might" be able to help here! Send her a pm. Click HERE & quote this thread address!

thanks "lotr" the link was useful my friend also found it useful as he found out his provider on the list, i looked but could not find the other thread you mentioned anyone know where it is, i am in uk by the way sorry forgot to mention that.

uswitch.com recommended toucan but i have never heard of them but not sure how independant uswitch are as some more notable isp's were not even listed. checked a couple of other sites linked with magazines just confused me more didn't really help, i dont want to move and be tied in for a year only to find the same problem.

I am not sure if you clicked on the link to;
http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/caps.htm from the post LOTR mentioned...

But on that site it lists a lot of Internet Providers such as BT, Bulldog, Tiscali, wanado, demon and AOL(the ones I would consider to be the major players in Internet Hosting) and says they all shape the bandwidth.

In fact the only 1 out of 50+ providers that doesn't cap or limit your usage seems to be a company called Eclipse Flex...

On that note I would take great care in selecting your next ISP if you are an avid P2P user.

After your search will you please post your findings on here as soon, I too will be looking for a UK provider that truely offers 'unlimited' brandband...

Many thanks
Marc

I used the Adephia Cable for a long period and was never restricted on any use of it. I now have "CLEARWRE" (clearwire). That is a wireless tower.

I have found that only the piled snow on my bathroom window interferes with my signal and access to the world. Pretty darn fast too.
I use "DOGPILE" for my home site. It is a great service. You can search anywhere as all 5 search sites are available.
When I had trouble with filtering with other servers I went to YAHOO and then searched for the forbidden world. I had access in spite of them that wanted to limit my freedoms.

Gee would spell check be nice....