UK Broadband

[bundle]

A few questions

What is the standard waiting time to be hooked up for broadband in the UK? 

What company do you suggest for the Berkshire area?

Will they need a computer to test the hook up on the date of install?

The reason I ask this is because I will be bringing my PC with me from the USA ( my mum doesn’t have one at her home)  and I was wanting to have the service up and running when I land ?

Cheers guys

[thetank]

2 weeks, give or take a fortnight.

No clue, BT Broadband give a good service up 'ere in mountain country though.

Not necessary, if she has a standard BT phoneline, they usually don't have to even go in the hoose at all to set it up.

[bundle]

2 weeks, give or take a fortnight.

   

 yes she has BT phone, so i guess thats the way to go.

Cheers mate

[Tractor]

Hes not joking about the two weeks give or take two weeks, mine took about 5 weeks in total (although i live out in the sticks).
If you want it up and running when you land get the ball rolling now and probably best to go with bt.
Good Luck!

[londonpokergirl]

yeah my bt broadband took 2 weeks  although had 2 days offline due to their error

but other than that its ok

[Decider]

I'd recommend you go with Nildram as your ISP - they are the best ISP in the UK. BT Broadband are pretty poor, customer service is dire.

You don't require a PC to test, but you will need to make sure your local exchange supports broadband. 99% do these days.

I'd recommend going wires only (ie. don't be swayed by the ISP supplying you with kit, you will normally dump it anyway), and buying a cheap wireless linksys router/modem, dabs.com for that. You never know when you'll want wireless, so worth having just in case.

This ones' pretty neat.

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3QYJ&CategorySelectedId=11177&NavigationKey=11177,4294959958,50468

[Bongo]

You probably want to find someone who doesn't have a minimum contract length if you're not going to be here for 12 months.