hi
i have at the moment bt yahoo broadband which is 26 0r 27 a month and an not sure at what speed it is at.
when i click on my computer tab at the bottom it reads 576.0 kbps is this half a mb?
i am looking at the 1 mb deals which are around for about 17.99 a month,would this be slower than what i have at the mo?

thanks for any advice.

BT yahoo is currently a 2mb broiadband.

Upgrades are occurring now, the price is the same.

If you are .5mb, as yopu state, contact bt to get upgraded sooner.

Try PlusNet.

Starts at 14.99 for a 2Mb/s connection, 1Gb per month bandwidth (which might well be enough if you mainly use it in the evening or weekends) or 21.99 for 2Mb/s unlimited (50Gb 'fair usage' during the day, free at night). They will upgrade you up to 8Mb/s for free when the speeds become available and if your line can handle it.

The prices for unlimited on the web site are the old ones, these new ones are effective 11th April:

Service: ADSL Dial
Posted: Tue, Feb 15 2005 at 17:35:10
Subject: Product Announcement

Free speed upgrades to all PlusNet customers.

Following BT's recent announcement to increase Broadband speeds up to 8Mb across their local exchange network, PlusNet is delighted to offer free speed upgrades and a brand new product range.

From April, all PlusNet customers will be able to take advantage of the increased speeds as they become available. Existing PlusNet customers will be able to upgrade free of charge to the maximum available DSL speed. BT is working hard to ensure that as many people as possible are able to receive the maximum available speeds. Further, BT Wholesale's changes enable the ISP to determine its customers' actual speed setting, instead of this being set at BT's local exchange.

Upgrades to all fixed cost broadband product speeds

Premier customers will be able to choose the speed they wish to operate their connection at, from 512kb right up to 8Mb where available.

The Premier product range offers a clean DSL connection with no network restrictions or traffic shaping applied, enabling customers to run whatever applications they need to, at any time of the day, with no worries about speed or performance. In conjunction with this, PlusNet is implementing its "fair usage" policy in which it will deliver a commitment to its customers, ensuring platform performance is not disproportionately affected by a small minority of extremely heavy users.

Broadband Premier Fair Usage Total "Fair Usage" Achievable
Product On Peak Levels Inc Off Peak (based on 2Mb)
21.99 30GB 230GB
29.99 50GB 250GB
39.99 75GB 275GB
49.99 100GB 300GB
59.99 125GB 325GB

The above table shows how prices relate to usage, rather than speed. Usage between 1am through 8am is excluded from "fair usage" levels, so if a customer schedules their downloads 'off-peak' they can achieve a far higher usage with no restrictions. Further, only download data is monitored, uploads are not restricted in any way.

Speed increases for PAYG products

PlusNet's Broadband PAYG products, formerly known as "Lite", will also be extended to include 4 and 8Mb speeds from April. At 14.99 per month, and 1.50 per GB thereafter, speeds of up to 8Mb will be a fantastic value product option for light and infrequent Broadband users.


See PlusNet for more details.

thanks for thr help kayak.