Internet research - providers and costs?

valenciasman wrote:Quite easy to provide low speed Internet here but in my experience it is the backup service that lets all the providers down that I have used over the years. Poor response times in the event of breakdown and poor communications on problems.

Are there any internet providers that can supply 10mb or Moore in the area?

I have yet to find any internet provider that will guarantee a speed, it is always UP to.

Jan wrote:As a holiday home owner who is in Spain infrequently DVBlab suits us at €19 per month, as and when we need it, and the service is good and friendly with no fuss and in the 2+ years we have used them there has been no problems at all. (5mb quoted speed but probably averages 3mb)

If paid by credit card on the day of switch on, the start date is that day and ends one month later (If paid by direct debit it's per calendar month on the switch on service). We chose to pay by credit card when we need it, which was a good factor in our decision to use them. For the information of this survey, I believe that Holiday home owners and even some residents may not usually want or need the high specification set ups that we get in the UK, as long as the service is reliable for general Internet/WiFi usage.

If the Internet company doing this survey wants to offer a competitive service, they wouldn't go far wrong in by including a basic decent set-up as a switch-on switch-off service for those who need it, like DVBlab have, alongside higher spec services for residents (with choices of speed and price like BT do in the UK). We have the top speed infinity in the UK and use it for everything including TV but in Spain we just need a decent basic WiFi set up, which we have.

Hope this helps.

Jan