Tiscali Superfast Broadband - Option 2 Broadband

Review of Tiscali Superfast Broadband - Broadband Only

THIS super-cheap Tiscali broadband-only package is identical to its £2-a-month-cheaper compatriot Tiscali Superfast Broadband - Broadband & Phone, except for one major difference...

While with the cheaper option you have to change your call provider over to Tiscali (not a bad thing in most cases, especially as it gives you free weekend and free international calls), with this Tiscali broadband-only package, you can keep your current call carrier and just get all the benefits of Tiscali's cheap broadband.

What's the difference?

Quite literally, the only difference between this package and the £2 cheaper Tiscali Superfast Broadband - Broadband & Phone package is that here you do not have to hand over your home phone call charging to Tiscali.

So why wouldn't you want to lose your current call carrier in favour of Tiscali?

For many people this probably is not a big deal, especially if you currently pay your phone bill to BT whose call charges are marginally more expensive than Tiscali's and you don't get the free international calls.

However, anyone who uses a call-override provider such as 18185.com to get ridiculously cheap or totally free peak and off-peak home phone calls, then it is false economy to save £2 on the broadband price, but land up paying a lot more for home phonecalls.

So who does this suit?

So in short, this package suits anyone who uses their homephone a lot and makes use of a budget home phone call carrier.

For anyone else, we'd recommend the identical, but cheaper (because you're giving them your phone call custom) Tiscali Superfast Broadband (Broadband & Phone).

	Tiscali Superfast Broadband - Option 2 is currently offering £6.49 for the first 3 months, plus FREE wireless router and FREE setup.

A little more detail

Broadband

			Special Note..	Any good?
Package Name:		Up to 8Mb	-
Connection Type:		ADSL	-
Max Speed:		8Mb	-
Usage Limit:		Unlimited	Fair usage policy applies
Hardware:		Wireless Router	-
Anti-virus Protection:		No	Email security does include anti-virus email checker. Regular Anti Virus software available from £2.50 per month
Firewall:		No	-
E-mail Account:		Yes	Up to 10 email addresses
Webspace Provided:		Yes	100MB of webspace
Domain Included:		No	-
Backup Dialup:		Yes	0844 backup dialup
Consoles Supported:		All major consoles supported	-

Payment, Installation and Contract

Payment Method(s):		Direct Debit / Credit Card
Activation Fee:		Free
Installation:		Free
Minimum Contract:		12 months
Line Rental:		BT line required
Support:		Free online support, otherwise 10p per minute support line

Actual User Ratings

At a Glance

Our Rating
Max Speed	8Mb
Usage Limit	Unlimited
Monthly Price	£14.99
Set Up Cost	Free
Min. Contract	12 months

	Bundle details:
	Phone: Not included
	TV: Not included
	Mobile: Not included

	It is best suited for:
	Budget-minded broadband users who want the cheapest 8Mb unlimited broadband available, but do not want to give up their current home phone call carrier

Customer Reviews

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Remember, the customer reviews below are subjective (and are not the opinions of ChooseISP.co.uk).

No name given from writes... 30/04/2008

"If you require a stable, fast connection, or play online video games, use a bit torrent client to download video music ect, or expect a reasonable level of customer service, or technical support, do not use Tiscali as throttling of p2p clients is active each day. The connection is interleaved giving latency issues (online gaming) 24/7. Yes they are cheap but I wish I had chosen a diferent ISP and would have gladly payed more for a good service level on all the fronts."