Forget Orange : 5 UK ISPs That Offer 20 Mbps Broadband Now

UK ISP Orange has reveealed that it haas started ground tests for a 20Mbps upgrade that will be trialled by 300 customers at first and if successful, could be extended to the rest of its UK user base.

However, whether you are with Orange or not, you don't need to wait for the France-telecom owned company before making a move to superfast broadband.

Orange's service will cost you at least £19.57 per month if you are not an Orange customer and will cover around two thirds of UK Household. Here are five ISPs that will provide you with 20MBps or more for less than you'd think.

Be Unlimited 

Be there is already one of the most celebrated ISPs around and a firm favourite at ITProPortal.com towers since its launch. It was one of the first broadband providers to implement ADSL2+. It is currently offering its Be Unlimited package for only £17.50 plus a £24 connection fee but with a £40 credit to your account. Bethere reaches speeds of up to 24Mbps (download) and up yo 1.3Mbps (upload). There's no download limit, you get 1 static IP for free and 24/7 support line. There's no contract. Just give them 3 months notice.

NewNet

NewNet has introduced a new service for businesses called the Home S 40meg ND which is UK's fastest broadband line by any ISPs out there. Newnet achieved this speed by combining or bonding two 22Mbps lines together thanks to a ZyXEL P-663H router. You should in theory achieve speeds of up to 44Mbps and uploads of 2.6Mbps. It doesn't come with any data transfer limit. There's no contract terms (only one month notice), you also get 100 POP3 mailboxes, free antivirus and antispam as well as a one static IP. The price is, as expected, on the expensive side. That's £420 per annum for the lines plus nearly £99 for the connection lines to which you have to add the cost of the router at £299.