im currently with bt broadband but looking for another option as i hardly use my pc...?

Question

i only use my pc a few times a week and thats only to check ebay or check my online banking, feel £18 a month is too expensive for what use i get out of it, anybody any other options? is dial up any good?

Answer 1

Use Pay as You Go mobile broadband is the best option for you then. All you have to do is to buy the dongle and just top it up as necessary like a mobile phone ►



http://www.broadband.co.uk/mobile-broadband/pay-as-you-go/

Answer 2

Dial-up is gone out the window and is the old obsolete system. It is too slow and uses mostly an internal modem with speeds 20 to 40 times slower than ADSL broadband.It was a bit like pay-as-you-go as in the phones, where you would pay for the length of time you were on at 1p a min roughly.



You can still get it but why? Your downloads would be real slow and anyway it's just not good enough for the Internet today. But it is an option if you prefer and as you really only use the Web now and again.



Oh, another thing and most important. Broadband of course is faster but it also has built in safeguards against unwanted viruses and hackers - a bit like your firewall on the pc. Dial-up would not be as secure and it has been known for hackers to take over your modem settings and charge you exorbitant rates for your time on line. Broadband does not allow that, especially as you do on-line banking. I do on-line banking and I wouldn't dream of using dial-up.



Stick with broadband. It's much quicker and safer. If you're thinking of changing, try Tiscali or Virgin or Orange which I use. They may be a bit cheaper especially Tiscali which has a "low price" option.



Cheers



MasterBlaster

Answer 3

You could go for a 'free' dialup company - or pay as you go dial up. You only pay for the call charges (at 0845 rate).



Companies like Supanet, also have other tariffs, such as ones where you pay a small amount per month, and you pay a different rate (e.g. 2p/min peak, 1p/min other, etc.). For low use, paying pennies a session will be fine, just get used to the slow speed (Which unless you are browsing pages with higher graphics sizes, you will hardly notice - ebay should be fine unless the page has really big product pictures on it). If you setup your e-mail account on a mail client (Outlook, OE, Thunderbird, Pegasus, etc) Then for e-mailing, you just have to write your e-mails, then connect to send and receive, then disconnect, only being online for a minute or so.



Just remember to disconnect from the internet after every session, or the bill will mount up (You can set your computer to disconnect after x minutes of inactivity).

Answer 4

They have some good deals at TalkTalk. Less than £18 including line rental & free Broadband. Check it out.

Answer 5

A pay as you go mobile dongle

Up to 5.7mbit/sec

3gbyte/month

about £10 to £15 per month if you wanna top up that month else leave it till next month

Answer 6

if you have a 02 mobile phone you can broadband for £7 a month you will still have to pay line rental with bt

Answer 7

dial up is slow, but you get used to it. It's usually not as bad as what others make it out to be.

Answer 8

I was with Tiscali for a few years til I left the UK, they were certainly cheaper, althoug it was clear I knew more than their tech support guys, If you are happy ot "NOT" rely totally on them for tech support, they are good enough

Answer 9

if your with sky the base package is free to all sky subscribers only downside is it has a 2gb bandwidth limit for the month but if your only using it for what you say your using it for then it'll be fine.

Answer 10

Dial up is fine, it's just much slower.

Answer 11

Dial up is ... hideously slow.



http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isp/newnet/package/875.html looks to be a decent, cheap deal.

Answer 12

dialup sucks, keep ur broadband. You can watch those late night videos =P

Answer 13

dial up access is good if you dont care or dont need speed.if you need good speed,well,you should have that right now.