Dial up packages

Looking to get online every now and again don't want broadband? Or maybe you still can't receive broadband where you live? A dial up (or narrowband) service may be the answer.

Some dial up internet access is charged by the amount of time you spend online (a pay as you go, or PAYG, package) while others have a fixed monthly fee.

1. AOL Anytime: £19.99 per month

• One month FREE trial
  
• No minimum contract
• Unlimited time online with no internet call charges
• Download speed up to 56kb
• Faster and more reliable surfing with AOL TopSpeed™ and Auto-Reconnect
• Enhanced email with up to seven email addresses
• Inclusive Safety & Security Centre with anti-virus scanning on emails, spam filters, pop-up blockers and Parental Controls
• Online support at no extra cost

Find out more or sign up for AOL Anytime

2. Orange Dial Up Anytime - go online as often as you like

• £14.99 per month
• no connection charge
• no 12 month contract
• security, email and webspace
• technical support is 50p a minute from a BT line
• won't work with cable phone
• Payment by Direct Debit; £1 monthly charge for payment by Visa, MasterCard, Delta or American Express
  

Find out more or sign up for Orange Dial up Anytime

3. Orange Dial up Pay As You Go - only pay for what you use

• costs 1p a minute all weekend, 2p a minute weekday evenings (6pm-6am), and 4p a minute weekday daytime (6am-6pm)
• no 12 month contract
• security, email and webspace
• technical support is 50p a minute from a BT line
• works with cable!
• charges appear on your phone bill

Find out more or sign up for Orange Dial up Pay As You Go

Speed up your dialup
If you can't get broadband where you live, you may still be able to speed up your web browsing. An internet accelerator such as Onspeed can help you surf the web more speedily whether you are on dial up, up to 2 meg broadband, or mobile internet.

Onspeed doesn't actually speed up your internet service - it compresses each webpage or email so it downloads to your computer more quickly. Onspeed costs only £24.99 per year (you will still have to pay for any dial up, broadband or mobile service you use).
Find out more about Onspeed.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Speed up your internet

if you are stuck on dial-up with no prospect of getting broadband via your phone line or cable in the near future, you can still speed up your broadband.

ONSPEED is an internet accelerator that speeds up your dial-up. You could end up with a dial up service ten times faster than what you have currently.

Your connection speed will stay the same but ONSPEED will reduce the size of a webpage you view, which means it can download to your machine that much faster.

OnSpeed also works for broadband internet connections up to 2 Mb, and mobile internet. Great news if you are in contract with a broadband provider at 512k, 1 Mb or 2 Mb, and your current broadband provider won't upgrade you (or there are other factors affecting your internet speed).

It is £24.99 a year and you are not tied into any contract - this is in addition to any dial up, broadband or mobile broadband charges you are paying.

If you are on a slow broadband package, or you suspect you may have an underperfoming broadband connection, you can test your current broadband speed for free on my broadband availability website UK Broadband Finder.

Then check out internet accelerator ONSPEED and speed up your dial up, up to 2 Mb broadband package or mobile internet connection.

Or visit my lastest post on my "official" UK broadband Finder website blog, which has tips on maximising your broadband speed.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder