Review of Tiscali Superfast Broadband - Broadband Only
- Up to 8MB superfast Tiscali broadband
- Unlimited downloads (was 10GB)

- Free setup and no activation fee
- Keep your same home phone call carrier

- 12 month contract (was 18 month)
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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).
A little more detail
Broadband
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Special Note.. |
Any good? |
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Up to 8Mb |
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| Connection Type: |
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ADSL |
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| Max Speed: |
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8Mb |
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| Usage Limit: |
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Unlimited |
Fair usage policy applies |
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| Hardware: |
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Wireless Router |
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| Anti-virus Protection: |
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No |
Email security does include anti-virus email checker. Regular Anti Virus software available from £2.50 per month |
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| Firewall: |
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No |
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| E-mail Account: |
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Yes |
Up to 10 email addresses |
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| Webspace Provided: |
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Yes |
100MB of webspace |
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| Domain Included: |
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No |
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| Backup Dialup: |
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Yes |
0844 backup dialup |
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| Consoles Supported: |
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All major consoles supported |
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Payment, Installation and Contract
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| Payment Method(s): |
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Direct Debit / Credit Card |
| Activation Fee: |
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Free |
| Installation: |
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Free |
| Minimum Contract: |
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12 months |
| Line Rental: |
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BT line required |
| Support: |
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Free online support, otherwise 10p per minute support line |
Actual User Ratings
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At a Glance
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Bundle details: |
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Phone: Not included |
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TV: Not included |
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Mobile: Not included |
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It is best suited for: |
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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
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."
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