Securing online communications

[Ian Batten]

On 23 Dec 2008, at 21:36, Andrew Sutcliffe wrote:

>
> Ian, who are you going to for your ISP and what advantages do they  
> offer. I am looking at ditching BT after all this and the slow  
> downloads and poor customer service.

The proof of the pudding will be in the eating, but O2 are offering me  
ADSL 2+ 20Mbps down (I'm getting ~100% of 8Mbps so I should see at   
least some of the ADSL 2+ benefit) and, most handily, 2.5Mbps up  
(ditto) plus a static IP for less than fifteen quid.  I can't quite  
understand their prices: the web page says 22 quid less a fiver if  
you're an O2 customer for mobile, but when I punched in my details it  
quoted me 14.40 or something.   So I pulled their arms off there and  
then, and I'm deferring giving them my mac until a few days prior to  
the end of my BT contract.

Does anyone happen to know if I'm being over cautious here?  So if I  
have a BT contract expiring 4Jan, and I give O2 my mac now, will BT  
delay the process until 4Jan (right answer) or do it asap and then  
charge me for early termination of my contract?

ian