iv been with Giointernet.co.uk for the past couple of months now after gettin hooked up when i came home from uni...
its £18 per month for a 512k connection i get excellent speeds, i LOVE broadband.. as some one else said, i download more now (mainly been gettin red dwaf eps off Kazaa) in one day.. than i could in a month on 56k dial up...
my main advice to new users... is not to get the free modems that come with some of these providers... like BT and AOL... as these are modems that connect thru ur USB ports.. and are slow, and are heavy on ur system resourses.. this is where Giointernet(.co.uk) comes at an advantage... u can select not to have to get their modem... i got a PCI ADSL modem from Scan.co.uk and fitted it myself, and its been fine.
set up with gio, was first month (£18), and a deposit (one month as well) plus £50 connection fee...
the minimun connection time is 3 months... and when u cancle, they use ur deposit as fee for last month... wereas other ISPs like BT have a min 12 month contract.
also on BBand it is a MUST to have a firewall installed... as ur connection is on all the time... and open ports (even if u dont know it) can be hacked into...
try norton firewall... or
www.zonelabs.com and get the free version of zonealarm (or pro if u want all the added gizmos)
this is a good thing to show u how good ur connection is --->
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp