BT Yahoo Power Surfing

I was initially on a 1Mbit/sec service with BT Yahoo, however as part of the BT speed upgrade program this was boosted to 2Mbits/sec. Despite being a fair distance from my exchange, I am regularly achieving speeds of around 1.8Mbits/sec.

There's a decent 40GB monthly usage cap, but this does push up the monthly fee to £30. This makes it a competitive option, although it is quite as good as the package offered by some other rivals on test, such as Bulldog.

I only experienced a connection problem once, but this turned out to be the result of a neighbour installing a wireless router on the same channel as mine and not a problem with BT Yahoo itself.

Various services, such as email and web space, are offered but I prefer to use my own Pop3 email service so I’m not tied to an ISP - there’s nothing more frustrating than having to tell everyone your email address has changed when you switch ISP.

BT offers a reliable and fairly priced service and installation was hassle free. I would definitely recommend it to others. I will be moving house soon and will be interested to see how smoothly BT handle the transfer - keep and eye on http://www.pcw.co.uk/labs for an update.

Note: This is part of PCW's long-term group test of broadband Internet packages. Links to all other packages reviewed can be found below

See also:

Zen ZenADSL Home 2000

Reliable broadband with no down time  09 Dec 2005

Wanadoo Heavy User

Broadband with a free wireless router and Internet telephony service  09 Dec 2005

Virgin Plan One

Broadband with no 12-month minimum sign up  09 Dec 2005

UK Online Broadband 8000

Fast Internet, but only if you live in the right areas  09 Dec 2005

Tiscali Broadband 2MB

Low-cost broadband with no upper usage cap  09 Dec 2005

Tesco Broadband 512k

Low speed, cheap broadband service  09 Dec 2005

Telewest Broadband Complete

Cable broadband with no upper usage limit  09 Dec 2005

Pipex 1000

No usage limits broadband  09 Dec 2005

Nildram Broadband 2go

A cheap broadband package, but with a small usage cap  09 Dec 2005

Lixxus Lixx Startbasic

A pay as you go broadband service  09 Dec 2005

Homechoice Max Pack

Internet TV and broadband in one package  09 Dec 2005

Freedom 2 Surf Connect Home

Internet package with a decent monthly cap  09 Dec 2005

Eclipse Flex Home 500

Multi-speed Internet on tap  09 Dec 2005

Bulldog Interactive

8Mbit broadband on test  09 Dec 2005

AOL Platinum

Constant conection and no major problems in our year-long test  09 Dec 2005

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